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More Information for Improved Country Response Division Feature Stories
- 2008 High-Level Meeting on AIDS concludes in New York
- The 2008 United Nations High-level Meeting on AIDS came to a close on Wednesday evening, 11 June 2008. During the two day meeting representatives from member states reviewed progress made in the response to the AIDS epidemic and highlighted challenges still to overcome.
- Civil society interactive hearing
- Representatives of civil society organizations addressed Member States and observers on Tuesday 10th June in an interactive hearing at the High-level Meeting on AIDS entitled Action for Universal Access 2010: Myths and Realities.
- 2008 High-level Meeting on AIDS opens
- The 2008 High-level Meeting on AIDS opens today at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This is an important forum for government representatives and civil society to review progress made in the AIDS response and to identify the outstanding challenges.
- 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.
- Panel discussion 5: Resources and Universal Access
- The final discussion panel of 2008 High-level meeting on AIDS will examine aspects of financing the response to AIDS, including sources of funding, resource allocation, and spending, “making the money work”, accountability and predictable and multi-year funding.
- Panel discussion 2: Providing leadership in countries with concentrated epidemics
- In many countries, the people who are most in need of HIV prevention, treatment, care and support are not able to reach these services as they are already vulnerable and stigmatized in society.
- Panel discussion 4: Providing a robust and long term response to AIDS
- The fourth panel discussion of the 2008 High-level meeting on AIDS is set to examine the multigenerational challenge of the AIDS response.
- Panel discussion 3: Gender equality and AIDS
- The first panel discussion on the second day of the 2008 High-Level meeting on AIDS is on the topic of gender equality and AIDS.
- 2008 High-Level meeting on AIDS panel discussions
- The 2008 High-Level meeting on AIDS begins 10 June at the General Assembly in New York. In addition to the plenary meetings, a series of panel discussions will be held over the next two days. These discussions will cover a range of topics from gender equality to concentrated epidemics and the multigenerational challenge of AIDS. The discussions will be open to representatives of Member States, observers and civil society representatives and presentations will be followed by an interactive dialogue.
- HIV implementers gather in Kampala to share ideas, experiences in AIDS response
- HIV implementers from around the world will over the next five days share lessons learned and best practices on how HIV services are delivered to people affected by the AIDS epidemic. UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot will address the opening ceremony and several colleagues will participate in key thematic sessions.
- 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.
- New UNAIDS policy on HIV, food security and nutrition
- In many parts of the world, lack of food security and poor nutrition are worsening the effects of the HIV epidemic.
- World Bank lays out new AIDS strategy for 2007-2011
- In a new report launched 14 May 2008, the World Bank reaffirms its commitment to a long-term engagement to the AIDS response in Africa.
- African Ministers reaffirm commitment to Millennium Development Goals
- African Ministers of Finance and Development Planning concluded their 3-day meeting with a statement reaffirming their commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa by 2015.
- TB deaths rise in people living with HIV
- Almost quarter of a million people living with HIV died from Tuberculosis (TB) in 2006 according to a new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The annual report, Global Tuberculosis Control 2008, also shows that nearly 3/4 million people living with HIV fell ill with TB disease in 2006, confirming that TB is a major cause of illness and death in people living with HIV despite being mostly preventable and curable.
- Much progress to report: UNGASS 2008
- Every two years, in compliance with the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS signed by UN member states in June 2001, countries report to UNAIDS on their progress made in the response to the AIDS epidemic. This year, countries and individuals showed extraordinary personal commitment to this reporting process.
- MDR-TB more common in people living with HIV
- According a recent WHO report on anti-TB drug resistance, multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is almost twice as common in TB patients living with HIV compared to TB patients without HIV.
- UNGASS 2008: Country progress reports
- In compliance with the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, countries have submitted their country progress reports to UNAIDS which will assess the state of the global AIDS epidemic in preparation for the United Nations High-level meeting on AIDS that will take place in June in New York.
- 2008 High-Level Meeting on AIDS
- The 2008 High-Level Meeting on AIDS will take place at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 10 - 11 June. It will review progress made in implementing the 2001 Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.
- US Senate Committee discusses AIDS
- At a special hearing--'Meeting the Global Challenge of AIDS, TB and Malaria'--UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot addressed the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) about AIDS, the work of UNAIDS to address the epidemic, and the critical difference that the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has made in the AIDS response.