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"speaker_name": "Dr. Shaban",
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Since 1999, the National Aids Control Council (NACC) has been hosting a workshop periodically on HIV/AIDS for hon. Members, with a view to briefing them on the national response to HIV/AIDS. That is because hon. Members represent constituencies and are patrons of the Constituency Aids Control Committees (CACCs), where most of the programmes for HIV/AIDS are carried out. In addition, Mr. Speaker, Sir, hon. Members are lawmakers and the national response to HIV/AIDS requires the enabling legal framework to facilitate the environment in which stakeholders operate. The workshop on HIV/AIDS will be held on 28th and 29th November, 2008, in one of the hotels in Mombasa. Mr. Speaker, Sir, in view of the role that hon. Members play as leaders, NACC has organised a workshop on HIV/AIDS for two days on 28th to 29th November, 2008, in Mombasa. That workshop is supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNEP) and the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). The objectives of the workshop will be:- 1. To update the elected leaders on the progress and challenges in the national response to HIV/AIDS. 2. To present to hon. Members the revised guidelines for field operations at the CACC and the District Technical Committees (DTCs). 3. To update hon. Members on the available funding for HIV/AIDS programmes for civil society organisations and the private sector implementors at KACC, DTCs and at the national level. 4. To brief hon. Members on the fight against drug and substance abuse at KACC and DTC level. 5. To inform hon. Members on research and development initiatives on infectious disease control, including progress towards the AIDS vaccine. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the NACC is supported by the UNDP, IAVI, the National Campaign Against Drug Use Authority (NACADA) and the Association of European Union Members of Parliament (AWEPA) to organise the workshop. The NACC is also working with the Departmental Committee of Health, Housing, Labour and Social Welfare. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an invitation to all hon. Members to the workshop in Mombasa. The plans are that hon. Members depart for Mombasa on the evening of 27th November, 2008, or the morning of 28th November, 2008, and return back to Nairobi in the evening of 29th November, 2008, or in the course of Sunday, 30th November, 2008. A detailed programme for the workshop is available for hon. Members. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir."
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