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- Hindu faith leaders commit to AIDS response
- In a historic initiative by Hindu religious groups, over 70 prominent faith leaders from across India came together to commit to incorporating HIV information into their religious education and training of future faith leaders as well as including AIDS in their discourses, rituals and festival celebrations.
- Tokyo Conference on Africa to spotlight AIDS
- Leaders from Africa, Asia, Europe and other parts of the world are in Yokohama for the 4th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD). The theme of this year’s meeting is “Towards a vibrant Africa” and will focus on mobilizing knowledge and resources to overcome the obstacles facing Africa as it moves its economy and social development agenda forward.
- Independent Commission on AIDS in Asia calls for countries to craft new responses
- High-impact interventions, such as HIV prevention programmes focused on key populations and antiretroviral treatment, should constitute the core of the HIV response across Asia recommends independent Commission on AIDS in Asia. Their new report, entitled “Redefining AIDS in Asia – Crafting an effective response”, was presented to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on 26 March at an event in New York.
- Responsible journalism honoured in Bangladesh
- Four outstanding journalists were honoured today in Bangladesh for their exceptional contribution to the AIDS response through journalism at the first ever UNAIDS Bangladesh Media Awards.
- Providing community care in India
- While in India Executive Director Dr Peter Piot visited Sewa Ashram––a centre providing people with essential healthcare and support.
- Microbicides 2008 concludes in India
- Microbicides 2008 conference ended on a positive note when it closed 27 February in New Delhi with delegates hopeful that the lessons shared and learned from recent trials will help deliver results soon.
- UNAIDS Executive Director receives prestigious humanitarian award
- The first ever ‘Blessed Mother Teresa International Humanitarian Award’ has been awarded to Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS for the ‘significant impact he has made to the lives of people living with HIV in the developing world’.
- Microbicides: why are they significant? (Part 1)
- Ahead of next week’s biannual international microbicides conference Microbicides 2008 running 24 – 27 February in New Delhi we take an in-depth look at microbicides. In part 1 of this 2-part series we look at why they are considered significant in the response to HIV. In part 2 the challenges to the development of this preventative technology will be explored.
- India: largest-ever gathering of people living with HIV
- Over 7,000 people living with HIV came together in Shilparamam-Hyderabad, India on 7 December as part of the Andhra Pradesh State’s “Be Bold” campaign.
- First Global Parliamentary Meeting on AIDS
- The First Global Parliamentary Meeting on HIV/AIDS was opened on Wednesday 28 November in Manila by Mr Manny Villar, President of the Senate of the Philippines.
- President of India unites for children
- The Indian President, Pratibha Patil met representatives from UNAIDS, UNICEF, HIV positive networks and government officials in New Delhi to mark the second anniversary of the UNICEF/UNAIDS Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS campaign. The President of India pledged her full support to the campaign and to addressing myths and misconceptions around HIV that are driving stigma and discrimination.
- Sport and HIV prevention
- With the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games less than a year away, sporting fever is gripping China and the surrounding countries.
- AIDS focus at ASEAN Summit
- Asia has the second largest number of people living with HIV in the world and its share of the global epidemic is increasing. Faced with such challenges, countries across the region are stepping up commitment to fight AIDS and putting AIDS and its effects at the centre of many political and socio-economic discussions.
- AIDS: everybody’s business
- Finding innovative solutions to key health challenges to ensure the long-term economic development and well being of nations worldwide was the focus for business leaders attending the three-day meeting of New Champions, which took place in Dalian in the People’s Republic of China from 6 to 8 September 2007.
- Pakistan cricket team talks about HIV prevention
- Bats flashing. Balls flying. The three young boys, their fingers intertwined in the links
- Cricket chief and star show AIDS solidarity in India
- Cricket stars joined UNICEF in a visit to an ART hospital in India.
- First association for people living with HIV in Pakistan
- A new national initiative from UNAIDS in Pakistan aims to ensure that communities and the government listen to the experts - people living with HIV - when making decisions about treatment, care, support and prevention
- Myanmar: Towards universal access
- What will it take to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in Myanmar? This was the central discussion of a satellite meeting held as part of the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) on Monday 20 August.
- 8th International congress on AIDS in ASIA and the Pacific
- The 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) takes place in Colombo, Sri Lanka on from 19 - 24 August. The conference brings together more than 3,000 delegates from some 60 countries to discuss critical issues on AIDS in the region such as stigma and discrimination, access to HIV prevention and treatment and the importance of sustained political commitment on AIDS.
- 8th International congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific
- The 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) takes place in Colombo, Sri Lanka on from 19 - 24 August. The conference brings together more than 3,000 delegates from some 60 countries to discuss critical issues on AIDS in the region such as stigma and discrimination, access to HIV prevention and treatment and the importance of sustained political commitment on AIDS