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More Prevention, Vulnerability and Rights Division Feature Stories
- Condoms and HIV prevention: Position statement by UNAIDS, UNFPA and WHO
- Condom use is a critical element in a comprehensive, effective and sustainable approach to HIV prevention and treatment. Prevention is the mainstay of the response to AIDS. Condoms are an integral and essential part of comprehensive prevention and care programmes, and their promotion must be accelerated. In 2007, an estimated 2.7 million people became newly infected with HIV. About 45% of them were young people from 15 to 24 years old, with young girls at greater risk of infection than boys.
- Greater action needed to protect women’s inheritance and property rights in the face of HIV
- If more women are to avoid HIV infection, laws on inheritance and property rights should be revisited, revised or better enforced. This was one of the key messages emerging from a high-profile side-event on women’s inheritance, land and housing rights in the context of HIV, which took place yesterday, 12 March, during the 53rd session of the Commission on the Status of Women held at UN Headquarters in New York.
- Injecting drug use and HIV: Interview with UNAIDS Team Leader, Prevention, Care and Support team
- The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is meeting at the United Nations Office in Vienna for its 52 session, from 11-20 March 2009. At this session, governments will assess the progress achieved in meeting the goals defined in the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session on Illicit Drugs.
- OPINION: Silence on harm reduction not an option
- In 1998, the UN General Assembly held a Special Session on the world drug problem. At the time there was little discussion on the linkage between HIV and drugs. Today of the estimated 16 million people world wide who inject drugs—3 million are HIV positive. Any discussion on drugs cannot ignore their needs and human rights.
- Consultation on HIV prevention in the Russian Federation
- A consultation on the progress, gaps and next steps towards achieving universal access to HIV prevention in the Russian Federation took place in Moscow on 25-26 February. The meeting was convened by the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-being, the Federal AIDS Centre and UNAIDS. Around 100 health care professionals took part in the conference including representatives of the All-Russia Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS, and members of civil society from 23 Russian regions.
- New report shows Asian migrant women in the Arab states have heightened vulnerability to HIV
- Asian women migrating to the Arab states often do so under unsafe conditions, are targets of sexual exploitation and violence and are highly vulnerable to factors that lead to HIV infection, according to a study launched today, produced in collaboration by UNDP, UNAIDS, CARAM Asia, IOM,UNIFEM, and Caritas Migrant Centre in Lebanon.
- Costa Rica: Peer HIV prevention programmes to be promoted for young people
- Young people in Costa Rica will be receiving information on HIV prevention and healthy lifestyles from their peers thanks to a new agreement signed in San Jose by the Government of Costa Rica and the United Nations.
- Commission on the Status of Women opens with call for action to achieve universal access and gender equality
- Equal sharing of responsibilities between women and men, including care-giving in the context of HIV is the theme of the 53rd session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) which opened today at UN Headquarters in New York.
- “Champions for an HIV-free generation” visit Mozambique
- The “Champions for an HIV-free Generation” - an organization of African leaders including former African presidents and other influential personalities – visited Mozambique as part of their mandate to mobilize leadership in Africa and to promote effective policies and action on HIV prevention.
- Talking about OneLove in Southern Africa
- OneLove is a regional campaign running in Southern Africa that aims to get people talking about the trend of having more than one sexual partner at a time. The overall goal is change this behaviour which is a factor in the transmission of HIV in the region.
- China to tackle HIV incidence amongst MSM
- China announced in 2008 plans for an extensive programme to tackle sharply rising rates of HIV amongst men who have sex with men (MSM), in the latest sign that the country may be starting to face up to a crisis which long seemed taboo.
- HIV prevention hampered by homophobia
- Every two or three days a person is killed in Brazil in violence connected with his or her sexuality, according to Brazil’s oldest gay rights association, Grupo Gay da Bahia (GGB). In Mexico, the reported figure is nearly two a week.
- HIV: Know your epidemic, understand the politics
- For every two people accessing HIV treatment, another five are newly infected with the virus. Given the gap, there is broad agreement among scientific, government and civil society communities on the need to intensify HIV prevention efforts.
- ICASA 2008: Social change needed to reduce HIV risk and vulnerability
- Social issues like gender inequality, violence against women and the criminalization of activities like sex work, injecting drug use and same sex intercourse are factors that can make people more vulnerable to HIV infection. To discuss the challenges of social drivers, UNAIDS Secretariat, UNESCO and the Social Change Communication Working Group held a satellite session at ICASA on Sunday 7 December.
- ICASA 2008: Free condoms in hotels as part of HIV prevention initiative
- As 5000 delegates from across Africa and the world gather in Dakar this week, condoms are being made freely available for delegates in hotels in the city as part of a HIV prevention drive.
- Understanding HIV transmission for an improved AIDS response in West Africa
- On the opening day of International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), taking place in Mali under the theme “Africa’s Response: Face the facts,” the World Bank launched a new report exploring the character of the HIV epidemics and responses in countries in West Africa.
- ICASA 2008: Addressing the vulnerability of young women and girls to HIV in southern Africa
- Critical actions needed to tackle the vulnerability of young women and girls to HIV in southern Africa are detailed in a new publication launched by UNAIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa. The document, produced following an expert technical meeting, also summarises key research on female vulnerability in the region.
- UNAIDS Washington commemorates 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day
- In commemoration of this year’s World AIDS Day the UNAIDS Office Washington is holding a week-long World AIDS Day visit by three women living with HIV from India, Swaziland and the US.
- Advocating against overly-broad application of criminal law to HIV transmission
- As more countries are passing laws that criminalize HIV transmission, public health and human rights experts are concerned about the potential adverse consequences of such laws for both effective responses to HIV and the individuals involved. In order to help guide policy, UNDP and UNAIDS recently published a policy brief on “Criminalization of HIV transmission.”
- New report on the State of the World Population
- Cultural sensitivity is critical for the success of development strategies according to a new report produced by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Reaching Common Ground: Culture, Gender and Human Rights, launched 12 November 2008, reports that culture is a central component of successful development of countries, and must be integrated into development policy and programming.