Press Releases 1996
Discussions on AIDS Services Development
The following is issued on behalf of the AIDS Services Development Committee of the Advisory Council on AIDS (ACA):
Provision of services to people living with HIV/AIDS in Hong Kong was discussed at the first meeting of the new term of AIDS Services Development Committee of the Advisory Council on AIDS (ACA) held recently.
At the meeting, the committee supported the Government's aim of integrating AIDS services into other health programmes in Hong Kong, through the establishment of suitable health care services.
Members were concerned about objections against the Kowloon Bay Primary Health Care Centre and Nursing Home for the Elderly.
They understood that this might result in unnecessary delay in the provision of much needed services planned for people living with HIV/AIDS and those with other health needs.
They committeee also noted the progress made by Hospital Authority and the community in planning for the provision of hospice care to people living with HIV/AIDs. This point would be reviewed by the committee from time to time.
The AIDS Services Development Committee is one of the three committees under the ACA. The chairman of the new term committee is Dr Homer Tso, who has been appointed to ACA since 1993.
The terms of reference of the committee are:
- to recommend on the strategy of developing clinical and support services for HIV infected individuals in Hong Kong;
- to co-ordinate available services and facilitate their accessibility to people with HIV/AIDS and their relatives who require them; and
- to evaluate the quality and availability of AIDS services in the territory.