Government prepares measures to sustain people living with HIV even without subventions from outside.
There have been worries by some people living with HIV/AIDS and leaders of some non-governmental organisations which take care of people living with HIV on continuity in the treatment of these patients if government ceases from receiving subventions from the global funding body.
The worries stem from the fact that Cameroon has missed the eighth and ninth round of global fund which implies they will miss subvention for two years, 2010 and 2011 because they did not meet up with the demands.
But talking to Dr Noel Essomba, Co-ordinator of the Regional Technical Group in the Fight against HIV/AIDS, he assured patients on dispositions the government is putting in place to handle this situation. He said the Ministry of Health has submitted a project on the Fight against HIV/AIDS at the National Assembly which if approved the government will have to include the fight against HIV/AIDS in the investment budget each year, because he said HIV/ AIDS affects the economy of the country negatively. HIV/AIDS hampers on the economy because it affects the output of the workers which will intend affect productivity. Dr Essomba added that even the Regional Delegation is making efforts to work in closed partnership with the private sector. He said as of 2004 the rate of HIV/AIDS in Cameroon was 5.5 percent.
Dr Essomba added that the World Conference has not yet held to confirmed whether Cameroon has been cut off or not. He said in the global fund there is continuity; countries are not cut off immediately. They still have at least two years again to receive subvention to treat their patients. He said with the measures being put in place by the government, he believes patients will be taken care of more than before.
On his part, the Director of the Association of Brothers and Sisters United for Hope and Solidarity, known by its French acronym AFSOPES, Abina Morris, said for now they really do not have information on what is going to happen if Cameroon is cut off from subventions. He said it is not yet official so they cannot talk about it now. But he added that in a meeting with the Delegate of Health in Yaounde he assured them government will still continue to do what they have been doing such as to subsidise the tests which is FCFA 3000. He added they will also make use of the ARV the hospitals still have in stock now.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO
There have been worries by some people living with HIV/AIDS and leaders of some non-governmental organisations which take care of people living with HIV on continuity in the treatment of these patients if government ceases from receiving subventions from the global funding body.
The worries stem from the fact that Cameroon has missed the eighth and ninth round of global fund which implies they will miss subvention for two years, 2010 and 2011 because they did not meet up with the demands.
But talking to Dr Noel Essomba, Co-ordinator of the Regional Technical Group in the Fight against HIV/AIDS, he assured patients on dispositions the government is putting in place to handle this situation. He said the Ministry of Health has submitted a project on the Fight against HIV/AIDS at the National Assembly which if approved the government will have to include the fight against HIV/AIDS in the investment budget each year, because he said HIV/ AIDS affects the economy of the country negatively. HIV/AIDS hampers on the economy because it affects the output of the workers which will intend affect productivity. Dr Essomba added that even the Regional Delegation is making efforts to work in closed partnership with the private sector. He said as of 2004 the rate of HIV/AIDS in Cameroon was 5.5 percent.
Dr Essomba added that the World Conference has not yet held to confirmed whether Cameroon has been cut off or not. He said in the global fund there is continuity; countries are not cut off immediately. They still have at least two years again to receive subvention to treat their patients. He said with the measures being put in place by the government, he believes patients will be taken care of more than before.
On his part, the Director of the Association of Brothers and Sisters United for Hope and Solidarity, known by its French acronym AFSOPES, Abina Morris, said for now they really do not have information on what is going to happen if Cameroon is cut off from subventions. He said it is not yet official so they cannot talk about it now. But he added that in a meeting with the Delegate of Health in Yaounde he assured them government will still continue to do what they have been doing such as to subsidise the tests which is FCFA 3000. He added they will also make use of the ARV the hospitals still have in stock now.
EFFA TAMBENKONGHO
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