The global access to anti-retroviral drugs and the wide participation of the civil society in working out public policies is the key foundation for combat and prevention of HIV/AIDS, Thmsir Sall told the opening of the national coordination forum jointly organized by the National Institute of Combat Against AIDS(INLS) and the national and international partners committed to fighting against the epidemic.
The three-day forum, which is to close on Friday, attracts more than 100 participants including officials from the government ministries, non-government organizations, religious groups, as well as public and private sectors and traditional donors.
According to Candida Alcina, coordinator of the INLS, more than400,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Angola, accounting for 2.7 percent of the country's total population.
