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- Caribbean Coalition for Social Justice launched
- The UNAIDS Caribbean Regional Support Team launched the Caribbean Coalition for Social Justice (CCSJ) during the 2011 Caribbean HIV Conference, held in the Bahamas in November. The Barbados-based Coalition will pool resources and provide legal services for people in the region who have been victims of arbitrary acts of discrimination but do not have access to the courts.
- UN Secretary General urges continued commitment to aid towards “new cooperation partnership”
- Some 3500 delegates, including heads of state, ministers, civil society, the private sector and leaders of international organizations have come together for the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, Korea, from 29 November to 1 December to review the impact of development aid and chart a bold course for how the future of development cooperation will support the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
- 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
- Costa Rica: Ambitious youth HIV project reaping results
- José is one of more than 80 young peer educators spreading HIV prevention and healthy lifestyle messages in a bold project targeting two of Costa Rica’s key cities.
- 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”.
- Placing families at the heart of the AIDS response in the Middle East and North Africa
- Families need to be empowered to provide the first line of protection against stigma, raise HIV awareness and decrease new HIV infections in the Middle East and North Africa countries according to the participants of the recently concluded Qatar Symposium.
- Addressing the needs of young people critical as world population reaches 7 billion, says UNFPA report
- Within a matter of days, the world’s population is projected to reach 7 billion. This represents both a great challenge and a great opportunity. We can achieve a healthy and sustainable future for all if we act decisively now, according to the State of World Population Report 2011, published today by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
- Young people to write new UNAIDS strategy on youth and HIV
- The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is launching CrowdOutAIDS.org, an online collaborative project to crowdsource its new strategy on youth and HIV—a first in the UN system.
- Megabits and MDGs: How broadband can work for greater good
- Broadband Leadership Summit explores real applications of broadband infrastructure and services for accelerating achievement of the MDGs.
- 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.
- Adapting to today’s epidemic: UNESCO launches its new AIDS Strategy
- The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently launched a new AIDS strategy intended to meet the needs of the changing face of the AIDS epidemic.
- Building knowledge, skills and hope in southern Africa’s schools
- Students and teachers in four southern African countries are benefiting from an ambitious HIV programme, spearheaded by UNESCO, designed to strengthen the education sector’s AIDS response in Angola, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland.
- UNAIDS welcomes Haitao Gong, this year’s Serge Dumont-Fudan Strategic Communications Research Fellowship winner
- This year’s Serge Dumont Scholar, Haitao Gong, hopes to use his three-month internship with UNAIDS as a stepping stone to making his contribution to the world.
- Where innovation meets implementation
- In 2010 an announcement was made by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) which rocked the AIDS world and promised hope for millions of women around the world.
- King Goodwill Zwelethini commended on his visionary response to HIV in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- During his seven-day visit to South Africa, the UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé had the opportunity to meet His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelethini, in his home province of Kwazulu Natal.
- Young drug users in Latin America need a stronger HIV response
- The 3rd Conference on Drug Policies in Latin America that took place in Mexico City from 13-14 September brought together experts, academics, civil society organizations legislators and decision makers to discuss drug consumption trends, drug related problems and the policies and interventions developed in the region.
- UNAIDS welcomes three new fellows in the fourth edition of its Special Youth Fellowship Programme
- UNAIDS welcomes Abhinav Singh from India, Ritah Namwiza from Uganda and Anthony Adero from Kenya to its headquarter in Geneva, as the fourth round of the UNAIDS Special Youth Fellowship programme.
- Give AIDS the Red Card initiative launched at All-Africa Games in Mozambique
- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé and Mozambique’s Minister of Youth and Sports H.E. Pedrito Fuleda Caetano launched the UNAIDS initiative Give AIDS the Red Card. The announcement was made on the eve of the 10th All-Africa Games, the continent’s largest multi-sports tournament bringing together more than 5 000 athletes.
- Secret lives, other voices: study explores sexuality, gender identity and HIV transmission risk in Fiji
- At ICAAP 10 the new study, Secret lives, other voices, was launched. It explores sexuality, gender identity and HIV transmission risk in Fiji, and represents the first research of its kind to be conducted since 1998 among men who have sex with men and transgender people in the country.
- NewGen Asia: Helping young leaders find their voice
- Across the Asia and Pacific region a significant number of all new HIV infections are among young key populations including sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people and young people who inject drugs. An initiative called NewGen Asia aims to develop the capacity of young people from key populations to lead the AIDS response.