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UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé visits Senegal
09 April 2009
UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé met with Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade on 8 April 2009 and they had an opportunity to discuss the country’s national AIDS response. Mr Sidibé also visited the SIDA Service’s health centre and met with civil society leaders as well as the Senegalese Minister of Health.
President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal (front right) hosted a meeting with Michel Sidibé UNAIDS Executive Director. Also present were (from left) Dr Meskerem Grunitzky Bekele, Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for West and Central Africa; and United Nations Resident Coordinator Mr Bouri Jean Victor Sanhouidi.
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UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé (left) was welcomed to the health centre by Ibrahim Keita, President of the Council of Associations Fighting Aids in Senegal and Vice President of the Country Coordinating Mechanism.
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A member of staff at the clinic showed Mr Sidibé Site the health centre’s counselling room and explained the services on offer.
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The health centre includes a biomedical laboratory enabling on-site test of blood for HIV.
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(from left) Paul Sagna, Executive Secretary of SIDA Service; Ibrahim Keita, President of the Council of Associations Fighting Aids in Senegal; Michel Sidibé UNAIDS Executive Director; Mariam Soumaré, Coordinatrice de AWA (Eve), a non-governmental organization working with sex workers; Ismael Gondiaky, President of RNP+ , the National Network of People Living with HIV.
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Michel Sidibé UNAIDS Executive Director and the representatives from national civil society organizations and regional networks of people living with HIV after the meeting, 9 April 2009.
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UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé (left) and Minister of Health, Senegal, Dr Safiatou Thiam, 9 April 2009.
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Dr Ndoye, President of the National AIDS Programme (right) accompanied Michel Sidibé UNAIDS Executive Director on his meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, 9 April 2009.
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Minister of Health of Senegal Dr Safiatou Thiam (left) and UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé, 9 April 2009.
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