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- New funding approach sees the Global Fund approve multimillion dollar first grants
- The response to HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in three pilot countries has been dramatically enhanced with multimillion dollar grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. El Salvador, Myanmar and Zimbabwe will receive US$ 622 million from the recently created Global Fund’s new funding model.
- Sri Lanka, committing to championing the AIDS response
- The President of Sri Lanka has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to be “a champion in the AIDS response” towards achieving a shared vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.
- Community-led programmes critical to progress on AIDS in Sri Lanka
- Communities at higher risk of HIV infections should be placed at the centre of the AIDS programme design and implementation in Sri Lanka. This was the central message highlighted through discussions between representatives of civil society and the UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director, Programme, Luiz Loures, during an official visit to the country from 16-18 June.
- China’s Guangdong province to lift HIV restrictions on teacher recruitment
- In Guangdong, China’s most populous province, some bold HIV-related policy decisions are about to come into play. In the wake of concerted advocacy efforts—including by UNAIDS, UNESCO and ILO—the province has announced it will abolish restrictions which prevent people living with HIV from working as teachers.
- 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.
- TICAD V: First Ladies highlight importance of continued commitment to getting to zero
- First Ladies from across Africa joined the First Lady of Japan Akie Abe at a symposium entitled ‘Let’s talk about AIDS: Africa and Japan’s Shared Challenges’ during the opening day of the Fifth Tokyo Conference on Africa Development (TICAD V) held in Yokohama, Japan, from 1-3 June.
- UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador HRH Crown Princess of Norway calls for an end to stigma
- Addressing stigma and discrimination was underlined as critical to progress on HIV by UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Crown Princess Mette Marit, during a site visit to a shelter for children living with and affected by HIV in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Women and HIV: Make positive women and young women’s voices count
- Through a number of sessions featuring diverse and distinguished panellists from around the world, discussions at the Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, highlighted how achieving health and development goals will only be possible through increased focus on upholding the sexual and reproductive health and rights of women living with HIV and young women.
- Wahidayah shelter shines light on the strength of women living with HIV in Malaysia
- In a quiet street, 40 minutes outside the bustling city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is a house with multi-coloured walls, filled with smiles and laughter. The laughter is coming from the Wahidayah shelter, a refuge for women living with HIV.
- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi calls to end stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV
- UNAIDS Global Advocate for Zero Discrimination and Member of Parliament, Aung San Suu Kyi joined more than 200 people living with and affected by HIV for an AIDS Candlelight Memorial Vigil on 26 May in Yangon, Myanmar.
- Viet Nam: South-South learning helps prepare for sustainable provision of AIDS treatment
- In April 2013, UNAIDS supported a study visit by a multi-sectoral Government delegation to Thailand. The delegation learned how Thailand, as a middle-income country, is providing universal access to antiretrovirals and all HIV-related tests free-of-charge, financed by the state budget and provided to all in need through national health insurance schemes.
- Leaders from China and Africa come together to strengthen partnership, cooperation and innovation
- Leaders from China and Africa met in Gabarone, Botswana this week for the 4th International Roundtable on China-Africa Health Cooperation in order to strengthen collaboration in health development based on the principle of South-South partnership.
- Pacific nations seek solutions to laws and policies that block access to HIV services
- For activist and community leader Kapul Robert* from Papua New Guinea (PNG) accessing HIV services is a constant challenge. “Papua New Guinea has a law that says sodomy is illegal and this law is contributing to the high-levels of stigma existing in society for both men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people.”
- Asia-Pacific parliamentarians urge sustained action on AIDS and to carry on the MDG agenda beyond 2015
- Parliamentarians from across Asia and the Pacific are urging sustained action on AIDS to ensure an AIDS-free generation in the region. The call came at a Forum held in Bali, Indonesia (25-26 March) where parliamentarians and civil society leaders from 35 countries in Asia-Pacific gathered to assess the progress made and the challenges remaining to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in the region.
- Former UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot wins prestigious Africa Health Prize
- The Japanese Government announced on 13 March that it was awarding the Second Hideyo Noguchi Africa prize to Dr Peter Piot, Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in London, U.K. and former UNAIDS Executive Director and Dr Alex Godwin Coutinho, Executive Director of the Infectious Disease Institute, Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.
- India's Red Ribbon Express train making a difference in the AIDS response
- The Red Ribbon Express train has travelled more than 27 000 across India bringing a special message of AIDS awareness to more than 50 000 towns and villages. UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé visited the Red Ribbon Express Train on display at the Safdarjung Railway Station in New Delhi during a recent country visit.
- BRICS Ministers of Health call for renewed efforts to face HIV and global health challenges
- The 2nd Health Ministers’ meeting of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) concluded in New Delhi, India on January 11, with a strong call for strengthened cooperation in the implementation of affordable, equitable and sustainable solutions for common health challenges.
- Advocating for access to treatment for people living with HIV in India
- The Delhi Network of Positive People (DNP+) was set up in 2000 by a couple of friends who operated out of a spare bedroom in an addiction rehabilitation centre.
- Changing attitudes towards men who have sex with men and transgender people in Myanmar
- The Help Myanmar was awarded a prestigious Red Ribbon Award at the XIX International AIDS conference for its work on the prevention of sexual transmission of HIV and other STDs. The Red Ribbon Award is the world’s leading award for innovative and outstanding community work in the response to the AIDS epidemic.
- “HIV and Sex Work Collection”: Innovative responses to sex work and HIV in Asia and the Pacific
- TOP Myanmar, VAMP Plus and Durjoy Nari Sangha are among 11 organizations whose work has been featured in The HIV and Sex Work Collection – Innovative responses in Asia and the Pacific, a compelling collection of case studies jointly produced by UNFPA, UNAIDS and the Asia-Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW).