Fight Against HIV/AIDS
PM for close links with UN
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday underscored the need for close cooperation between Bangladesh and the United Nations towards effective national and global response to contain HIV/AIDS. She made the emphasis when visiting Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for HIV/AIDS for Asia and the Pacific Dr Nafiz Sadik called on her at the Prime Minister's Office. Briefing reporters after the meeting, PM's press secretary Abul Kalam Azad said that the prime minister told the envoy that Bangladesh was deeply involved to curb HIV/AIDS since its election to the Programme Coordination Board of UNAIDS. Sheikh Hasina said there was a very low prevalence rate of AIDS in Bangladesh, but the rate is higher in the case of migrant workers. She said Bangladesh supports getting to zero initiative on the zero incidents, zero discrimination and zero death, and needs to strengthen global partnership, particularly in capacity building, finance and technology. The prime minister informed the UN envoy that Bangladesh intends to gradually enter the production of anti-retroviral medicines, despite very low demand. Ambassador at-Large M Ziauddin, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Sheikh Wahid Uz Zaman, PMO Secretary Mollah Wahiduzzaman and Press Secretary to the Prime Minister Abul Kalam Azad were present.
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