National Aids Council: What's next ??

On 8 February 2011 came the new National AIDS Advisory Board (NAB) in Berlin together with its inaugural meeting. The German AIDS-Help has, like several other organizations, the reconstitution of the National Advisory Council welcomes AIDS . Carsten Schatz, President and participants of the inaugural session, stressed that "the Board is currently still a few representatives of organized self-help members to", but was confident that this could still be achieved.

The 'National AIDS Committee' was constituted for the first time in December 1986, at the time of the Federal Health Minister, Rita Suessmuth. His goal was, in matters of national AIDS policy to advise the federal government. In October 2010 sparked the Federal Health Minister Rösler the National Advisory Council on AIDS (see ' National AIDS Council - quo vadis? "). Was quickly followed by a new constitution of the National Advisory Council led AIDS - the reason for this step was initially unclear.

Explicit representative of the interests of people with HIV and AIDS / Positive-organized self-help are the 'new' National AIDS Council is not sufficiently well represented. This was in advance, and after the inaugural meeting of the National AIDS Advisory Council to criticism encountered. In the meantime, blogs and forums led to an intense discussion in. and statements was clear from comments

the majority of the discussants calls for an explicit positive-representation in the National AIDS Council
Living with HIV has many realities - of Hartz IV from a successful manager over migrants to drug users, mothers and of course gay man, etc - the range of realities this covers requires more than only one interest representatives in HIV-Positive , this should include the epidemiological situation (eg percentage of total number of HIV-infected) are taken into account as possible
Transparency is essential - for example by publishing the meeting minutes, if possible, in advance of the invitation to be discussed, but ultimately also more transparency in the appointment process of members
Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest and economic linkages
Nomination : Ideally, HIV-positive in the National AIDS Council in a more transparent process designed to be representative. The ideal place for this are probably the 'positive meetings', that Germany (and Europe)'s largest gathering of people with HIV (that would be - provided timely information and participation - in theory even the inaugural session of the National Advisory Council have been possible AIDS ).
The next 'positive meetings' held in 2012, and could be its role as a 'positive-Parliament' notice and provided representatives to the National AIDS Committee with optimal legitimacy. Until then, an interim solution to be found.

The question of HIV-positive representation was also discussed with many concrete proposals, which content should be placed. Thus, as subjects who are HIV-positive input into the debates of the NAB should be found from view, including named

• Integration of HIV-positive people into society
• Reduction of stigmatizing prejudices
• Criminalization of people with HIV
• Revision and amendment of criminal law according to current medical standards
• Prevention without fear
• Living with HIV at the age
• social and economic situation of HIV-positive (ALG II / Hartz IV, retirement, hardship clause...)
• Economization vs. Thanks solidarity in health care

Source: Ondamaris.de