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One woman’s fight against AIDS in Ukraine
13 March 2007|
As Ministers from across Europe gather in Bremen, Germany for the European AIDS Conference, one woman tells her story about how she is tackling the epidemic in the most affected country in the region, Ukraine.
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UNAIDS at country level
21 February 2007|
UNAIDS has released a new report examining the country-level work of UNAIDS in 2005 and early 2006 within the context of regional and global efforts to move towards universal access.
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Local initiatives push for change in India
18 December 2006|
A joint UNAIDS / DFID delegation has urged political leaders in the north Indian State of Bihar to rapidly scale up HIV awareness, prevention, care and support. At the same time, the delegation commended the commitment in the State to achieving these aims.
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UNAIDS helps secure grants in the Middle East and North Africa
13 December 2006|
The number of people living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa has risen to 460,000 and some 68,000 people were newly infected in 2006 alone. In a bid to curb the region’s growing epidemic, five countries have been working with UNAIDS to prepare HIV grant proposals to the 6th Round of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, four of which were successful in obtaining additional funding for the national AIDS response.
Towards universal access: West and Central Africa
07 November 2006|
The renewed commitment to universal access to prevention, treatment, care and support undertaken by countries across the world, has paved the way in West and Central Africa to more inclusive dialogue among partners, galvanizing consensus around the core challenges currently obstructing the national response, and strengthening joint determination to scale up national programmes.
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Asia Pacific: Call for action on AIDS
01 November 2006|
Asia and Pacific countries with low HIV prevalence rates called for action to increase targeted HIV prevention efforts and funding for AIDS, at the ‘Low to Zero’ Asia Pacific regional conference on universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in low prevalence countries, that took place in Mongolia from 24 – 27 October.
Universal access: target setting in Asia and the Pacific
27 October 2006|
Less than six months after the United Nations Member States endorsed the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS; countries across the world have started setting ambitious targets to significantly scale up their response to AIDS. We asked Mr Prasada Rao, UNAIDS Regional Support Team Director for Asia and the Pacific to update us on progress in his region.
RAISING AIDS AWARENESS AMONG POLICY MAKERS IN INDIA
07 July 2006|
First legislative forum on HIV and AIDS in Bihar state. The Indian North Indian state of Bihar is the first in India to have established a forum with a formal constitution and institutional mechanisms for elected representatives to address AIDS issues in the state.
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President Putin calls for urgent measures to stem the HIV epidemic in Russia
26 April 2006|
President Vladimir Putin gathered the Presidium of the State Council to discuss the HIV epidemic in Russia. In a groundbreaking move, the State Council examined all aspects of the growing epidemic in the country and agreed on a set of measures that will strengthen Russia’s response to the epidemic in an unprecedented manner.
Papua New Guinea strengthens its national AIDS response
13 March 2006|
During the First National HIV Summit recently held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister reaffirmed a three-fold budget increase for the National AIDS Council to address the country’s growing AIDS crisis.
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AIDS mission to Rwanda to discuss coordination, next steps in AIDS response
13 February 2006|
This week, leaders from Luxemburg, United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), UNICEF and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) are visiting Rwanda for a two-day, high-level mission to gain a joint perspective on the progress of the national AIDS response and the ongoing challenges it faces.

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