CARAM ASIA - Coordination of Action Research on AIDS and Mobility - Full House at Mandatory Testing Publication Launch

The 8th International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 19 to 23 August, 2007 provided an ideal platform for CARAM Asia to launch its State of Health Report 2007 on Mandatory Testing.

The satellite session hosted by CARAM Asia held on Aug 21, 2007 entitled “State of the Health Report on Migrant Friendly Testing” was attended by over 90 participants including representatives of ILO, UNDP, IOM, UNFPA, USAID, Department of Labour (Sri Lanka), SAARC, CARAM partners and 30 Sri Lankan migrant representatives from MSC.

Prasada Rao, UNAIDS Regional Director (Asia Pacific) was given a copy of the SoH regional report by Jonathan Castaneda, a Filipino returnee positive who is directly involved in the State of Health research in the Philippines. Read more here.