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- UNICEF: Helping Ukraine’s most-at-risk young people
- Ukraine is the European country which bears the highest burden of HIV with just over 1.6 percent of the adult population estimated to be living with the virus. Among the most affected groups are young people who engage in high risk behaviour such as injecting drug use and sex work. Many of these young people live on the streets. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine aims to give vulnerable young people the tools to protect themselves against HIV.
- Kenyan TV drama, ‘Shuga’, entertains as it raises AIDS awareness
- At its New York headquarters, UNICEF highlighted a recent collaboration with MTV through a screening of ‘Shuga’, a three-part TV drama about a group of young friends living in Nairobi, Kenya. As they explore the complexities of love, the characters confront the risk of HIV infection.
- HIV prevention among most-at-risk young people: How to get the message across
- It is critical that young people most at risk of HIV infection are better informed and equipped with skills to protect themselves. This was a key argument emerging from an international symposium convened by the UNAIDS Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Education to address the education sector’s response to the challenge of HIV among this key population.
- 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.
- Data shows progress needed on HIV testing and treatment for children and mothers
- NEW YORK/GENEVA/ BARCELONA 30 November 2009 – National efforts to combat AIDS, particularly by preventing mother-to-child transmission, are showing positive results, but many HIV and AIDS affected children still struggle to have their basic needs met, according to a report launched today by four United Nations agencies.
- Cricket stars raise awareness about HIV in South Africa
- Famous Sri Lankan cricketers Kumar Sangakkara, Angelo Mathews, Chamara Kapugedera and Lasith Malinga recently visited young people living with HIV at the WITSECHO Adolescent Sprint Holiday Programme near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Governments and civil society expand access to HIV testing and counselling
- A brightly coloured van known as the ‘Tutu Tester’ has become a familiar sight in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of an accelerating drive to persuade people to know their HIV status. More than 10 000 people have been tested and counselled since May 2008 when the mobile clinic from the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation took to the road.
- More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-saving treatment
- More than 4 million people in low- and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008, representing a 36% increase in one year and a ten-fold increase over five years, according to a new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
- 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.
- Social protection: helping families affected by HIV weather the financial crisis
- As leaders convene at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign, spearheaded by UNICEF and supported by UNAIDS among other partners, is encouraging a discussion on the role of social protection. The campaign believes that developing a network of public and private services, addressing vulnerability, poverty and exclusion, can help protect children and families affected by AIDS.
- Bruni-Sarkozy endorses UNAIDS call to virtually eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015
- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy echoed UNAIDS call to virtually eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015 while addressing the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and leaders at a side event to the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- UNAIDS, Millennium Villages join forces to keep children free from HIV in Africa
- UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages Project signed an agreement in New York to strengthen efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa. The aim of the partnership is to help local governments create “Mother to child transmission-free zones” in 14 ‘Millennium Villages’ across ten African countries.
- United for UNICEF: Manchester United visit highlights HIV and rights of vulnerable children
- Manchester United stars Ryan Giggs, Patrice Evra and Federico Macheda took time out of the club's pre-season tour of Asia in mid-July to highlight the facts about HIV, help challenge the prejudice and stigma faced by marginalized children; and advocate for their rights.
- 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).
- HIV Treatment data update – July 2009
- Substantial progress has been made in increasing access to treatment in low and middle income countries.
- Peer educators raising HIV awareness through sport in Trinidad and Tobago
- A UNICEF-supported programme called 'Kicking AIDS Out' (KAO) has recently been initiated in Speyside, northern Tobago, by the Trinidad and Tobago Alliance for Sport and Physical Education. The new programme uses sports and games to teach young people and adolescents about HIV.
- Early diagnosis and treatment save babies from AIDS-related death
- Many infants across the world are dying needlessly because they are not being tested early enough for HIV and treated if they have the virus. Without treatment, half of all HIV-positive babies will not live long enough to see their second birthday. To help address this situation, the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS campaign has launched a new video vividly highlighting the importance of early testing and treatment to save the lives of infants who have HIV.
- 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.
- UNICEF working to teach AIDS prevention to young people in Guinea
- Nene Gallé Barry sells charcoal in a very poor area of the Koloma quarter in Conakry, Guinea’s capital. She is 18 now, but left her home village four years ago to earn a living in the city. She has a boyfriend and is sexually active and, until recently, she had never heard of AIDS and had never seen or used a condom.