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- Innovative WFP electronic voucher programme in Zimbabwe brings relief to many living with HIV
- Thousands of people living with HIV in Zimbabwe are no longer going hungry thanks to a creative intervention spearheaded by the World Food Programme. The project, which involves households receiving electronic vouchers that can be used to buy highly nutritious food, is proving a lifeline to people living with HIV.
- People living with HIV in Ethiopia receive vital nutrition boost
- Men, women and children on HIV treatment in drought-affected Ethiopia will benefit from a US$ 56 million donation from the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to the World Food Programme (WFP).
- Horn of Africa in crisis: famine, displacement and HIV
- The ongoing drought and famine in the Horn of Africa has put the lives of millions of people in Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti and Ethiopia at serious risk. An estimated 13 million people in the region are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, including food and medical care.
- North Star Alliance road show highlights work of its network of mobile clinics along transport corridors in Africa
- A 40-foot converted shipping container making its way around European cities is vividly highlighting the work of North Star Alliance. This public-private partnership is committed to building a network of roadside clinics at transport ‘hotspots’ across Africa to provide long-haul truck drivers, sex workers and surrounding communities with access to basic health care.
- UNAIDS calls better integration of HIV prevention and treatment in maternal, newborn and child health programmes in Ethiopia
- The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé paid a visit to Ethiopia to discuss ways of accelerating progress towards achieving universal access to HIV services and reaching the Millennium Development Goals in the country.
- WFP Addresses Vital Role of Food and Nutrition in Global AIDS Response
- During a satellite session at the IX International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), held in Bali, Indonesia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and its partners explored the vital role of nutrition and food security for people living with HIV.
- 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).
- Swaziland: WFP supports families living with HIV
- As a man living with HIV, Vusie Maphalala knows very well that without regular, adequate nutrition people receiving treatment for HIV are weakened and cannot reap the full benefit of their drugs. Two years ago his wife died for this very reason. Under a joint project run by the World Food Programme (WFP) and Swaziland’s Ministry of Health Mr Maphalala receives food rations and is now able to support his family.
- 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.
- HIV and high food prices
- Leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20) countries are gathering in London for a summit to identify steps that can help restore global economic growth.
- 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.
- The impact of nutrition and HIV: World Food Programme
- WFP is the lead UN agency providing emergency food assistance and the world's largest humanitarian agency. As a cosponsor of UNAIDS it also plays a unique and significant role in the global AIDS response. In 2007, WFP reached 1.3 million people affected by HIV in 20 of the 25 highest HIV prevalence countries.
- New UNAIDS policy on HIV, food security and nutrition
- In many parts of the world, lack of food security and poor nutrition are worsening the effects of the HIV epidemic.
- AIDS, nutrition and food security
- In advance of World AIDS Day, UNAIDS cosponsor organizations the World Food Programme and the World Bank have released reports focusing on AIDS, nutrition, and food security.