Help 4 HIV/AIDS IN LIBYA NOW ?

Five years after our youngest son died of Aids complications , you would hope that Libya would have a  PLAN to treat , educate , council the Libyan people through a public program on HIV/AIDS . As far as I know there isn't one in place . At least I haven't seen it or heard about it up to now .Of course that doesn't mean there isn't one , so I went looking.  I was curious to see if things had changed in the past 5 years for Libyans, concerning any sort of program  available . I googled Libya and AIDS and this is what I got :
There was this

PlusNews
Global HIV/AIDS news and analysis



I looked this one up too:

UCSF HIVInSite 
WHO Issues New HIV/AIDS Treatment Guidelines - Monday, November 30, 2009
 ( which I don't think is being done here in Libya ? Dose anyone have information ?)


Then I found this article that partners Libya up with the  Delegation of the European Commission to Libya.  :
Between 2009 and 2010, The International Health Group of LSTM in partnership with Libyan institutions and Harvard University's Biostatistics Department (HUBD), will produce updated and comprehensive information on the current epidemiology of HIV infection in the country in order to produce an effective national HIV strategy.


I also found this :

Programme of supplementary measures to support

the EU HIV Action Plan for Benghazi

in Libya (Phase 4)

  

Project funded by the European Union and implemented by the Belgian Red Cross

At first I thought it was only for the children in Benghazi but when I read farther down the page I learned it was a program being put into place for al of Libya . Listed below is the agenda for this program.

The BAP includes the following components :

• Upgrading BCIDI laboratory up to an international quality level and become a national reference center.
• Upgrading the level of treatment in Benghazi and Libya to international standards.
• Strengthening the Management Information System for HIV/AIDS treatment.
• Strengthening blood safety procedures.
• Development of community awareness, prevention of stigma, compliance, and counselling to children and families. 
  

There must be  programs that I haven't heard of in place already , at least I hope so . Progress is slow and I can't help but wonder how many other family's must lose loved ones for lack of information and help from the public health sector and government . If you have any information , other than what is listed here , please share it here  with us , so maybe some one in need will know there is help out there for them . OTE
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