Blais Pierre, Sirivar Sylvia, Seto Joyce
Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Jun 1;75 Suppl 2:S109-S110. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001365.
In 2015, Global Affairs Canada joined other members of the United Nations to establish the Sustainable Development Goals, which include the elimination of AIDS by 2030. Innovation is an important part of accelerating the response against HIV and ensuring success in eliminating AIDS by 2030. This is the reason Global Affairs Canada decided to partner with the World Health Organization, to support the INtegration and Scaling Up PMTCT through Implementation REsearch (INSPIRE) initiative, to learn how HIV interventions can be successfully integrated with other essential health services for mothers and children, especially among the most vulnerable populations. Canada also believes that the empowerment of women and girls will be critical to eliminating AIDS. INSPIRE is the evidence that providing women with the knowledge and skills necessary to prevent, treat, and manage HIV enables them to become experts and agents of change in their families and communities. We know that when women are empowered with critical information regarding their health, there is greater retention in care which leads to improved treatment adherence and ultimately helps to reduce the rate of new infections. Global Affairs Canada is proud to have supported the World Health Organization in this effort.
2015年，加拿大全球事务部与联合国其他成员国共同制定了可持续发展目标，其中包括到2030年消除艾滋病。创新是加快应对艾滋病毒并确保到2030年成功消除艾滋病的重要组成部分。这就是加拿大全球事务部决定与世界卫生组织合作，支持通过实施研究实现预防母婴传播的整合与扩大规模（INSPIRE）倡议的原因，以了解如何将艾滋病毒干预措施与针对孕产妇和儿童的其他基本卫生服务成功整合，尤其是在最脆弱人群中。加拿大还认为，赋予妇女和女童权力对于消除艾滋病至关重要。INSPIRE证明，为妇女提供预防、治疗和管理艾滋病毒所需的知识和技能，能使她们成为家庭和社区中的专家及变革推动者。我们知道，当妇女掌握有关自身健康的关键信息时，她们在接受治疗方面的留存率会更高，这会提高治疗依从性，并最终有助于降低新感染率。加拿大全球事务部很自豪能在这项工作中支持世界卫生组织。
