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More Aid Effectiveness & Country Capacity Division Feature Stories
- United States Congress launches new bi-partisan caucus to strengthen the US’s response to AIDS
- The United States Congress has launched a new bi-partisan caucus to strengthen the US’s response to AIDS both at home and around the world and maintain its position as a global leader on AIDS.
- UNAIDS Executive Director commends the Government of Mozambique for its action on the 2011 Political Declaration on AIDS
- 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.
- Global Fund Round 11: UNAIDS support countries to strengthen proposals
- To support countries to develop high quality HIV proposals, WHO and UNAIDS Secretariat, in consultation with the other UNAIDS Cosponsors, have developed a resource kit for Global Fund Round 11 applications.
- 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.
- Country ownership and capacity development central in moving forward the response to AIDS
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Bold new AIDS targets set by world leaders for 2015
- Unprecedented global participation at UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS leads to new commitments, targets and momentum in the AIDS response
- World leaders launch plan to eliminate new HIV infections among children by 2015
- World leaders gathered in New York for the 2011 United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS have today launched a Global Plan that will make significant strides towards eliminating new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive.
- ‘Life Ball’ commemorates 30 years of AIDS
- Celebrities and influential leaders in the global AIDS response gathered at Vienna’s City Hall on 21 May for the 2011 Life Ball, Europe’s largest annual AIDS charity event. This year’s Life Ball commemorated 30 years of AIDS and focused on the rapidly growing HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
- 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.
- Middle East and North Africa ready to scale up harm reduction services in its response to AIDS
- Injecting drug use is becoming an increasingly significant mode of transmission in the Middle East and North Africa. Experts gathered recently to discuss the issue in the first international drugs-related conference to be held in the region.
- Empowering young people in Latin America to participate in Global Fund proposals through national mechanisms
- Young people working on AIDS issues in Latin America are learning how to engage youth in the development, implementation and monitoring of Global Fund proposals through national mechanisms.
- President Kagame fully engaged in UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS
- In partnership with UNAIDS, the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame will lead a Heads of State event on HIV and broader development issues at the United Nations General Assembly High Level meeting on AIDS in June.
- Kenya to adopt comprehensive HIV prevention package for people who inject drugs
- The Kenyan government is taking an innovative approach to reducing HIV among injecting drug users. In a bold new initiative, the government is set to give drug users free access to HIV prevention and treatment services.
- South-South expo spotlights role of southern leadership in the AIDS response
- The recently concluded Global South-South Development (GSSD) Expo in Geneva, Switzerland revealed how partnerships among countries in the South have brought forward innovative solutions to address challenging and sensitive issues in the AIDS response.
- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits “one-stop shop” health centre for HIV services in Hanoi, Viet Nam
- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited a “one-stop shop” health centre for HIV services in Hanoi, Viet Nam on 29 October together with H.E. Mr Truong Vinh Trong, Deputy Prime Minster and chairman of the National Committee on AIDS, and delegates of the United Nations Country Team.
- UNAIDS and the Global Fund join forces to strengthen response to HIV in Francophone countries
- UNAIDS and the Global Fund Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and partners have joined together at the XIII Francophone summit in Montreux, Switzerland to explore ways of strengthening the response to HIV in francophone countries.
- Benin, EU and UNAIDS cooperate on technical support for HIV response
- On 14 October the Government of Benin, European Union and the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Technical Support Plan to enhance coordination of the AIDS response in Benin and improve the implementation of the Global Fund grants.