[afro-nets] Invitation to e-3x5, an electronic discussion group

[Kenji Tamura <tamurak@who.int>]

Invitation to e-3x5, an electronic discussion group
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Dear colleagues

It is my great pleasure to invite you to join e-3x5, an elec-
tronic discussion group and information network created by the
World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS in collaboration with
SATELLIFE.

The goal of e-3x5 is to provide a forum for dialogue and ex-
change of information on the WHO and partner-supported initia-
tive to get 3 million people living with HIV/AIDS in resource-
limited countries on antiretroviral therapy (ART) by the end of
2005, as a first step to achieving the goal of universal access
to treatment as a human right.

Implementers of ART programs, governments, NGO's, advocacy
groups, people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS and inter-
ested individuals, will be able to rapidly share information and
experiences, discuss strategies, problems and successes, and
learn through action as we address this critical public health
emergency.

Starting subscription to e-3x5 is very simple.

Please
1) send an e-mail to <e-3x5-join@healthnet.org> without any sub-
    jects and body of the message,
or
2) go to http://list.healthnet.org/mailman/listinfo/e-3x5
    and follow the instructions there.

If you are already a member of e-3x5, please simply disregard
this message.

In November, 2003, WHO and UNAIDS co-sponsored a consultation
meeting in Lusaka, Zambia. The report of this meeting "Emergency
scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in resource-limited settings:
Technical and operational recommendations to achieve 3 by 5",
has been finalized and posted on the web sites.

Please visit WHO/HIV site for an Adobe PDF version (50 pp. 112 kB):
http://www.who.int/3by5/publications/documents/zambia/en

or the ITAC site (for a MS WORD version):
http://www.itacoalition.org/content.html?folder=7&page=26&meeting=23

Your comments and discussions on this document will be welcomed.
Please send your message to <e-3x5@healthnet.org> after becoming
a member of e-3x5.

We look forward to your active participation in the network.

On behalf of e-3x5 moderators,

Kenji Tamura MD PhD
ITAC Secretariat
WHO HTM/HIV care
20 Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland
Tel: +41-22-791-1641
Fax: +41-22-791-4834
mailto:tamurak@who.int
http://www.itacoalition.org