Malawian PLHIV network: MANET+

Summary

People living with HIV (PLHIV) founded the Malawi Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (MANET+) on 16 April 1997 as a coordinating and facilitating body with the main goal of promoting effective networking amongst associations and support groups of people living with HIV and AIDS and their collaborators.

Mission and Vision

MANET+ envisages “an enabling environment for people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS in Malawi – one that is free of stigma and discrimination”. This vision statement is a long-term commitment.The mission of MANET+ together with its mandates provides the Network’s social justification for its existence. MANET+ exists “to improve the quality of life of people living with or affected by HIV and AIDS in Malawi through the promotion and protection of their rights and freedoms, empowerment and meaningful involvement in issues that affect their lives at individual, family, community, workplace and national levels.”