Getting to know ATFOA
Where can we advocate
Moi Lee Liow
Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Service Organisations (APCASO)
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Advocacy efforts for HIV and Women & Girls
within ASEAN
Potential issues to be aware of when talking
about women’s rights with ATFOA
Potential issues w.r.t HIV and KAPs eg MSM,
SWs and PUDs
Where ATFOA reps stand individually
National machineries in each ASEAN country
and where they stand collectively
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ASEAN Summit
Heads of state or
government
ASEAN
Coordinating
Council
Foreign ministers
Political Security
ASEAN Community
Council
Ministers
Sectoral Ministerial
Bodies
Senior officials
Committee of
Permanent Reps
Senior ‘Person’
(ambassador)
National
Secretariats
Director General of
Foreign Ministry
Committees
abroad
Agencies on
different issues
3 Pillars
Economic
Socio-cultural
Culture, Arts,
Disaster Mgmt,
Education,
Informaton,
Labour,
Environment,
Rural Devnt ,
Poverty, Women
and Youth
HCDD
ASEAN Health
Minister Meeting
ATFOA
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ASEAN Health Ministers Meeting
Senior Officials Meeting on Health Development (SOMHD)
6 ASEAN Working
Groups
4 ad-hoc Task
Forces
Networks and
Initiatives
HCDD
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Heads, senior officers or focal persons of the
national HIV programme
Almost all are medical doctors, from either
MOH or national AIDS commissions
Most come from divisions that have ‘disease
control’ or ‘infectious disease’ in its name
◦ Govts in ASEAN still approach HIV and AIDS in
context of medical or clinical response?
◦ Will this ever change?
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Country
Head / senior officer of HIV
programme (Focal Person)
Key agency - MOH (or AIDS
commission)
Brunei
Dr Ahmad Fakhri Junaidi
Disease Control, MOH
Cambodia
Dr. Ly Penh Sun
Nat’l Ctr for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology
and STD, MOH
Indonesia
Nafsiah M’boi (promoted)
National AIDS Commission
Laos
Dr Chansy Phimphachanh (rtd)
Ctr for HIV/AIDS/STI, MOH
Malaysia
Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman
Disease Control (AIDS/STI), MOH
Myanmar
Dr. Khin Ohnmar San
National AIDS Programme, MOH
Philippines
Dr Susan P Gregorio
National AIDS Council
Singapore
Dr. Jeffery Cutter
Communicable diseases, MOH
Thailand
Dr. Pornthep Siriwanarangsan
Disease Control, MOPublic Health
Vietnam
Dr. Phan Thi Thu Huong
HIV/AIDS Control, MOH
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ATFOA meets at least once a year. With support
from UNAIDS or UNDP, some CSOS are invited
to attend as observers or to give inputs:
 7 Sisters
 APN+
 APCASO
 Int’l HIV/AIDS Alliance Asia Pacific
 TSF Asia Pacific
 IPPF Asia & Oceania
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Women affairs ministry or agency
National AIDS councils or commissions
PLHIV + positive women’s groups
Human rights groups
Legal fraternity and what they do to assist
KAPs or affected women and girls (eg legal
clinics, involvement with HIV programmes)
Child protection agencies or NGOs
The UN system– UN Women, UNAIDS, UNICEF
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Released in Nov ’11, after the
2011 Political Declaration,
ESCAP resolutions 66/10, 67/9.
Says all the right things!
Only 21 paragraphs, mentions:
◦ KAPs including MSM, TGs
(para 9, 17b), women and
girls (para 9, 15, 19c)
Recognises equitable and
pro-poor health policies,
vulnerable status of W&G,
gender inequalities, GBV.
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Our governments have
committed
themselves.
Use it as an advocacy
tool.
Make sure your
community knows and
understands it
Have a discussion with
the ATFOA member see how we can help
him/her meet their
commitments!
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