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First Lady of Namibia takes part in conversations with young people at Windhoek nightclub

The kick-off for the First Lady’s #BeFree initiative brought together young people, parents, counsellors, dancers, musicians, religious leaders, health experts, United Nations partners and other community stakeholders for an afternoon event at a nightclub in Windhoek, Namibia. #BeFree aims to give young people the information, knowledge and tools needed to transition into adulthood.
Media Advisory

UNAIDS to launch new report ahead of World AIDS Day

Ahead of World AIDS Day, UNAIDS is launching a new report entitled Get on the Fast-Track: The life-cycle approach to HIV. The report will be launched at an event in Windhoek, Namibia with the President of Namibia Hage Geingob and the Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé.
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Lorena Castillo de Varela renews her commitment as UNAIDS Special Ambassador for AIDS in Latin America

UNAIDS has announced that Lorena Castillo de Varela, First Lady of Panama, will continue her commitment to the response to HIV as UNAIDS Special Ambassador for AIDS in Latin America. Since her appointment in November 2015, Ms Castillo de Varela has contributed to accelerating the AIDS response in Panama and to raising awareness about zero discrimination, calling for fairer and more inclusive societies.
Feature Story

One-stop-shop for truckers’ health in South Africa

Mandie Pakkies is shivering outside in her thin black coat on a chilly Durban winter’s night at a truck stop in the suburb of Marianhill on one of the main trucking routes out of Africa’s busiest port. The steady stream of trucks passing by on the highway do not disturb her. She’s actually eager for some of them to pull in for diesel and even a chat.
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HIV testing campaign in Panama aims to save lives

The Tests that Save Lives campaign in Panama, launched within the framework of the Global ProTest HIV initiative, aims to reduce the number of new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths by offering free HIV testing and counselling every June. When the campaign was rolled out in June 2015, more than 13 100 people were tested for free across the country. That number increased to more than 16 200 in 2016.
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HIV is everybody’s business

UNAIDS and Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, have announced a public–private sector partnership to promote HIV testing worldwide.
Feature Story

Bringing HIV testing to communities in Cambodia

This community-based HIV testing programme is one of the first of its kind in the Asia and the Pacific region. Across the region, HIV testing coverage among key populations is low. While many countries have scaled up HIV testing in health clinics, representatives of civil society have called for more community-based approaches, focusing on key populations, who often do not attend health clinics.
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Testing viral suppression

Strong adherence to antiretroviral therapy suppresses viral load to undetectable levels within people living with HIV, greatly reducing the risk of transmitting the virus to others.
Feature Story

Reducing the impact of HIV among adolescent girls

Around 180 young women and adolescent girls from Malawi, Kenya and Uganda have led a pilot project that aims to strengthen the leadership of young women and adolescent girls in the AIDS response called Empowerment + Engagement = Equality.
Feature Story

How one Jamaican organization is empowering adolescent girls living with HIV

Rushell Gray unflinchingly shares the story of her journey to the edge and back. She was infected with HIV after being abused at the age of nine, but her eight-year-old daughter is HIV-free. “It has been difficult. As a young girl in the community everybody turned a blind eye and blamed me,” she said. “Nobody said this man needs to go to jail. At one point I gave up because the stress was too high,” she recounts.
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Strategy
http://www.unaids.org/en/goals/unaidsstrategy
At the end of 2015, the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board adopted a new strategy to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030.
UN Declarations
http://www.unaids.org/en/goals/unitednationsdeclarationsandgoals
Information about United Nations Declarations since the General Assembly convened a special session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001.
Goals
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/documents/2016/fast-track-commitments
The Fast-Track Commitments are drawn from the 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, which was adopted by United Nations Member States at the 2016 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS and the UNAIDS 2016–2021 Strategy.
Press centre
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre
Visit the press centre to access the latest press releases, news stories and press contacts as well as the latest terminology guidelines.
Campaigns
http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/campaigns
Special pages created to provide information about topic-based campaigns, events and international days.
Global Goals
http://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/
On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda.
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"NOW IS THE TIME TO COME TOGETHER AGAIN AND FINISH WHAT WE STARTED. LET US SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY AND JOIN THE FAST-TRACK TOWARDS ENDING AIDS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT BY 2030."

MICHEL SIDIBÉ
UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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