CPA delegates’ spouses to support Chantal Biya fight HIV/AIDS

The spouses of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, CPA, delegates have pledged to support Cameroon’s FirstLady, Chantal Biya, in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cameroon.

They took the commitment recently, while on a visit to the Chantal Biya International Reference Centre for Research on the Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS, CIRCB, and the Africa Synergy for the Fight against HIV/AIDS.

Welcoming the delegates, the Executive Secretary and Management Committee President of CIRCB, Jean StephaneBiatcha, said the Chantal BiyaFoundation, an initiative of AfricanFirst Ladies, was created in 1992. He said the advocacy of Cameroon’s First Lady led to the creation of the Foundation.

The CIRCB was created by a Ministerial decree onFebruary 17, 2006, and was inaugurated on February 23, 2006. The creation of the Centre, Biatcha went on, shows a firm commitment by Chantal Biya to combat HIV/AIDS in Cameroon.

He added that the CIRBC is opened to national and internal researchers in the context of a global reach in the field of HIV/AIDS with focus on basic and applied research, vaccine research against HIV/AIDS and associated infections.

“The Centre is responsible for conducting activities on the prevention of HIV/AIDS with regard to documentation and information on HIV/AIDS, the prevention of mother to child transmission, support for people living with HIV/AIDS such as studies impact on the health system analysis and clinical trial of antiretroviral therapy, studies on genetic resistance on antiretroviral drug and lastly, the economic analysis of the impact of the pandemic on society, schools and education system,” Biatcha said.