Web Forum on Care, Treatment and Support

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has asked ICAD for assistance in promoting discussion on a paper they have recently prepared entitled: CIDA Discussion Paper: Building Comprehensive Approaches to HIV/AIDS Care, Treatment & Support in Resource Limited Settings. This paper will inform the development of program guidelines being prepared for CIDA staff for use in the design, assessment, monitoring and evaluation of programs and projects. The guidelines are designed to facilitate the operationalization of international commitments in the area of care, treatment and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in resource limited settings. Comments made on the forum by Monday June 17, 2002 will be reported at an experts' consultation to be held in Ottawa June 19-20, 2002. Thirty national and international experts from CIDA, Health Canada, International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Canadian organizations working in care, treatment and support programming and advocacy in developing countries will attend the meeting to provide feedback on the discussion paper.