ART shortage leibadunabu PLHIV sing na ekai eki wangma lanna ehou houkhibani: Orgns
Houkhiba 06/03/2023, da Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MSACS) na Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART) gi hidak stock watpadagi thokkhiba thoudakka mari leinana thadorakpa cherol ama Manipur gi pao che singda fongdorakliba wapham adu yaamna laibak thiba amani haina loudaba ngamdeh. Hidak ki shortage leiramdragabu karigi ART chariba miyoisingna phongna thoraktuna wakat meepham phamduna makhal makha kayagi khongjang changsinlamgadra. Khongjang changsinkhi haibasidi media da yaokhiba pao singna sakhini. Masida “Vested interest” ki wafam karisu leite.
ART gi hidak shortage oibadagi HIV ga sagonnana hingliba meeoi singna fongna thoraktuna ‘wakat-meefam’, ‘black badge’ campaign na chingba khongjang kaya February gi tang 21 dagi tang 24 faoba chatharakhibani amasung khongjang asibu hiram ashida thabak shuriba lanai lup kaya, NGOs Forum amadi civil society organisations (CSOs) kaya yaona sougatnarakpadagi houkhiba February gi tang 24 da ekai khumnajariba Health Minister na intervene toubirakkhibaga loinana NGO amadi MACS meehut kayaga loinana Honourable HM gi residential chamber da meeting ama pangthokkhi.
Pangthokhiba meefam aduda Honourable HM mashamakna chair loubiduna MSACS ki meehut oina MSACS ki Project Director (PD), Additional Project Director (APD-MACS), Deputy Director-Strategic Information (DD-SI-MACS) aduga lup kayagi meehut sing haibadi MACS Partner NGOs Forum (MPNF), Social Awareness Service Organisation (SASO), Kripa Society, Community Network for Empowerment (CoNE) Care Foundation amasung USER-Manipur gi meehut sing na sharuk yaduna yanaba ama purakkhibadagi khongjang handokkhi.
Meeting aduda, Manipur da ART hidak (maru oina Abacavir, Lamivudine) shortage oireh haibashi Honourable HM gi mamang maktada MACS ki meehut sing aduna admit toukhibaga loinana Hourable HM na khudakta National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) gi Director da telephone toubadagi hidak 38000 bottles NACO na airlift touduna mathang gi numitta haibadi February 25, 2023 Imphal youhallaklagani haibirakkhi. Loinana MACS na hidak 110 bottles aduga NGO partners singna 40 bottles amaga khudakki oina mateng pangba aduga matungda ashigumba hidak wathanbagi thoudok ashi amuk hanna thokhallaroi amadi lam ashida thabak shuriba pumnamakka tathok tasin tounaduna hotnaminnaba haina Honourable HM na thajaba pibirakkhibani.
Tanja ashida khanghoudana MACS na March ki tang 6, 2023 da thadorakpa ‘Press note’ amada hidakki awatpa leikhideh amadi kanagumba miyoi kharana lanaigi interest ta phonghanbani amasung aranba yumfam yaodaba paoni haina fonglakpa ashi hakchinna condemn tou-e loinana khwaidagi henna laibak thibani. HIV ga sagonnaduna hingliba singna ekai-eki pumnamak thadoktuna fongna chongthoraktuna hidak fanghallu haina laoraklibashibu karamba makhal gi vested interset ni haibiribano.
Manipur da HIV ga sagonnaduna hingliba meeoi lising kayagi thawai da karemnabani haina loudaba ngamloi. Hiram ashida thabak touriba NGO amadi Community Based Organisations (CBOs) singna ART gi hidak langthak matam chana fanghannaba leingakna loukhatlakpa thabak-thouram khudingmakta cooperation pinaba matam khudingmakta sem-shaduna leiri. Amasung asigumba thoudok asi makha tana amuk hanna thoktanaba honourable HM na athuba matamda MSACS, community organisations, NGOs amasung CSOs singi oiba meefam ama pangthokkadabani.
Hiram asigi matangda makha tana awai akhum tounaduna mamal yamlaba meeyamgi matam manghanba pamjade.
Issued by Imphal East Network of Positive People (IENP+), Social Awareness Service Organization (SASO), Kripa Society, USER-Manipur and Community Network for Empowerment (CoNE).