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- African Parliamentarians commit to universal access to HIV services
- UNAIDS and UNDP in West and Central Africa have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Forum of Arab and African Parliamentarians for Population and Development (FAAPPD) formalizing the commitment of the Parliamentarians to work towards the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services in the region.
- Official launch of the V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STDs
- The V Latin American and Caribbean Forum on HIV/AIDS and STD’s, FORO 2009 was officially announced on Thursday 16th April in Lima. The Forum will take place in Peru’s capital from 22nd to 26th June under the theme “Health is our right, universal access is our goal, no discrimination our challenge”.
- State legislators in India pledge to advance universal access to HIV services as a political goal
- In a milestone in the political response to HIV in India, more than a 100 elected state legislators, from all major political parties in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh have pledged to incorporate the goal of universal access to HIV services in their political manifestos. Legislators from 15 major political parties in the state met at a special all-party function organized by the Legislators Forum on AIDS and the State AIDS Control Society on 21 February. They signed a joint declaration of intent to integrate HIV issues into their official electoral campaigning as they gear up for the state’s next election.
- Visiting Khayelitsha, Executive Director announces universal access as top priority for UNAIDS
- This morning the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Mr Michel Sidibé gave his first major global statement at a public meeting in Khayelitsha a township on the outskirts of Cape Town in South Africa.
- New report calls for $25 billion investment to ensure countries reach 2010 targets
- A new report released by UNAIDS, <
> estimates that an investment of US$ 25 billion will be required for the global AIDS response in 2010 for low- and middle-income countries—US$ 11.3 billion more than is available today.
- More prevention focus needed for the Caribbean to sharpen its response to HIV
- Those at highest risk of being infected by HIV in the Caribbean are not generally included at the heart of HIV prevention strategies. This is one of the conclusions of Keeping Score II, a publication launched by UNAIDS Caribbean Regional Support Team recently in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
- Challenges to universal access in low prevalence countries in Asia Pacific
- In order to assess challenges for countries with low HIV prevalence in the Asia Pacific region, the second regional consultative meeting on universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support took place in Manila 26-28 August 2008.
- Universal access to affordable AIDS commodities
- As part of the 2008 High level Meeting on AIDS, a special event entitled “Universal access to affordable diagnostics, prevention and treatment: In search for sustainable solutions” will be held on 9th June in the United Nations Headquarters, New York.
- HIV treatment figures up by 46.5%
- Some 3 million people now have access to antiretroviral therapy according to a report issued today by WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF.
- Human rights and universal access
- Human rights and its links to reaching the goal of universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support was central to the discussions of the eighth meeting of the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV and Human Rights, an independent advisory body to UNAIDS, took place on 3-5 December 2007 in Geneva.
- PANCAP: AIDS in the long-term
- AIDS has become the “greatest leadership challenge to nations and regions”, the UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director UNAIDS Michel Sidibe at the 7th Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), held in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados.
- Myanmar: Towards universal access
- What will it take to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in Myanmar? This was the central discussion of a satellite meeting held as part of the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) on Monday 20 August.
- Treatment figures reach 2 million
- WHO, UNAIDS and UNICEF have launched a new report on scaling up priority AIDS interventions in the health sector.
- Ambitious targets set in Malawi
- The involvement of civil society in the process of setting targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support has resulted in ambitious targets addressing the needs and expectations of those living with or affected by HIV.
- Towards universal access: West and Central Africa
- The renewed commitment to universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support undertaken by countries across the world, has paved the way in West and Central Africa to more inclusive dialogue among partners, galvanizing consensus around the core challenges currently obstructing the national response, and strengthening joint determination to scale up national programmes.
- Universal access: target setting in Asia and the Pacific
- Less than six months after the United Nations Member States endorsed the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS; countries across the world have started setting ambitious targets to significantly scale up their response to AIDS. We asked Mr Prasada Rao, UNAIDS Regional Support Team Director for Asia and the Pacific to update us on progress in his region.
- Universal access: New push from African civil society
- Thirty representatives from the African Civil Society Coalition on HIV and AIDS attended the International AIDS Conference in Toronto to push forward the agenda on universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support for all Africans.
- New African resolve to combat AIDS, TB and Malaria
- African leaders and Heads of State recently met in Abuja, Nigeria at a Special Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to address the challenges posed by the three diseases that kill an estimated four million Africans every year.
- Towards universal access: meeting the challenge in Latin America
- Lowering the prices of AIDS medicines and other essential commodities, securing additional donor support, increasing international awareness of the epidemic in the region, and reducing homophobia and gender discrimination were among the priority actions identified at the Latin America regional consultation on scaling up towards universal access.