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Sierra Leone wins MDG Award for AIDS response
23 September 2010|
At a ceremony on the eve of the 2010 Millennium Development Goals Summit, held in New York from 20-22 September, the Government of Sierra Leone was presented with an MDG Award for its leadership and progress towards achieving MDG 6, to stop and reverse the spread of HIV by 2015.
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Young Olympians get the HIV message
23 August 2010|
AIDS-inspired dance workshops, sports games with an HIV awareness-raising twist and make-your-own plasticine prevention messages were highlight activities coordinated by UNAIDS at the first-ever Youth Olympic Games, as part of the culture and education programme designed to encourage young Olympic athletes to learn more about issues of well-being, healthy lifestyle and social responsibility.
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AIDS a key issue for international youth dialogue
20 August 2010|
HIV and sexual and reproductive health has been identified as a central theme for discussion as part of the International Year of Youth, a United Nations (UN)-led initiative launched this month by the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
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Inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore
13 August 2010|
During the next two weeks, Singapore is making Olympic history by being the host of the first-ever Youth Olympic Games, opening on 14 August 2010.
Mr Michel Sidibé (right), UNAIDS Executive Director; Dr Julio Montaner (left), President of International AIDS Society on the human rights march in downtown Vienna on 20 July 2010.
“Now more than ever”: Marchers in Vienna call for protection of human rights and HIV
21 July 2010|
Downtown Vienna was the backdrop for last night’s HIV and human rights march and rally on 20 July. The public event took place during the 18th International AIDS Conference which has brought some 20,000 activists and HIV professionals to the Austrian capital.
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HRH Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway joins young people to open Youth Pavilion at AIDS 2010
19 July 2010|
UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador HRH Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, joined UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Management and External Relations Branch, Ms Jan Beagle and Dr Julio Montaner, International Chair of the XVIII International AIDS Conference and President of the International AIDS Society in welcoming young participants to the Youth Pavilion at XVIII International AIDS Conference.
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AIDS 2010 begins in Vienna with call for Treatment 2.0
19 July 2010|
The XVIII International AIDS Conference opened on Sunday 18 July in the city of Vienna. With open arms, Austria has welcomed an estimated 20,000 delegates from all over the world who will spend the next week taking part in conference sessions and satellite meetings under the theme “Rights Here, Right Now” selected to emphasize the critical connection between human rights and HIV.
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'Give AIDS the Red Card' web competition closes
14 July 2010|
With the ending of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the UNAIDS web contest has come to a close as well. Contestants joined the UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors footballers Michael Ballack and Emmanuel Adebayor in the ‘Give AIDS the Red Card’ web competition to learn about HIV and win prizes. The contest engaged hundreds of participants from all corners of the world. Respondents’ thoughtful ideas for a solution to stopping stigma and discrimination were particularly enlightening and promising.
Research project during the World Cup gathers data on sex workers and HIV
12 July 2010|
As part of the UN South Africa Programme of Support to the FIFA 2010 World Cup, UNFPA and SWEAT (Sex Worker Education & Advocacy Taskforce) partnered with South African researchers to investigate key dimensions of HIV and sex work during the tournament. This rigorous research was supported by a telephone helpline service to respond to health and human rights concerns of sex workers during the World Cup. According to Mr. Eric Harper, Executive Director of SWEAT: “These projects give weight to the rights watch dimension for most-at-risk-populations that is so vital when the largest sporting event in the world occurs.”
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UNAIDS Web Contest 2010
15 June 2010|
Every 4 years, the world turns its eyes to the football World Cup, the biggest sporting tournament on the planet. This year, the World Cup is being held in South Africa with many top teams and stars taking part. As in years past, UNAIDS will be hosting a web-competition, under the slogan “Give AIDS the Red Card” in order to celebrate the games. With the help of UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors Michael Ballack and Emmanuel Adebayor, the “Give AIDS the Red Card” campaign leads us in the direction of preventing and ending mother-to-child transmission of HIV by the year 2015.
Safe sex during the 2010 World Cup
08 June 2010|
As the 2010 World Cup kicks off this Friday, thousands of football fans will arrive in South Africa to cheer on their favourite teams.
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Women Deliver conference focuses on MDG 5
08 June 2010|
With maternal and reproductive health as a global priority, a three-day conference, Women Deliver 2010, has kicked off in Washington DC under the theme "Invest in women. It pays." The event’s main focus is to highlight that the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will not be achieved without investing in women and that there is just enough time, if the world commits funding now, to achieve the MDG’s fifth goal of improving maternal health.
Ahead of World Cup, national team captains appeal: “Give AIDS the red card”
07 June 2010|
Captains of South Africa, Nigeria, France, Paraguay, Uruguay, Australia, Cote D'Ivoire, Uruguay, Greece, and Serbia national teams join appeal to prevent mothers from dying and babies from becoming infected with HIV.
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African Ambassadors and UNAIDS join hands to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV
03 June 2010|
GENEVA, 2 June 2010—Preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to child was high on the agenda at a meeting in Geneva of 50 Ambassadors to the African Union and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé.
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Celebrated artist and activist Annie Lennox appointed as International UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador
02 June 2010|
Geneva, 2 June 2010 – The world renowned Scottish singer songwriter and women’s activist Annie Lennox has been named as International Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). With an award winning career spanning several decades, Ms. Lennox is one of the world’s most outstanding musical voices. Now, she renews her commitment to speak out for women and girls affected by the HIV epidemic.
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Linking maternal and child health to AIDS ahead of G8 Summit
01 June 2010|
At an event for Canadian Parliamentarians, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Jan Beagle, made the links between the 2010 G8 focus on maternal and child health and previous G8 commitments on AIDS.
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‘BORN HIV FREE’ campaign launched by The Global Fund
19 May 2010|
The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has launched a new campaign BORN HIV FREE to mobilize public support for its work and contribute to the global effort for a world where no child is born with HIV by 2015. At the core of the campaign, originated and supported by Global Fund Ambassador, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is a series of creative films intended to inspire people to sign up online in support of The Global Fund’s mission.
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Cricketers promote HIV awareness during ICC World Twenty20
07 May 2010|
As the World Twenty20 Tournament takes place in Barbados, cricketers are participating in a number of HIV awareness outreach and community activities through the ICC, UNAIDS, UNICEF partnership programme, Think Wise.
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Advocate Gerry Elsdon: A voice and a face for TB
30 April 2010|
Gerry Elsdon was at the height of her professional career as a popular TV personality in South Africa when she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. She is now an advocate for the rights of people affected by TB.
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West Indies cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan new champion for HIV advocacy
27 April 2010|
In conjunction with the International Cricket Council (ICC), West Indies cricketer Ramnaresh Sarwan was unveiled as a new Think Wise Champion on 26 April as part of a global cricket partnership to raise awareness of HIV.

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21 May 2013

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21 May 2013

UNAIDS saddened by death of human rights activist Shivananda Khan. More

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