Commission of the Indian Ocean shows examples of leadership on WAD

none 21 Jav 2008 – 11:50

by mlepeska

World AIDS Day event hosted by the Commission of the Indian Ocean in Madagascar

In taking the lead on World AIDS Day, the Commission of the Indian Ocean in Madagascar decided to start with the institution itself to show the example of leadership, while at the same time raising awareness about HIV and AIDS.

World AIDS Day events hosted by the Commission of the Indian Ocean

In the presence of his native personnel of all the States members of the COI the General Secretary of
the COI recalled the importance of the role of the leaders in the fight against the AIDS.
"The experience clearly shows that the significant advances of the response to the VIH were accomplished under the auspices of a strong leadership and engaged," he said.

"The leaders are not often the personalities more visible. To take on the disease, it is necessary that the
leadership shows itself to all the levels: at the level of the individual, in the families, in the communities, in the countries and on the international scene", declared Dr Ng Man Sun, administrator of the project of support to the regional initiatives of prevention of the VIH/AIDS within COI.

After speeches from leaders, the session finished with a voluntary HIV screening that saw the participation of more one than about twenty persons.

The fathers and mothers of present families left the meeting with, to their ears, words that resound again about the "promise" that they must hold.

Intergovernmental organisation created in 1984 by the General Agreement of Victoria (Seychelles), the Commission of the Indian Ocean (SPEECHLESS) groups together five States members:

  • Comores,
  • France (Réunion),
  • Madagascar,
  • Maurice,
  • Seychelles.

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