Tripoli hosts workshop on rights of HIV-infected children

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- A workshop on the rights of children suffering from HIV/ AIDS started here Wednesday under the theme "Together for life," with over 150 p a rticipants, including lawyers and specialists from the country's various regions , PANA reported.
The meeting, organised by the Libyan National Center of Prevention and Fight Aga inst Endemic and Transmittable Diseases, in collaboration with the Libyan Societ y for Safe Childhood and the country office of the United Nations Development Pro g ramme (UNDP) in Libya, will last two days.
The agenda of the meeting focuses on several themes relating to basic data on th e AIDS pandemic, as well as the situation of HIV-positive children and the issue of stigmatization against them.
The workshop will also address the legitimate rights of children suffering from AIDS, local legislations and the Child Rights Charter.