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HIV/AIDS in prisons not political issue – Scott

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VICE President Dr. Guy Scott
VICE President Dr. Guy Scott

Republican Vice President, Guy Scott, says the problem of HIV and AIDS in various prisons across the country is not a political issue.

Dr Scott says the rampant rising cases of HIV in prisons and in some sections of society should be treated as a matter of national concern by all citizens.

He says it is sad that some people have resorted to politicise the issue of HIV and AIDS, adding that the trend will not help reduce the prevalence rate of the pandemic in the country.

Dr Scott has since called on all Zambians to put aside all political differences in the approach to mitigate the rise of HIV infections but aim to ensure that proper methods of reducing the prevalence are followed.

The Vice President was speaking in Lusaka when he officially opened a two day High Level Consultative Meeting on Prison Conditions, Policy and Legal Reforms.

Among the delegates attending the consultative meeting are Members of Parliament, a representative from the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADCC), Prisons officers from Zambia, Lesotho and South Africa, Representatives from Presidential Emergency Fund for Aids Relief in Africa (PEPFAR) and the United Nations Systems in Zambia.

And Chairperson for the Coalition of African Parliamentarians against HIV/AIDS (CAPAH), Christopher Kalila, said Zambian is among the African counties with the highest prevalence rate of HIV infections in prisons.

Dr Kalila said there is need for a serious political commitment from all stakeholders to prevent the rising cases of communicable diseases in prisons by improving the living conditions of inmates.

And the Presidential Emergency Fund for Aids Relief in Africa (PEPFAR) regional coordinator, Kristie Mikus, praised the Zambia Prisons Service for acknowledging the problem of HIV and AIDS in prisons across the country.

Ms Mikus, however, said the engagement of key stakeholders on the issue of HIV and AIDS should mark the beginning of scaling up the prevention and testing program among inmates.

She reaffirmed the American government’s support to Zambia in strengthening the HIV prevention and treatment among prisoners by rehabilitation health clinics that service prisoners in the country.

Speaking at the same function, African Union Special Rapportuer for Prisons and Conditions for Detention, Med Kaggwa, said African prisons are far below acceptable international standards, a situation leading to the increase of communicable disease.

Commissioner Kaggwa said there is need for an aggressive approach in addressing prison related issues if those who are imprisoned are to live in good conditions.

Meanwhile, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) regional representative, Mandiaye Niang, said current evidence shows that over population is the major contributor of the rampant rise in HIV infections in many prisons on the African continent.

Mr Ndiang also said policy differences at different levels of decision making should be harmonized with regards to issues of HIV and AIDS in prisons.

According to the human rights watch report, 2010, the prevalence of TB and HIV in Zambian prisons are significantly much higher than in the general population.

35 COMMENTS

  1. Muzungu belela! And Mr vice president belela! I thought you said it was political when you were in opposition , what has changed now that you are in government? Chawamina galu ka?

    • Hello my name is andrew mark I want to give a testimony about my HIV virus that was cured by a great spell caster. Since last 7 months I have being a HIV AID patient. I never think will I live long again and am so grateful about DR.ojokun who cured my HIV AIDS last 2 weeks. I was in a great pain so I told one of my best friends; he told me that there is a great spell caster that can cure my HIV. I asked him if he had his email, he gave me his email, I emailed him he talked to me and he perform the necessary rituals and he told me that after two weeks I should go for a test. Which I did, when the doctor told me that am now a HIV negative I couldn’t believe myself I went to see another doctor the result was still the same, I was happiest human on planet earth, so I emailed him and thanked h

  2. Good, Mr. Vice President! I’m glad you’re speaking sense again and leaving aside politics. But these PEPFAR people are just acting as if this is a new issue, and it’s not, it’s been well-known for quite some time, why haven’t they acted sooner?

  3. Join me celebrate for these great and perfect day which my lord god has done for using these great and powerful healing doctor called prophet idielu to heal my sickness HIV/AIDS which has been chocking me up for over 6years now without solutions, i have seek for solutions online, and through hospital, they keep on giving me orientations about drugs that can exand my years.now since prophet idieul has helped me to erased my disease out of my life, i we owe you greatly for healing me truly and to again, contact prophet dr idielu for hiv cure today at: [email protected]..EMAIL HIM NOW: [email protected]

  4. DR idielu is the only Dr who could ever get my HIV-AIDS cured with his healing spell, i have tried almost everything but i could’nt find any solution on my disease, despite all these happening to me, i always spend alot to buy a HIV drugs from hospital and taking some several medications but no relieve, until one day i was just browsing on the internet when i come accross a great post of !Michelle! who truly said that she was been diagnose with HIV and was healed that very week through the help of these great powerful healing spell doctor, sometime i really wonder why people called him Papa idielu, i never knew it was alll because of the great and perfect work that he has been doing that is causing all this. so i quickly contacted him, and he ask me some few questions and he said a thing…

  5. was been suffering hardship from HIV/AIDS since 9yrs now,
    and i happen to have 2 kids for my husband, and now we
    cannot proceed to have another kids all because of my disease
    and now i have do all what a human like i and my husband can
    do just to get my disease healed, i have went to several places
    to seek for help not even one person could ever help, until i
    melt a comment on the daily news paper that was commented
    by Miss Marilyn about how this powerful traditional doctor help her get cured of the disease (HIV-AIDS) ” my fellow beloved” I firstly taught having a help from a spiritual traditional healer was a wrong idea, but i think of these, will i continue to stress
    on these disease all day when i have someone to help me save
    my life?” so i gather all my faiths and put in…

  6. I have been suffering hardship from HIV/AIDS since 7yrs now, and i happen to have 2 kids for my husband, and now we cannot proceed to have another kids all because of my disease and now i have do all what a human like i and my husband can do just to get my disease healed, i have went to several places to seek for help not even one person could ever help, until i melt a comment on the daily news paper that was commented by Desmond about how this powerful traditional doctor help him get cured of the disease (HIV-AIDS) ” my fellow beloved” i firstly taught having a help from a spiritual traditional healer was a wrong idea, but i think of these, will i continue to stress on these disease all day when i have someone to help me save my life?” so i gather all my faiths and put in all interest…

  7. i will thank Mrs Bernille for letting the world knows the powerful man that help her from AIDS disease. This was what i have all my life been waiting for since i was infected by HIV last 6 months. I always spend money for drugs always but still yet my weight becomes poorer and my joint always getting painful and inching all day. But when i met this comment last 3 days, i quickly contacted Dr Camala the Traditional helper. He is from the western part of Africa, i didn’t spend much as i spent for drugs each day, and i for the fact truly reason this because my life was already as take by this disease called AIDS. Truly, when it was 9:00 clock on Monday this week he called me that his oracle urgently required some few life items to enable the disease wipe out successfully, then i was asked to

  8. Hello my name is Angela I want to give a testimony about my HIV virus that was cured by a great spell caster. Since last 5 months I have being a HIV AID patient. I never think I will live long again and I’m so grateful about him (Dr. ukpoyan) who cured my HIV AIDS last 3 weeks. I was in a great pain so I told one of my best friends; he told me that there is a great spell caster that can cure my HIV. I asked her if she had his email, she gave me his email, I emailed him he talked to me and he perform the necessary rituals and he told me that after 1 day I should go for a test. Which I did, when the doctor told me that am now HIV negative I couldn’t believe myself I went to see another doctor the result was still the same, I am now human on planet earth, so I emailed him and thanked him. Ple

  9. I want to testify of what a spell caster did for me and my hubby.we have been married since 2007 without a sign of pregnancy.I went off birth control then and did not have a period.my gyro gave me progesterone to jump-start a period and it did.,but i did not have another one.we did another round of progesterone followed by 100mg clomid for 5 months,we followed all doctors instructions but all to no avail.I have been buying ovulation kits pregnancy test AND i finally got 3 test when i was ovulating! So ever since that we been trying for years now! Well i was very confused because i keep taking ept test AND they all keep turning out to b negative! I really want a baby girl while my hubby want a baby boy LOLL! I think maybe we are just trying to hard, What i can tell you is that its been so m

  10. My name is Sophia Blaze from England, Oxford,UK …HIV has been ongoing in my family for long..I lost both parents to HIV and it is so much pain have not been able to get over. As we all know medically,there is no solution or cure for HIV and the cost for Medication is very expensive..Someone introduced me to a man(Native Medical Practitioner)in oxford..I showed the man all my Tests and Results and i told him have already diagnosed with HIV and have spent thousands of dollars on medication..I said i will like to try him cos someone introduced me to him..He asked me sorts of questions and i answered him correctly..To cut the story short,He gave me some medicinal soaps and some herbs(have forgot the name he called them) and he thought me how am gonna use them all..At first i was skeptical…

  11. Thanks to the great doctor who help me out with 45mins hiv/aids cure, you know the type of pain, and know mind settle, if you are HIV too, 8year ago when I have not meet DR.Kumar the most great man I have never know I was in pain I can’t sleep again I always think about how can I get through this situation before my mind go into internet doctor when I try to search for help I found a comment about a man named DR.Kumar all over the internet I was so surprised that there is a cure over this year I have be suffer they write good about this man, how DR.Kumar help them I read about 3 testimony about this man what a kind and power man would also he help me out with my own problem too and I drop a promise that I will share his name over the world if he cured me, and that is what am doing now…

  12. hello my name is favour DR.olufa is the only Dr who could ever get my HIV-AIDS cured with his healing spell, i have tried almost everything but i could’nt find any solution on my disease, despite all these happening to me, i always spend alot to buy a HIV drughello my name is favour DR.olufa is the only Dr who could ever get my HIV-AIDS cured with his healing spell, i have tried almost everything but i could’nt find any solution on my disease, despite all these happening to me, i always spend alot to buy a HIV drugs from hospital and taking some several medications but no relieve, until one day i was just browsing on the internet when i come accross a great post of !nellymolly! who truly said that she was been diagnose with HIV and was healed that very week through the help of these…

  13. i am Michael Davis from Los Angele’s, CA. i want to share my testimony with you In 1985, at the age of 25, having heard so much about the ‘AIDS epidemic,’ I decided to take the test. I tested positive. I went for a second opinion and again the result was positive. Since I had heard and read that the virus could be dormant for a long time, I opted to eat well, exercise, take high quality vitamins and limit ‘risky sex.’ However, my gut feeling was that something wasn’t adding up with AIDS, and I almost immediately chose not to accept the virus as a detriment to my health.

    “Throughout the years I’ve lived my life almost as if AIDS didn’t exist but still gathered information from various sources. then i saw this great Dr Oseghale and contacted him with his email address and i…

  14. i am Michael Davis from Los Angeles, CA. i want to share my testimony with you In 1985, at the age of 25, having heard so much about the ‘AIDS epidemic,’ I decided to take the test. I tested positive. I went for a second opinion and again the result was positive. Since I had heard and read that the virus could be dormant for a long time, I opted to eat well, exercise, take high quality vitamins and limit ‘risky sex.’ However, my gut feeling was that something wasn’t adding up with AIDS, and I almost immediately chose not to accept the virus as a detriment to my health.

    “Throughout the years I’ve lived my life almost as if AIDS didn’t exist but still gathered information from various sources. then i saw this great Dr Oseghale and contacted him with his email address and i told…

  15. Been a HIV positive is just like been through hell but EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE. So amazing and i want to testify of the good work done by GREAT BABA a very strong and powerful spell caster. GREAT BABA has proved science and scientists wrong for believing and thinking that there is no cure for HIV AIDS but to be sincere this GREAT MAN is so real and powerful. I never thought that this spell will work but this GREAT MAN has proved it to me and it has worked and still working perfectly. My Name is Randy Scott and i was diagnosed of the deadly disease called HIV AIDS in 2011 and i thought that is the end and there will be no hope. Speaking to anyone was always a problem because i was so worried and always in the state of unrest in fact i thought it was over until one blessed day when i was sea

  16. hello my name is favor i am from Canada i went to shall this good news to the public. DR.olufa is the only doctor who could ever get my HIV-AIDS cured with his healing spell, i have tried almost everything but i couldn’t find any solution on my disease, despite all these happening to me, i always spend alot to buy a HIV drugs from hospital and taking some several medications but no relieve, until one day i was just browsing on the internet when i come across a great post of a woman testifier how him was healed from HIV through the help of these great powerful healing spell doctor, sometime i really wonder why people called him Papa olufa, i never knew it was all because of the great and perfect work that he has been doing that is causing all this. so i quickly contacted him, and he ask…

  17. Hello my name is Hannah I want to give a testimony about my HIV virus that was cured by a great spell caster. Since last 4 months I have being a HIV AID patient. I never think I live long again and am so grateful about him Dr.ukpoyan who cured my HIV AIDS last 3 weeks. I was in a great pain so I told one of my best friends; he told me that there is a great spell caster that can cure my HIV. I asked her if she had his email, she gave me his email, I emailed him he talked to me and he perform the necessary rituals and he told me that after two weeks I should go for a test. Which I did, when the doctor told me that am now a HIV negative I couldn’t believe myself I went to see another doctor the result was still the same, I was human on planet earth, so I emailed him and thanked him.Please if

  18. HELLO:
    my name is Marisa Martin from Canada, i want to testify to the general public how my relationship was restored back by the great power’s of dr agbeve after three months of loneliness, my ex-lover called me after my contact with dr agbeve that he want us to come back and start a good home, now we are happily married with two kids. All thanks to dr agbeve for his spiritual help. You can contact him on his email if you have similar problem, or any solution you may need, job, divorce, promotion in you place of work, healing,money spell, etc.you can Contact him via email:[email protected]

  19. Goodday
    My name is Kate Morrison from united states, i am here to thank DR OVIA the powerful spell caster that rescue me from HIV AIDS. I was diagnosed of this disease in the year 2012, and because of this, i was very unhappy with my life, and i went into research on how i can get cured, i contacted alot of spell casters and none of them could help me rather thay scammed me and took away my money without helping me. All this period of my life, i was sad and unhappy so one day as i was in the internet a decided to sign in a friend guestbook, only for me to see was a testimony of a lady on how she was helped by DR OVIA, so i was confused to contact him at the moment because i didn’t want to be scammed again but after one week, i decided to contact him, so when i contacted him, he assure…

  20. He that work and never ask for anything thanks dr udo for good work for healing my brother for HIV sickness he was very sick for a year + and my daddy have spend so much money on medical care and drug he have being taking to some many place for healing… even different pastor have pray for him it get worse every 6hous the man that heal with 45mins is here the man that the lord god have giving the power to put every thing in place the man that give a word and never fail my kid brother was just chatting one day when he see this post of jack about the curing of HIV virus by dr udo he run to my daddy and tell him about the man my daddy decided to call him and confirm it if it is true about the cure the man just assure him about his work that the great power of is for father and his gods cure…

  21. HIV is a terrible disease, if not for my Husband and the help of the great Dr. Oseghale my life would have been a mess! I was diagnosed with HIV in 2005, my husband encouraged me, and told me not to lose hope, I manage to give birth to a baby Boy who was free from the disease, and my Husband was always there for me! One day he came to me and told me that he have found a man who can cure me. Base on scientist, they said there is no cure for HIV; he told me that he has seen many testimonies about him on the internet. We decided to contact him, we filled his Herbal home form, and he asked us to buy some items which we did! Three days later he asked me to go for HIV test, faithfully I went to do the Test, Lo and Behold, I was cured, the virus was not found in my Body… My Dear Husband and my F

  22. am jose.I don’t no how to tell the word the greatest thing that happen in my life.I was so sick that i loose all the money I have in so many hospitals still yet there was no solutions on till I go for blood test for different hospital almost five doctors told me I am H.I.V positive. & after then all hope I have was lost I was waiting the day lord will called me. One nite I woke up in mind-nite start crying so my mind told me to check in Google so I see many testimony about dr okosun I was daunting if the man is real a great man but just because of the testimony of his good news.I said let me try & I email him he reply me back I told him my problems he said that he will reply me back three minis time after he check the oracle. So he reply me after three minis & told me the…

  23. My name is Windy Wagner from united kingdom i am here to thank DR OLA the powerful spell caster that rescue me from HIV AIDS. I was diagnosed of this disease in the year 2012, and because of this, i was very unhappy with my life, and i went into research on how i can get cured, i contacted a lot of spell casters and none of them could help me rather they scammed me and took away my money without helping me. All this period of my life, i was sad and unhappy so one day as i was in the INTERNET i decided to sign in a friend guest book, only for me to see a testimony of a lady on how she was helped by DR OLA so i was confused to contact him at the moment because i didn’t want to be scammed again but after one week, i decided to contact him, so when i contacted him, he assure me that he will…

  24. I am Mrs MEG.I don’t no how to tell the word the greatest thing
    that happen in my life.I was so sick that i lose all the money
    I have in so many hospital still yet there was no solutions on
    till I go for blood test for different hospital almost five
    doctor told me I am H.I.V positive. & after then all hope I
    have was lost I was waiting the lord will called me. One nite
    I woke up in mind nite start crying so my mind told me to
    check in Google so I see many testimony further billow I was
    daunting if the man is real a great man but just because of
    the testimony of his good news.I said let me try & I email
    him he reply me back I told him my problems he said that he
    will reply me back three minis time after he check the oracle.
    So he reply me after three minis & told me…

  25. Good morning everyone, my name is Robin Wendy from Ireland, I have been suffering from HIV/Aids for over 4 years now, and suddenly, i have spent all my money all to make sure i get healthy all day, but happily,January 12th 2013, I came in contact with a traditional doctor also known as a chief priest on a newspaper who is called Dr OSAUYI who has help much people to cure their aids disease, firstly i taught it was a joke until i contacted him he told me if i am ready to get my HIV cure for this work, i told him yes, and he collected my details and told me that after he has finished consulting his oracle he will run back to me on when to go for a medical check up, i was unhealthiness surprise. And truly last week Monday Dr OSAUYI called me to quickly go for a medical checkup, which I did, o

  26. DR Odoma is the only Dr who could ever get my HIV-AIDS cured with his
    healing spell, i have tried almost everything but i couldn’t find any
    solution on my disease, despite all these happening to me, i always spend a
    lot to buy a HIV drugs from hospital and taking some several medications
    but no relieve, until one day i was just browsing on the internet when i
    come across a great post of !Michelle! who truly said that she was been
    diagnose with HIV and was healed that very week through the help of these
    great powerful healing spell doctor, sometime i really wonder why people
    called him Papa Odoma, i never knew it was all because of the great and
    perfect work that he has been doing that is causing all this. so i quickly
    contacted him, and he ask me some few questions…

  27. Hello let me share this testimony to the world to hear about him too this man really exit I was HIV positive over 9year I have being in medication and I try to look for cure to my problem and I go through internet and I found a man of God named Prophet suleman I contacted him for help he give me all his laws and rule that if I get cured I should write about him and that is what am doing now, this man ask for some information about me, which I give him this man cure me from HIV what a great man thank for your help when he get the information he told me that he is about to work on it 20 to 30 minute this man email me and told me what to do for the curing which I did after all the things needed for the cure is provide the man call me in 45mins later and tell me to go for test what a great da

  28. Good day viewer,i want to use this opportunity to shear my testimony to everyone on this forum, my name is Charles from Alabama USA, I have been suffering from HIV/Aids for over 5years now,my family and friends left because of the sickness. i have spent all the money i have to make sure i get well again,but there was no solution.until last month January 20th 2014, I came in contact with a traditional doctor also known as a chief priest on a newspaper who is called Dr favor who has help so much people to cure their HIV aids and different kind of disease, firstly i taught it was a joke,i never believe him,i just contact him to know if he can reeling help me or not.i email him,and he reply me and said that if i am ready for this work and i told him yes, and he collected my details and told me

  29. My name Douglas dashy from Oxford,UK …HIV has been ongoing in my family for

    long..I lost both parents to HIV and it is so much pain have not been able to get

    over.As we all know medically,there is no solution or cure for HIV and the cost for

    Medication is very expensive..Someone introduced me to a man(Native Medical

    Practitional)in oxford..I showed the man all my Tests and Results and i told him

    have already diagnosed with HIV and have spent thousands of dollars on

    medication..I said i will like to try him cos someone introduced me to him..He

    asked me sorts of questions and i answered him correctly..To cut the story short,He

    gave me some medicinal soaps and some herbs(have forgot the name he called them)

    and he thought me how am gonna use them all..At…

  30. I want to use this medium to let every one know that HIV/AIDS has cure and that Dr Osorba is the solution. I am Ann Bennet from UK i was tested HIV/AIDS positive in July the year 2014, then early this month i saw a testimony on how some one got cured of HIV/AIDS by a Herbal Doctor and i decided to consult this Herbal Doctor and he told me everything that he needed and i play along and he then told me that he has prepared some local medicine that i need to drink it and he send it to me i actually did as he directed, the later that night i was unable to sleep i urinate and toilet almost all the night i called him later that night to tell him how am feeling he told me that everything will be fine and advice me that i should go to hospital next 3 days to checked my status i actually did and i

  31. I want to give a testimony about my HIV virus that was cured by a great spell caster Dr Marvel. Since last 4 months I have being a HIV AID patient. I never think I live long again and am so grateful about Dr Marvel who cured my HIV AIDS last week. I was in a great pain so I told one of my best friends; and she told me that there is a spell caster that can cure my HIV she read someone testimony from a website on-line on how Dr Marvel cure her from HIV AIDS and she also collected Dr Marvel website and email. She gave me Dr Marvel email, I emailed him he talked to me and he perform the necessary rituals and he told me that after two weeks I should go for a test. Which I did, when the doctor told me that am now a HIV negative I couldn’t believe myself I went to see another doctor the result…

  32. I was been suffering hard ship from HIV/AIDS since 9yrs now, and i happen to have 2 kids for my husband, and now we cannot proceed to have another kids all because of my disease and now i have do all what a human like i and my husband can do just to get my disease healed, i have went to several places to seek for help not even one person could ever help, until i melt a comment on the daily news paper that was commented by Miss Marilyn about how this powerful traditional doctor help her get cured of the disease (HIV-AIDS) ” my fellow beloved” i firstly taught having a help from a spiritual traditional healer was a wrong idea, but i think of these, will i continue to stress on these disease all day when i have someone to help me save my life?” so i gather all my faiths and put in all…

  33. I want to introduce this doctor who cured me and save me out of the sickness of HIV, With miraculous spiritual powers , herbal healing powers and herbal medicines from natural herbal plants.DR INIBOKU is a leading herbalist healer on the entire African continent. I use pure natural herbal remedies and his ancestral powers to heal and solve all sicknesses, infections as well as solving all problems in nature of mankind, I am bless with a very powerful gift to cure people, I use traditional medicine and natural product to cure Hiv and Aids, cancer, traditional herbal medicines are often used as primary treatment for HIV/AIDS and for HIV-related problems including dermatological disorders, nausea, depression, insomnia, and weakness. Herbal Medicines are often used as primary treatment for HIV

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