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- Eminent Judges unite to address HIV, human rights and the law
- In Asia and the Pacific, almost all countries have punitive laws, policies and practices that hamper access to HIV services for people living with HIV and key populations at highest risk including people who use drugs, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender people.
- Goodwill Ambassador Hong Myung-bo praises Thailand’s HIV efforts
- South Korean football star Hong Myung-bo —a UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador— described his HIV fact-finding visit to Thailand this week as an “eye-opening experience” and a great learning opportunity.
- Thailand launches new AIDS strategy to ‘Get to Zero’
- Thailand has become the latest country in the Asia and the Pacific region to align its national AIDS strategy with the UNAIDS vision of getting to zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.
- Sex workers learn business skills in new community-based ILO project
- Sex workers in Bangkok are being trained to set up their own businesses in a new project spearheaded by the International Labour Organisation. The intervention is designed to challenge the economic vulnerability of sex workers and help them create additional forms of income generation.
- Thailand and neighbouring countries get together to help provide HIV treatment for thousands of migrants in need
- Migration plays an integral role in Thailand’s economic development and the country hosts more than five million migrants from Cambodia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Myanmar. Many find themselves in situations that heighten their risk of HIV and have difficulty accessing key services such as antiretroviral therapy (ART). Partners in the region are exploring ways of ensuring better provision of ART to this potentially vulnerable group.
- Asia-pacific nations pledge equal partnership with communities for accelerated regional AIDS action
- The active involvement of communities most affected by HIV in the design and implementation of HIV policy and programmes has been heralded as “critical” by nations across Asia and the Pacific. Through a new Asia-Pacific HIV action plan, governments in the region have pledged to work in partnership with civil society to reach global AIDS commitments and targets.
- “Hear our voice” say young people from key affected populations in Asia-Pacific
- In Asia and the Pacific, data indicates that 95% of all new infections in young people in the region are among young people from key affected populations. But programmes focusing specifically on young people most at risk are often scarce.
- UN Economic and Social Commission in Asia and Pacific members adopt new Resolution on HIV ahead of High Level Meeting on AIDS
- In the lead-up to the 2011 General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS to take place in New York from 8-10 June, the 62 Members and Associate Members of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission in Asia and the Pacific have unanimously adopted a new Resolution on HIV.
- Asia-Pacific region committed to achieving universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support
- Nearly 30 countries from Asia and the Pacific have unanimously committed to driving forward the region’s efforts to reach universal access to HIV services by 2015.
- UNAIDS applauds Thailand’s successes on AIDS and urges continued leadership through an ‘HIV prevention revolution’
- On the final day of an official country visit to Thailand, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé praised Thailand’s Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, for his leadership and commitment on AIDS in the country and urged Thailand to redouble efforts—and resources—on HIV prevention.
- UNAIDS urges Governor of Bangkok to lead a drive towards 'zero new infections'
- In an official mission this week to Thailand, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé held discussions with M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor of Bangkok, on progress, challenges and opportunities for the AIDS response in the Thai capital. During the meeting, Mr Sidibé asked for increased support to help make Bangkok the first city to reach the goal of "zero new HIV infections."
- Getting into the SWING of it: Why key affected populations need to be front and centre of HIV responses in Asia and the Pacific
- High heels, sequined outfits and pumping music fill Bangkok’s ‘Soi Cowboy’ street. For many, it’s a typical evening in one of the city’s well-known red-light zones. But a closer look at the fashion parade tells that this isn’t just any other night—the elaborately designed outfits, made entirely from condoms, are part of a Valentine’s night HIV prevention drive led by SWING (Service Workers In Group) Foundation, a Thai-based non-governmental organization.
- UNAIDS applauds longstanding leadership of HRH Princess Soamsawali in Thailand’s HIV response
- In an official visit to the Suan Kalub Palace in Bangkok on Monday, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé commended HRH Princess Soamsawali of Thailand for her “tireless dedication, commitment and leadership” in the country’s HIV response.
- Asia-Pacific region UNiTEs to end violence against women and girls
- Women aged 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence than from cancer, car accidents, war and malaria, according to World Bank data. The most common form of violence experienced by women globally is physical violence inflicted by an intimate partner, with women beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused.
- Asia-Pacific drive for increased focus on HIV and sex work
- HIV transmission via sex work accounts for many new HIV infections in the Asia-Pacific region. Yet in many countries HIV prevention, treatment and care services for sex workers are lacking. At the first consultation of its kind in the region, sex workers, government officials and United Nations participants emphasized the urgent need for action to increase focus on sex work within national HIV responses.
- AIDS a key issue for international youth dialogue
- HIV and sexual and reproductive health has been identified as a central theme for discussion as part of the International Year of Youth, a United Nations (UN)-led initiative launched this month by the Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
- Gender and sexuality: Partners gather for global expert forum in Asia
- To address the technical and political challenges of reaching sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, and other sexual minority groups while also supporting strong country ownership, the Global Fund, UNAIDS and the Coalition of Asia Pacific Regional Networks on HIV/AIDS is hosting an expert consultation in Bangkok, 5-7 October 2009.
- Largest ever HIV vaccine trial results very encouraging
- Geneva, 24 September 2009 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) are optimistic about the results, announced today, of the largest ever HIV vaccine clinical trial held to date.
- OPINION: HIV and drugs: two epidemics - one combined strategy
- By Michel Sidibé, Executive Director, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Geneva, Switzerland
- International Harm Reduction conference opens in Bangkok
- Delegates are gathering in Thailand’s capital this week for the 20th international conference on harm reduction running from 20 to 23 April. Organized by the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), the conference’s theme is human rights, underscoring the necessity of injecting drug users’ universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support including comprehensive harm reduction programmes.