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- UN Secretary-General issues recommendations to bolster AIDS response in order to meet 2015 targets
- The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has issued his first report on HIV to the UN General Assembly since the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS. In the report, he highlights the urgent need to achieve immediate, tangible results and for the AIDS response to be smarter, more strategic, more efficient, and grounded in human rights.
- The 2011 Political Declaration on AIDS – Implications for Africa
- Government, United Nations and civil society representatives gathered on the last day of ICASA 2011 to discuss how to deliver on the 2011 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS for Africa. The Declaration, unanimously adopted at the UN High Level Meeting on AIDS in June 2011, sets forth bold new targets and calls on member states to redouble efforts to achieve universal access by 2015.
- ASEAN leaders commit to “getting to Zero”
- The Heads of State and government from the ten countries that make up the Association of ASEAN have committed to making Zero New HIV Infections.
- Bold new AIDS targets set by world leaders for 2015
- Unprecedented global participation at UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS leads to new commitments, targets and momentum in the AIDS response
- Faith leaders discuss ending stigma at prayer breakfast meeting
- On the closing day of the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS, faith-leaders came together with people living with HIV, representatives from key populations at higher risk of infection and other partners in the AIDS response to discuss ways to end stigma and to build strong collaborative partnerships for future action at country level.
- Integrating the AIDS response with broader health and development agendas
- Taking AIDS out of isolation and into integration was the focus of the final panel discussion on the closing day of the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS.
- Partners come together to lessen HIV-risk for migrants and mobile populations
- For the world’s 214 million international migrants and 740 million internal migrants the sometimes challenging conditions of the migration process can leave them vulnerable to HIV infection. During the General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York, governments, civil society partners and intergovernmental agencies came together to examine ways of increasing access to HIV services for people on the move.
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- Call for leaders to champion the needs of women and girls in HIV policy and programming
- “Women, girls and HIV” was the theme of a high level panel which was held at the United Nations on Thursday 9 June.
- Applying evidence for results: How can we effectively scale up HIV treatment?
- A special side event was convened for ministers from a wide spectrum of sectors—including health, justice, social development and labour to come together to share their experiences across the new landscape and outlook for HIV treatment, including treatment for prevention.
- Market approaches for innovation and access to medicines: Challenges and opportunities
- What lessons can be learned from market-based approaches to providing medicines and healthcare in low- and middle-income settings? What are the challenges and future opportunities? These were the key questions dominating an event organised by UNITAID, UNAIDS and the Medicines Patent Pool at the High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York this week.
- AIDS and Disability Partners Forum: Enhancing inclusive and accessible HIV programming which fits all the population
- To highlight the importance for national integration of the needs of persons with disabilities into all aspects of the AIDS response, a partner’s forum on AIDS and Disability was held on 9 June during the High Level Meeting on AIDS.
- High Level meeting side-event calls for full inclusion and recognition of key populations at risk of HIV in all responses to HIV
- A community dialogue event on 9 June brought together people from key affected populations to reinforce their call for a human rights-based approach to HIV programming.
- Young people in the AIDS response: Taking the lead
- Young people are at the heart of the AIDS epidemic and should be at the heart of the AIDS response. How to ensure the global challenge to HIV better serves the needs of young people was explored during a key event at the High Level Meeting on AIDS this week.
- It’s possible: Making the most of linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV responses
- Linking sexual and reproductive health and HIV is of critical importance. On 8 June, during a side event at this week’s High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York, the question of how exactly such linkages can be strengthened was explored in depth.
- High level panel highlights need for greater investments in technology and innovation to advance results for HIV prevention for treatment
- Delegates at 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS reflect on technological advancements made in HIV prevention and treatment and outline necessity for continued innovation to respond to epidemic in the coming decades.
- The Missing Face of Children and AIDS: Progress on Ten Years of Commitments
- Considerable progress has been made in putting children at the heart of the global AIDS response. During a side-event on 9 June called The missing face of children and AIDS: Progress on ten years of commitment, delegates explored how all children, everywhere can be assured access to good quality HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services.
- World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015
- World leaders gathered in New York for the 2011 United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS have today launched a Global Plan that will make significant strides towards eliminating new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive.
- New world report on disability: Breaking down barriers
- The world’s one billion people living with disabilities have poorer health, lower educational achievements and are more prone to social exclusion than those without disabilities. Today, the first ever World Report on Disability sets out to challenge these disparities and suggest how they can be overcome.
- Faith-based action: Confronting the impact of HIV funding cutbacks
- A High Level Meeting side event called Faith-based action to achieve universal access: Confronting the impact of funding cutbacks and advocating for the special needs of mothers and children living with HIV was held on 8 June.
- International Advisory Group convenes to rally solidarity for universal access to HIV services
- The International Advisory Group (IAG) on universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, convened on the eve of the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS to rally solidarity for universal access to HIV services.