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More Information for Improved Country Response Division Feature Stories
- UNAIDS Executive Director calls on African leaders to reduce the ‘triple dependency’ on external aid
- Delivering a speech at today’s opening session of the 16th Conference of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé congratulated leaders across the region for their personal commitment to the HIV response, specifically with regard to upholding human rights and protecting human capital.
- UNAIDS joins 20th Anniversary Life Ball in Vienna
- Europe’s biggest AIDS charity event was held on 19 May in the Austrian city of Vienna. Organized by AIDS LIFE, the Life Ball 2012 brought together celebrities and influential leaders in the global AIDS response to celebrate the 20th anniversary of what has become one of the largest AIDS fundraising events worldwide since it was first held in 1993.
- World Bank: Greatly intensified HIV prevention in Africa vital to managing long-term financial impact of AIDS
- Without a dramatic reduction in HIV infections in Africa existing national AIDS treatment programmes could become unsustainable in the future, warns a new World Bank Report. African governments, development partners and donors are urged to actively intensify their HIV prevention efforts to stop this becoming a reality.
- Morocco launches new national AIDS strategy
- Focusing resources on populations at high risk of HIV infection is at the core of a new national AIDS strategy in Morocco. Launched in Rabat on 3 April by the Minister of Health, El Hossaine Louardi, Morocco’s five-year strategy is closely aligned with the targets of the 2011 Political Declaration on AIDS.
- UNAIDS Executive Director praises Algeria as a regional leader and pioneer in the HIV response
- In a meeting on 2 April with the President of the Algerian Senate, Abdelkader Bensalah, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé commended Algeria as a champion in the AIDS response—both at home and across the region.
- Global Fund marks 10th anniversary
- This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). Through all these years, the Global Fund has made a profound difference in saving millions of lives around the world. It has created momentum and helped countries achieve results.
- Middle East and North Africa records the highest number of HIV infections ever in the region in 2010 but recent progress is promising
- A report on the HIV epidemic in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) shows that while the overall HIV prevalence in the region is still low, the rise in new infections since 2001 has put the MENA region among the top two regions in the world with the fastest growing HIV epidemic.
- UNAIDS survey finds growing concern in countries over potential funding roll back by Global Fund
- UNAIDS has conducted a 15-country rapid survey to understand the possible impact of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s recent decision to cancel its next funding round (Round 11). The survey looks at the impact of this decision on the ability of countries to scale up access to HIV and tuberculosis programmes.
- Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment vital
- Global progress in both preventing and treating HIV emphasizes the benefits of sustaining investment in HIV/AIDS over the longer term. The latest report by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and UNAIDS "Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Response" indicates that increased access to HIV services resulted in a 15% reduction of new infections over the past decade and a 22% decline in AIDS-related deaths in the last five years.
- UNAIDS releases global guidelines to monitor progress on the implementation of the 2011 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS
- In order to help countries produce standardized reports to effectively measure the state of the epidemic, UNAIDS has released the new guidelines on Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting 2012.
- New UNAIDS report shows HIV epidemic at critical juncture in Asia-Pacific region
- The AIDS epidemic in Asia and the Pacific is at a crossroads, according to a new report from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). While the region has seen impressive gains—including a 20% drop in new HIV infections since 2001 and a three-fold increase in access to antiretroviral therapy since 2006—progress is threatened by an inadequate focus on key populations at higher risk of HIV infection and insufficient funding from both domestic and international sources.
- Mobile application for HIV data visualization at your fingertips
- More than 600 people around the world have downloaded the UNAIDS AIDSinfo application for the Apple iPad since its launch in June, 2011. The ‘app’ provides immediate access to key HIV data from around the world and can help policymakers, researchers and educators to better understand why and how HIV infection is spread and where treatment, care and support programmes are needed.
- UNAIDS and Global Fund support countries in west and central Africa to optimise resources for HIV
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- New manual and workbook for costing HIV facilities and services in countries aims to standardize data collection to improve planning
- 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
- 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.
- Breaking the silence: Fact and priorities for the AIDS response in the Middle East and North Africa
- Information about the spread of HIV in the Middle East and North Africa region has been extremely limited, with no real picture of the epidemic emerging. As a major contribution to increasing knowledge of AIDS in the region, the World Bank recently convened a discussion to highlight the first ever comprehensive scientific analysis of the epidemic.
- Leaders call on countries to optimize resources for the AIDS response
- Ministers of Health and Finance from West and Central Africa joined representatives from civil society, the private sector and the United Nations for a discussion on financing and sustaining the AIDS response in a resource-constrained environment. Participants in the meeting, co-hosted by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO), reflected on the impact of the global financial crisis, risk management, alternative funding sources, and optimizing the use of available resources.
- WHO World health report: The road to universal coverage
- If countries are to guarantee a good quality of life for their people and ensure socio-economic development then promoting and protecting health is crucial. Without greater emphasis on health systems financing, however, this goal will remain unattainable for the poor, says the WHO’s World health report 2010, launched today.