State level consultation prog held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 19 2019:
A State level consultation for finalisation of State specific rules for implementation of HIV and AIDS (Prevention & Control) was organised by Manipur State AIDS Control Society (MACS) at Classic Hotel in North AOC today.
Project Director MACS A Radhabinod Sharma, while talking about the initiative at the occasion, maintained that the HIV & AIDS (Prevention & Control) Act was formulated at the Central Government level in 2017 adding that the Act was finally enforced on September 10, 2018 .
Radhabinod mentioned that each State in the country where the Act has been enforced, should form a set of rules adding that the convention was held to fulfil the purpose.
He claimed that although different States in the country have organised numerous consultation programmes, no State has set proper rules till date.
Different bodies of the State including Government Department, NGOs, civil society have been invited to the consultation as they are related to the Act and subsequently the rules.
A discourse deliberation along with an interaction with NACO representatives was also held as part of the convention.
He further informed that the rules after mandated by MACS will be produced in the Assembly for final approval and implementation of the rules.