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More feature stories on Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Russia’s Presidency of the G20 discussed during high-level visit to UNAIDS
- In her first visit to Geneva as Russian G20 Sherpa, Ksenia Yudaeva visited UNAIDS Headquarters for a broad ranging discussion on global issues that are priorities for the Russian Presidency of the G20, including civil society participation, youth empowerment and development for all.
- Eastern Europe’s growing HIV epidemic under scrutiny
- Government officials, civil society representatives—including people living with HIV—and other experts in the AIDS response gathered in Warsaw, Poland to discuss the challenges faced by the region with the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the world.
- Increased country ownership to ensure long term sustainability of HIV services in Ukraine
- Representatives from the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) visited Ukraine from 4-5 October to learn about its National AIDS Programme and to experience first-hand the progress made and the challenges remaining in the country’s AIDS response. This was the first visit of the UNAIDS governing body to the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region.
- Ukraine to lead the AIDS response in Eastern Europe
- A senior delegation from Ukraine led by the Vice-Prime-Minister and Minister of Health, Raisa Bogatyrova met with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé at the UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva on 12 September 2012. During the meeting, they discussed the existing challenges and opportunities for an effective HIV response in the country.
- People who use drugs talk about HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- The community of people who use drugs called for an urgent shift from prohibitive policies to public health and humane approaches towards people who use drugs in Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the International AIDS Forum held on 9-10 July, 2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Youth to play a key role in the AIDS response in Eastern Europe and Central Asia as EURO 2012 ends
- EURO 2012 provided an excellent opportunity to highlight the AIDS epidemic among a large audience across Europe as millions of fans, communities and nations watched the games, listened to football players and engaged in social activism.
- UNAIDS promotes “play safe” message during Euro 2012
- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé arrived in Warsaw, Poland, on 8 June for a day-long mission to meet with national stakeholders in the AIDS response and participate in the inauguration of UEFA Euro 2012, the European football championship.
- HIV increasingly threatens women in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- The glamorous world of pop music and the grim realities of the HIV epidemic in Eastern Europe and Central Asia may seem like strange bedfellows. However, Russian singer and AIDS activist, Julia Lasker, engages in both with full commitment.
- Elena Pinchuk AntiAIDS Foundation and UNAIDS award interactive responses to AIDS
- Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation announced the winners of the “Social Media and Mobile Phones for HIV Prevention” competition on 18 January 2012. The project entries by South African non-profit organization Cell-Life and by Chinese internet portal Danlan were declared winners. More than 50 teams from 19 countries took part in the competition.
- Ukraine gives AIDS the Red Card
- The ‘Give AIDS the red card’ campaign, an initiative that uses the power of football to eliminate stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV, kicked off on Thursday 27 October in Ukraine.
- MDG-6 Forum addresses challenges faced by women and girls affected by HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Women, girls and HIV were the focus of a panel discussion on the final day of the International Forum on MDG-6 in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Moderated by UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador James Chau, the session included representatives from government, civil society and international development organizations.
- UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassadors shine spotlight on HIV in BRICS countries and beyond
- On the opening day of the International Forum on MDG-6 in Moscow, Indian actress Preity Zinta, women’s World Cup champion Lorrie Fair, Russian HIV activist Alexandra Volgina and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé engaged in a lively discussion on how to turn the Millennium Development Goal 6 (MDG-6) into reality.
- Russian Federation convenes high level forum on MDG-6
- A three-day meeting in Moscow, hosted by the Government of the Russian Federation, brought together high level representatives from government, civil society, the private sector and scientific community. The Forum is an unprecedented platform to redouble progress towards the sixth Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in the region.
- Russian government and UNAIDS face off in charity soccer match
- On the eve of the International Forum on Millennium Development Goal (MDG)-6, the Government of the Russian Federation and UNAIDS co-organized a charity soccer match at the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium in Moscow in support of women and children living with HIV in Russia.
- UNAIDS Executive Director visits pioneering HIV clinic near St Petersburg
- On the first of a four-day mission to the Russian Federation, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador James Chau visited a specialized HIV clinic in Ust-Izhora, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. The UNAIDS delegation toured the facility with its chief physician, Dr Evegeny Voronin, a leading AIDS expert in Russia.
- Russian Federation leadership in regional efforts to achieve MDG 6 is key: UNAIDS Executive Director
- In a one-day visit to Moscow on 29 June, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé praised the commitment and leadership of the Russian Federation in national and regional efforts to achieve Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6—a global target that calls for halting and beginning to reverse the spread of HIV and other diseases by the year 2015.
- Competition launched to find top social media and mobile phone projects for HIV prevention
- The Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation has launched a competition to find social media and mobile phone projects for HIV prevention. The competition will award up to 10,000 USD to innovative, start-up projects that show proof of concept.
- ‘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.
- Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries hosts high level debate on gender equality and empowerment of women
- To place gender equality and the empowerment of women at the centre of discussions on human and social development, a high level interactive debate was held on 12 May 2011 during the fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.
- AIDS project helps communities in Russia to take actions to protect themselves
- "You should not expect a solution to come from the outside. You need to look for it in the very communities and their people,” says the director of the international non-governmental organization The Constellation, Jean-Louis Lamboray during a recent presentation of the AIDS Competence project, in Kazan, Russia.