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Inauguration of the new UNAIDS/WHO building
21 November 2006
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Mr. Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General
Dr. Peter Piot, Executive Director, UNAIDS
H.E. Ms. Gunilla Carlsson, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation
Dr. Anders Nordström, Acting Director-General, WHO
H.E. Mr. Blaise Godet, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva.
Mr. Mark Muller, Conseiller d'Etat du Département des constructions et des technologies de l'information, Conseil d'Etat de la République et Canton de Genève.
United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, Executive Director of UNAIDS, Dr. Peter Piot and Acting Director-General of WHO, Dr. Anders Nordström, during the display of the building inauguration plaque.
Oficial display of the building inauguration plaque.
United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, Executive Director of UNAIDS, Dr. Peter Piot and Acting Director-General of WHO, Dr. Anders Nordström, visiting the new building.
All photo credit : O. O'Hanlon
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UNAIDS/WHO launch 2006 AIDS epidemic update
21 November 2006
21 November 2006 21 November 2006UNAIDS launched the new joint UNAIDS/WHO report, AIDS Epidemic Update 2006, featuring updated global and regional AIDS estimates and new trends in the epidemic’s evolution on 21 November 2006.
Key findings of the report will be presented, including:
- New evidence showing drop in HIV infection rates in several countries and among young people.
- However, global AIDS epidemic continues to grow, with some evidence of resurging epidemics.
- New data suggests where HIV prevention programmes have not been sustained and/or adapted as epidemics have changed
- infection rates in some countries are staying the same or going back up.
- HIV prevention and treatment programmes need to be sustained, adapted and focused to reach those most at risk.
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Executive Director of UNAIDS, Dr. Peter Piot, Ms. Karen Stanecki, UNAIDS Senior Epidemiologist and Dr. Kevin De Cock, Director of the department of HIV/AIDS at WHO during the launch of the 2006 AIDS epidemic update. |
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Executive Director of UNAIDS Dr. Peter Piot presenting the report. |
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UNAIDS Senior Epidemiologist, Ms. Karen Stanecki addressing the press |
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Dr. Kevin De Cock, Director of the department of HIV/AIDS at WHO during the press conference. |
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Executive Director of UNAIDS Dr. Peter Piot illustrating some of the information contained in the update. |
View photo gallery of the 2006 epidemic update launch in Germany and Denmark
All photo credit : O. O'Hanlon
