Forget cure. Prevent, care and treat HIV/AIDS: Bun
Alison Anis; 20/8/08
An international AIDS conference has been told that Papua New Guinea had failed to cure HIV/AIDS and will need to focus more on prevention, care and treatment exercises. Former parliamentarian Dr Banare Bun said there was no denying that PNG had the highest recorded cases of HIV/AIDS and the fastest infection rate in the South Pacific. He was speaking after arriving from the 17th international AIDS conference in Mexico last week. The PNG 46-member delegation, led by parliamentary HIV/AIDS committee chairman, Jamie Maxtone-Graham, comprises representatives from various HIV/AIDS organisations and Government agencies, development partners, faith-based and civil society organisations. Among them was outspoken Autonomous Bougainville Government speaker Francesca Semoso.