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Luxembourg stands firm in its commitment to HIV: 14 October 2011|; UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé commended the country’s contribution to the AIDS response and its support to UNAIDS at a meeting with the Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Marie-Josée Jacobs in Luxembourg.

UNAIDS Executive Director official visit to South Africa: 28 September 2011|; UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé started a seven-day visit to South Africa on 27 September which will focus on the country’s efforts to ending new HIV infections amongst children by 2015, HIV integration services and bridging the science and implementation divide.

Integrating human rights, gender equality and HIV prevention in national HIV responses: 27 September 2011|; UNAIDS brought together nearly 60 participants from 12 countries across Eastern and Southern Africa to a 3-day training workshop on expanding human rights, gender and HIV prevention programmes in national responses to HIV.

UNAIDS welcomes three new fellows in the fourth edition of its Special Youth Fellowship Programme: 22 September 2011|; UNAIDS welcomes Abhinav Singh from India, Ritah Namwiza from Uganda and Anthony Adero from Kenya to its headquarter in Geneva, as the fourth round of the UNAIDS Special Youth Fellowship programme.

UNAIDS receives British Medical Association book award for its 2010 OUTLOOK report: 21 September 2011|; The UNAIDS 2010 OUTLOOK report received first prize in the category of popular medicine from the British Medical Association during their annual Book Awards ceremony that took place in London on 14 September 2011.

UNAIDS Executive Director visits Finnish capital to strengthen cooperation on AIDS: 06 September 2011|; During a one day visit to Helsinki, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé met with Finnish Government officials and civil society to strengthen Finland’s role in the global AIDS response.

UNAIDS Executive Director commends the Government of Mozambique for its action on the 2011 Political Declaration on AIDS: 01 September 2011|; UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé met with Mozambique’s Prime Minister, H.E. Aires Aly Bonifácio as part of his four-day official visit to the country.

UNAIDS and Global Fund support countries in west and central Africa to optimise resources for HIV: 02 August 2011|; UNAIDS and the Global Fund have convened a meeting in Dakar, Senegal, to respond to the increasing need for risk management and accountability related to HIV funding.

Country ownership and capacity development central in moving forward the response to AIDS: 29 July 2011|; Following the High Level Meeting on AIDS where world leaders agreed on bold targets, UNAIDS convened a workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to strengthen investments in capacity development of six sub-Saharan African countries.

UNAIDS Executive Director commends the Government of China for its leadership in the HIV response: 08 July 2011|; In an official meeting today in Beijing with Dr Chen Zhu, China’s Minister of Health, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé praised China’s commitment and leadership in the national response to HIV.

Bipartisan Indian political leadership pledges to sustain India’s successful AIDS response: 04 July 2011|; Backed by strong bipartisan political support and a vibrant civil society movement, India’s AIDS response has transformed in the last ten years. New HIV infections in the country have fallen by more than 50% in the last decade. Yet the HIV prevention and treatment gap in India remains high.

Myanmar’s national plan for AIDS confirms commitment to reach universal access by 2015: 01 July 2011|; Myanmar’s AIDS response received a boost with the launch of the new National Strategic Plan for AIDS, which reconfirmed the country’s commitment to reach universal access to HIV services by 2015.

Market approaches for innovation and access to medicines: Challenges and opportunities: 09 June 2011|; 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.

Faith-based action: Confronting the impact of HIV funding cutbacks: 08 June 2011|; 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.

World leaders renew commitment to AIDS, health and sustainable development: 08 June 2011|; Heads of State discuss stronger leadership, sustainable financing, mutual accountability and the importance of youth leadership at UN High Level Meeting on AIDS

New manual and workbook for costing HIV facilities and services in countries aims to standardize data collection to improve planning: 23 May 2011|; To help countries monitor and evaluate the economic aspects of HIV service provision, UNAIDS has produced a generic HIV facility costing document titled Manual for Costing HIV Facilities and Services and an accompanying workbook entitled Workbook for collection of Cost Information of HIV Services.

Investment in health is an investment in economic development: 29 March 2011|; African Ministers of Health and Finance came together in Addis Ababa on 29 March 2011 for a high level panel discussion to explore new ways of investing in health.

International TB Day 2011: 24 March 2011|; I am pleased to see that growing collaboration between HIV and tuberculosis (TB) programmes is bearing fruit. Since 2002 there has been an 80-fold increase in the number of TB patients who were tested for HIV.

UNAIDS and Flanders renew cooperation agreement with emphasis on HIV prevention: 22 March 2011|; UNAIDS and Flanders renewed their multi-year agreement of cooperation on 22 March 2011 during an official visit from a Flemish delegation headed by Minister-President Kris Peeters to the UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva.

President of 65th session of the General Assembly meets with High Level Meeting on AIDS co-facilitators, UNAIDS leadership and civil society: 25 February 2011|; The President of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly Mr Joseph Deiss convened the first formal meeting on the preparations for the 2011 High Level Meeting on AIDS with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and the event co-facilitators.

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