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- Young people: Now make it happen!
- UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé has highlighted how young people are leading the prevention revolution.
- Research project during the World Cup gathers data on sex workers and HIV
- As part of the UN South Africa Programme of Support to the FIFA 2010 World Cup, UNFPA and SWEAT (Sex Worker Education & Advocacy Taskforce) partnered with South African researchers to investigate key dimensions of HIV and sex work during the tournament. This rigorous research was supported by a telephone helpline service to respond to health and human rights concerns of sex workers during the World Cup. According to Mr. Eric Harper, Executive Director of SWEAT: “These projects give weight to the rights watch dimension for most-at-risk-populations that is so vital when the largest sporting event in the world occurs.”
- Helping Vietnamese youth protect themselves against HIV
- Pham Xuan Tung talks eagerly and takes notes for his group during a biology lesson on HIV transmission and the replication of the virus in blood cells. This new type of highly interactive class is something Tung, a student at Hoang Quoc Viet upper secondary school in Dong Trieu District, Quang Ninh Province, clearly enjoys.
- UNFPA and CARE announce partnership to improve maternal health
- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and CARE International, one of the world’s largest humanitarian aid agencies, have announced an agreement to enhance collaboration on maternal health programmes in more than 25 countries. This move, launched at the Women Deliver conference in Washington DC, will bring together UNFPA’s effective work with national governments and CARE’s expertise in engaging local communities.
- President Kabila commits to ensuring an AIDS-free generation in Democratic Republic of Congo
- President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has pledged to promote the emergence an AIDS-Free Generation, to ensure safer motherhood and to eliminate mother-child-transmission of HIV in his country.
- 54th Commission on the Status of Women opening calls for Action on Gender Equality
- During a high-level panel on the opening day of the 54th at the Commission on the Status of Women, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya A. Obaid, speaking on behalf of the United Nations, called attention to the links between the right to sexual and reproductive health and women's empowerment, gender equality and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
- Human Rights Day - Partnering with men to stop human rights violations against women
- Each year, Human Rights Day marks the culmination of 16 days of activism to end violence against women when groups from around the world come together to eradicate this threat to the health and wellbeing of women and girls. This year, UNFPA has launched a publication which highlights the crucial role men can play.
- Sexuality education an imperative for children and young people in a world affected by AIDS
- In many parts of the world, a combination of social taboos, unavailability of sound information, lack of resources and infrastructure leave many young people vulnerable to coercion, abuse, exploitation, unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Sexuality education can play a key role in improving knowledge and reducing sexual risk behaviours among young people.
- UNFPA report: Exploring links between HIV and climate change
- The success of the global response to AIDS will rely on tackling not only the encroaching virus itself but also the affects of climate change such as food and water shortages, growth in poverty and an increase in natural disasters.
- Empowering women to protect themselves: Promoting the female condom in Zimbabwe
- The female condom can be a tool for women’s empowerment, allowing them to protect their own reproductive health and that of their partners. In Zimbabwe, the national AIDS-prevention team, along with UNFPA, have seen their efforts lead to a dramatic increase in female condom use after just three years.
- Y-PEER in Lebanon: Youth leadership in action
- The UNFPA-supported Y-PEER initiative is a groundbreaking youth programme that raises HIV prevention awareness through street art, music and dance. UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé had the opportunity this week to attend a dance performance by the Youth Peer Education Network during the Jeux de la Francophonie.
- UNAIDS partners in new Clinton Global Initiative to address sexual violence against girls
- UNAIDS and cosponsors UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO have joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNIFEM and private sector supporters through the Clinton Global Initiative to address the injustices and health impact of sexual violence against girls. The initiative, launched in New York by the partners, will focus on countries where sexual violence is a key initiation point for the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases.
- UNAIDS to receive additional funding from UK
- UNAIDS and its cosponsor UNFPA have been ranked as best performers in a recent assessment of four UN agencies, including UNDP and WHO, conducted by UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). As a result, both organizations will receive full additional funding to further support projects on the ground.
- Injecting drug users take central role in anti-stigma film
- The lives of injecting drug users and the HIV-related stigma and discrimination they face was one focus of the IX International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific as the film Suee (Needle) was launched by Response Beyond Borders, the Asian consortium on drug use HIV, AIDS and poverty.
- More needs to be done to help young people most at risk of HIV infection
- In general, HIV prevention services in the Asia region are currently not reaching young people who are most at risk of infection. In order to address this, the Asia Pacific Regional UN Coordination Group on Most at Risk Young People is hosting a symposium (Aug 10) at the IX International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.
- UNAIDS Cosponsors out in force for 9th ICAAP
- The 10 UNAIDS Cosponsors are presenting a strong showing as thousands of delegates converge in Bali, Indonesia, to share ideas, knowledge, best practices, lessons learned and research findings at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP).
- A new blog for the development community: Conversations for a Better World
- If the AIDS epidemic and other key development issues are to be dealt with effectively, greater attention has to be paid to population dynamics and reproductive health. To address this, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has launched a series of on-line dialogues: Conversations for a Better World. The first conversation deals with the links between poverty and AIDS. You are invited to join in.
- UNAIDS Task Team develops effective tools to help young people tackle HIV
- Empowering young people to protect themselves from HIV is one of the eight priority focus areas for UNAIDS and its Cosponsors under the Joint action for results: UNAIDS outcome framework 2009-2011. In order to give young people the urgent attention they need, a series of seven Guidance Briefs has been developed by the UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team (IATT) on HIV and Young People.
- Joint action for results: UNAIDS outcome framework, 2009 – 2011
- The HIV organizational landscape has evolved and grown more complex over the past decade. UNAIDS, donors and civil society, including networks of people living with HIV, have rightly demanded greater clarity on the relationships between needs, financing, activities and outcomes. Also demanded is greater specificity about the role of UNAIDS and the Secretariat within the wider constellation of actors.
- UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations meet
- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations in the AIDS response. The UNAIDS Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO) serves as the forum for these Cosponsors to meet on a regular basis to consider matters of major importance to UNAIDS, and to provide input from the Cosponsoring organizations into the policies and strategies of UNAIDS.