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- 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.
- UNICEF: Communities provide a bigger ‘family’ for orphaned children in Rwanda
- Bamporeze is a non-governmental organization that started a community-based protection programme for children orphaned by AIDS in Rwanda soon after the genocide in 1995. Around 150,000 people live with HIV in Rwanda; 19,000 of them are children.
- Highlighting sexual violence on International Women’s Day
- "Women and men: United to end violence against women" is the theme of this year’s International Women's Day which is observed at the United Nations on 5 March 2009 and celebrated internationally on 8 March.
- Costa Rica: Peer HIV prevention programmes to be promoted for young people
- Young people in Costa Rica will be receiving information on HIV prevention and healthy lifestyles from their peers thanks to a new agreement signed in San Jose by the Government of Costa Rica and the United Nations.
- Home Truths: Facing the facts on children, AIDS, and poverty
- The global response to AIDS must be significantly reoriented to address the unmet needs of millions of children and their families in the worst affected countries, according to a new report by the independent Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS (JLICA).
- Third stocktaking report on children and AIDS
- Early diagnosis and treatment can significantly improve the prospects for survival of newborn babies exposed to HIV, according to a report released today by four United Nations agencies.
- UNAIDS welcomes Mrs Carla Bruni-Sarkozy’s Ambassador role for Global Fund
- Mrs Carla Bruni-Sarkozy took up her appointment as Ambassador for the Protection of Mothers and Children against HIV/AIDS of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) at an event in Paris.
- 4th Global Partners Forum on Children Affected by HIV and AIDS
- In order to review progress, set global priorities, and make commitments for children affected by HIV, 200 delegates from 42 countries including leaders in government, civil society and UN agencies met in Dublin, Ireland on the 6th and 7th October 2008 for the 4th Global Partners Forum on Children affected by HIV and AIDS.
- Second stocktaking report on children and AIDS
- UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO have released the second stocktaking report reviewing progress made in the AIDS response for children since the initiative Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS was launched in October 2005.
- Lions Club International signs Central America agreement with UNAIDS and UNICEF
- UNAIDS and UNICEF Regional Support Teams (RST) for Latin America have signed a cooperation agreement with the Lions Club International (LCI) in Central America.
- Uniting against female genital mutilation
- Reaffirming their commitment to the elimination of female genital mutilation, 10 United Nations bodies including UNAIDS, have expressed their commitment to support governments, communities, and women and girls to abandon the practice within a generation.
- UN special session follow-up: A World Fit for Children +5
- The United Nations Special Session on Children has ended with the adoption of a new Declaration on Children which reaffirms the commitments laid out five years ago at the assembly’s first Special Session on Children.
- President of India unites for children
- The Indian President, Pratibha Patil met representatives from UNAIDS, UNICEF, HIV positive networks and government officials in New Delhi to mark the second anniversary of the UNICEF/UNAIDS Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign. The President of India pledged her full support to the campaign and to addressing myths and misconceptions around HIV that are driving stigma and discrimination.
- Progress and challenges for Botswana
- In a joint mission, UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman, UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot and Dr Tadatakai Yamada, President of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Global Health Programme visited Botswana to gain a shared perspective of the progress and challenges facing the country in its AIDS response.
- McCullum backs HIV and AIDS campaign
- Neil McCullum wears two caps – star cricketer for Scotland on the pitch as well as a physical education teacher.
- Aussie stars support loveLife project
- Nathan Bracken and Brad Hodge took time out of their preparations for the ICC World Twenty20 2007 to visit a project as part of the ICC’s work with UNAIDS and UNICEF to raise awareness on AIDS.
- Cricket chief and star show AIDS solidarity in India
- Cricket stars joined UNICEF in a visit to an ART hospital in India.
- Stars back AIDS awareness campaign at ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa
- Cricket stars from across the world will support the International Cricket Council's (ICC) partnership with UNAIDS and UNICEF at the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 2007, which takes place in South Africa from 11 to 24 September, to highlight the situation of children and young people living with and affected by HIV.
- Hope for street children
- Street children in Cairo, are at a far higher risk of exposure to HIV than children who have a stable homelife. Workers at the Hope Village Society, an organisation looking after Cairo’s street children, have been working with UNICEF and UNAIDS to incorporate AIDS awareness in their educational programmes.
- What about the Children?
- A panel chaired by UNICEF’s Director of Programmes Alan Court discussed the missing faces of children in planning AIDS treatment programmes.