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UNAIDS requests Pope Benedict XVI for support in efforts to stop new HIV infections in children
11 April 2012|
The Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé has asked for Pope Benedict XVI’s personal engagement in ending new HIV infections in children. During an audience with the Pope, Mr Sidibé spoke to him about how keeping children free from HIV was an achievable goal and, with concerted efforts, one which can be reached by 2015.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé gives guest lecture at Vatican International Study Meeting on HIV
30 May 2011|
On 28 May UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé gave a guest lecture at a meeting hosted by the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers and Good Samaritan Foundation in Rome.
Growing concerns over rights and treatment of LGBT people in high-income countries
22 October 2010|
UNAIDS speaks with organizations in North America and Europe to better understand patterns of human rights violations and the connections to health.
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Strengthening and expanding HIV legal services
06 May 2009|
Experience in the response to AIDS has shown that access to legal services is an important part of guaranteeing protection from discrimination, getting redress for human rights violations, and expanding access to HIV prevention and treatment. Yet such programmes are not sufficiently supported by national AIDS responses, and where they do exist, quality and scale are often insufficient.

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17 May 2012

International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. More

10 May 2012

UNAIDS calls on Greece to protect sex workers and their clients through comprehensive and voluntary HIV programmes. More

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