KELIN, Law Enforcement Officers and Health Care Workers to Focus on TB and Key Populations

On 7 – 9 June 2017, KELIN in partnership with AIDS and Rights Alliance of Southern Africa (ARASA), ENDA Santé, Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and the United Nations Development Programme Regional Office (UNDP Regional Office) will conduct a two day capacity strengthening forum on HIV and TB, Human Rights and the Law in Mombasa County, Kenya. The forum’s audience is law enforcement officers and health care workers drawn from Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. The forum is an activity under the Africa Regional HIV & TB Grant – Removing Legal Barriers, financed by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for a period of three years.

The forum will build on previous discussions that KELIN had with a similar audience in September 2016. The forum will focus on enhancement of the capacity of law enforcement officers and health care workers in combating the spread of HIV and tuberculosis (TB) infection among the key population. The main objectives of the meeting are:

  • To enhance the understanding of the linkages between HIV, TB, human rights and the law as they affect key populations;
  • To sensitize stakeholders on the rights based approach to providing health care services to key populations; and
  • To foster regional and in-country partnerships for increased advocacy and lobbying for removal of legal barriers which impede access to health care by key populations.

The regional forum is premised on the fact that human rights violations and the failure to fulfill human rights obligations increases key populations’ vulnerability to contracting HIV & TB and reduces access to diagnostic, prevention and treatment services.

The forum, will greatly contribute towards the overall goal of the programme on strengthening the legal and policy environment to reduce the impact of HIV and TB on key populations in Africa.

Reading materials:

1. Concept Note

2. Programme Agenda

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To contribute to the discussions on this forum, follow KELIN on our social media platforms: Twitter: @KELINkenya using these hash tags: #Justice2health; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kelinkenya

 

For more information, contact:

Ted Wandera

Program Officer

Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV/AIDS (KELIN)

4th Floor, Somak Building, Mombasa Road

Tel +254202515790; Cell +254788220300

Email:twandera@kelinkenya.org