Guide to an effective human rights response to the HIV epidemic

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H. Sub-regional economic communities and the HIV epidemic Section H provides a brief survey of the most prominent steps taken by the four regional economic communities in relation to the HIV epidemic. East African Community The EAC Treaty was adopted in 1999 and came into force in 2000. The EAC is comprised of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, who are founding members, and Burundi and Rwanda, who joined in 2007. There are four major regional economic communities (RECs) in East Africa and Southern Africa: the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern African States (COMESA), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD). These RECs set standards related to the HIV epidemic for their members. Rwanda Burundi Uganda Kenya Tanzania East African Community 38 | Guide to an effective human rights response to the HIV epidemic
Libya Egypt Sudan Eritrea Djibouti Ethiopia Democratic Republic of Congo Uganda Kenya Rwanda Burundi Seychelles Angola Zambia Malawi Comoros Zimbabwe Madagascar Mauritius Swaziland Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa In 2000, an East African Integrated Disease Surveillance Network (EIDSNet) was established to reduce morbidity and mortality due to common communicable diseases in the East African Region. pandemics or epidemics’. COMESA’s 2005 Gender Policy states that HIV and human rights should be mainstreamed in all of its policies and programmes. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Southern African Development Community COMESA was adopted in 1993 and came into force in 1994. Most states in Eastern and Southern Africa are members of COMESA. The SADC Treaty was adopted in 1992 and came into force in 1993. Fourteen states in Southern Africa are SADC members. The SADC Treaty was Article 110(1)(a) of the COMESA Treaty provides that amended in 2001 and one objective that was included focused on ‘combating HIV/AIDS and other deadly or communicable diseases’. ‘member states agree to undertake concerted measures to co-operate in health through the control of Guide to an effective human rights response to the HIV epidemic | 39
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