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- Sweden and UNAIDS stress the importance of youth engagement in shaping global health agenda
- An official delegation from Sweden led by the Minister of International Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson met with UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé at the UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva. Young people features high on the agenda.
- ACT UP turns 25—marking a quarter century of AIDS activism
- AIDS activism had its start with groups like ACT UP—the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power. Twenty-five years ago this month, Larry Kramer was speaking from his heart in New York and galvanizing what would become the first group to use political advocacy to change the course of the AIDS epidemic.
- UNAIDS requests Pope Benedict XVI for support in efforts to stop new HIV infections in children
- 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.
- Nordic countries continue to back the AIDS response
- The Nordic countries have reiterated their commitment to HIV and to doing their part to help countries reach the ambitious targets set out by United Nations Member States in the 2011 Political Declaration on AIDS.
- Improving women and children’s health a priority in Davos
- Under the theme The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models, the World Economic Forum brings together a unique multi-stakeholder audience of global decision-makers, thought leaders and representatives of the world's biggest companies to shape the future of the world economy.
- World Summit of Mayors from Africa and the Diaspora focuses on HIV in urban areas
- More than 250 mayors from sub-Saharan Africa and of African descent from the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America focused on strengthening the AIDS response in urban areas during an historic conference held in Dakar, Senegal from 15-19 December.
- U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, speaks at UNAIDS' Washington, DC Commemoration
- On a day when President Barack Obama announced new United States’ commitments to the AIDS response, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, spoke at a Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS(UNAIDS) hosted World AIDS Day commemoration event entitled "From Local to Global: Finding Common Cause in the AIDS Response".
- Leaders from West and Central Africa examine ways to eliminate new HIV infections among children
- Leaders from West and Central Africa met in Paris from 16 – 17 November to discuss strategies to accelerate progress in the elimination of new HIV infections among children.
- German ministries for health and economic cooperation host HIV prevention conference
- “HealthRightNow” was the theme of a 1 day high-level conference held in Berlin on 21 November focusing on HIV prevention and human rights. hosted by BMZ and BMG
- UNAIDS welcomes continued leadership and commitment of the United States to the AIDS response
- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) commends the United States Government on its continued leadership in the AIDS response following the call by the US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for global solidarity to “change the course of the epidemic and usher in an AIDS-free generation”.
- Housing Works to improve the lives of people living with HIV in the United States
- In 2009 there were an estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV across the United States of America. In many cities across the United States large numbers of people living with HIV are also homeless. In New York one organization is working hard to address the twin crisis of HIV and homelessness.
- HIV high on the agenda at World Health Summit
- More than 1 200 leading figures from the worlds of science, politics, economics and civil society are at the World Health Summit in Berlin to discuss some of the major challenges in global health today.
- UNESCO Youth Forum: Young people driving the HIV prevention revolution
- How can the world’s youth maximize their potential as dynamic agents of social, political and economic change to improve their lives, health and societies? The 7th UNESCO Youth Forum, held in Paris from 17 - 20 October, brought together nearly 250 youth delegates from 193 Member States and hundreds of civil society observers to try to find answers to this key question.
- Luxembourg stands firm in its commitment to HIV
- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé commended the country’s contribution to the AIDS response and its support to UNAIDS at a meeting with the Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Marie-Josée Jacobs in Luxembourg.
- United States stresses its commitment to the AIDS response at the United Nations
- The President of the United States, Barack Obama, has stressed his country’s commitment to continue supporting the AIDS response, tuberculosis and malaria. In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly he also underscored the US’ commitment to the health of women and children.
- Meeting the needs of women living with HIV in Washington DC
- During an official visit to Washington DC, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé made a special stop at the Women’s Collective, a non-profit organization that provides HIV prevention, testing, care and support for women and their families in some of D.C.’s most underserved communities.
- United States Congress launches new bi-partisan caucus to strengthen the US’s response to AIDS
- The United States Congress has launched a new bi-partisan caucus to strengthen the US’s response to AIDS both at home and around the world and maintain its position as a global leader on AIDS.
- UNAIDS Executive Director visits Finnish capital to strengthen cooperation on AIDS
- During a one day visit to Helsinki, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé met with Finnish Government officials and civil society to strengthen Finland’s role in the global AIDS response.
- New report explores implications of tests to estimate timing of HIV infection for criminal prosecutions
- The UK charity National AIDS Trust (NAT) launched a report on 4 August 2011 that explores the validity and meaning of Recent Infection Testing Algorithm HIV tests, or RITA tests, within the context of criminal prosecutions of HIV transmission.
- UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador HRH Mette-Marit of Norway supports youth event ahead of High Level Meeting on AIDS
- An event convened by young people in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS was attended by UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador Her Royal Highness (HRH) Crown Princess Mette-Marit.