A media report from I Gat Hope president Janet Sangopa seeks to justify what appears to be non-existent work of care group I Gat Hop, a situation that always existed from the days of the thug founders.
She explains that their peer educators and counsellors go out to newly diagnosed people to help them stay on treatment.
All this does not ring true. Is I gat Hope ignoring the work of the official care groups in testing, counselling and providing medication? Nothing has changed in a decade of I Gat Hop lack of professionalism.
Sangopa says they send peers out to the community to support adherence to treatment and reduce loss to follow-up.
But the program manager Alfred Mark advised in the media yesterday that almost 50% of branches have no members.
Does I Gat Hop actually meet newly diagnosed PLWHIV or do they just talk around the community. This is mock work.
They do not go to schools to teach AIDS awareness. That is checkable. They focus on uncheckables. They need permission of the Department of Education.
How do they find the names of people? Do care centres breach confidentiality by giving them lists? Not good.
Is seems as if the role of I Gat Hop is being fabricated. Sangopa says the plan is to raise the quality of clinical care. Are they suggesting the official care groups need to raise their standards?
Do they support families? That would be a key to raising the quality of clinical care. But I Gat Hop has always been anti-family and pushing the blame on parents. I Gat Hop will soon raise the issues that need to be addressed.
These will undoubtedly include rights of children, no rights of parents, rights of LGBT children, rights of sex workers with full blame on parents and families. No mention of responsibilities.
If Sangopa's friends are dying of AIDS, then they are PLWHA not PLWHIV. Ignoring those not on antiretrovirals is DISCRIMINATION.
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