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With the reduction in aid from donor agencies, it is seen that it will be difficult for the Nepalese government to meet the goal of ending HIV/AIDS by the year 2030 according to the Sustainable Development Goals. After the reduction of subsidies, there has been a shortage of essential equipment and medicines that are being distributed free of cost to control HIV infection.
Because of this, the risk of new infections has also increased, the stakeholders said. In a program on the 'Situation of HIV program in Nepal' organized by the Health Advocacy Society in Kathmandu on Friday, experts and stakeholders said that the problem is due to the reduction of grants from donor agencies and the neglect of the government towards this sector.
Jyoti Thapa, a human rights activist from the organization 'Hama Samna Prasha', said, 'When an infected person does not eat Prev, a healthy partner becomes infected. Even if there is no condom, even Prev is not eaten, the infection will definitely increase.' She said that free materials such as condoms played a role in reducing the infection rate, but after the budget cuts, there is a danger that the risk will increase again if such services are stopped.
Director of National HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Control Center Dr. According to Sarbesh Sharma, it is estimated that 614 new people are infected with HIV in a year in Nepal and 569 people die. "Decreasing access to cheap and isolated services, such as condoms and lubricants, may increase the rate of infection among vulnerable groups," he said. However, as the donor aid decreases, the challenge of permanence has started to appear.'
According to Sharma, there are currently more than 30,000 HIV infected people across the country. 58 percent of them are male and 42 percent are female. The number of infected children (under 14 years) is one thousand 58, while the number of mother-to-child transmission is 227.
According to him, currently incarcerated people, needle drug users, sex workers, transgender people, and men who have sex with men are at high risk of HIV.
'We have brought them within the reach of services, but the long-term policy of the government for sustainability has become indispensable,' said Public Health Administrator Ashmita Ojha. The government has set a target of ending HIV/AIDS by 2030. But since the government will not invest in this program after the subsidy cut, it is seen that there may be a problem for achieving the target.
