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World Policy 01/12/2011
South Africa: Country launches new HIV, TB plan
The new national strategic plan, for the first time, will guide not only the national fight against HIV but also tuberculosis until 2016.
World Policy 01/12/2011
Global Fund-supported programs see strong results amid funding challenges
Michel Kazatchkine appealed to donors to increase funding.
World Policy 01/12/2011
AVAC report defines agenda for ending the global AIDS epidemic
The new report, titled The End?, is a unique strategic vision encompassing key steps to accelerate impact with existing HIV prevention tools, emerging strategies and longer term research.
World Policy 01/12/2011
HIV cases continue to rise in Europe: WHO European Region launches new action plan to bring the epidemic under control
While the HIV epidemic appears to be stabilizing and declining in other regions – including sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and South and South-East Asia – it continues to grow at an alarming and accelerating pace in Europe.
World Policy 01/12/2011
World AIDS Day 2011: To reach HIV goals, world must invest now
On World AIDS Day 2011 the Global Network of People living with HIV (GNP+) calls for countries to resolve the funding challenge of the global HIV response to take full advantage of the unparalleled opportunities offered by newly available treatment and prevention options.
World Policy 01/12/2011
Obama renews U.S. commitment to ending AIDS in World AIDS Day speech
Obama announced U.S. goals of getting antiretroviral drugs to two million more people around the world by the end of 2013, bringing the total to six million people, and to 1.5 million HIV-positive pregnant women to prevent them from passing the virus to their children.
World Policy 01/12/2011
WTO General Council extends deadline for TRIPS health amendment
The deadline has been moved several times in the past and now is 31 December 2013.
World Policy 01/12/2011
IAVI: Getting to Zero calls for sustained commitment
On this World AIDS Day, IAVI remembers the women, men and children who have lost their lives to AIDS. We also look ahead to the day when people no longer die because of AIDS, when there are no new cases of HIV, when people no longer experience stigma and discrimination simply because they are living with HIV, and when people no longer are at risk of infection because they are marginalized.
World Policy 01/12/2011
The Medicines Patent Pool: 1 December 2011, World AIDS Day Statement
On World AIDS Day a year ago, the Medicines Patent Pool sent invitations to pharmaceutical companies asking them to license their patents to the Pool to help increase access to HIV medicines in developing countries.
World Policy 01/12/2011
UNITAID statement on World AIDS Day 2011
Keep the momentum on quality, innovation and healthy markets.
World Policy 01/12/2011
Unparalleled global progress in HIV response but sustained investment vital
The 2011 "Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Response" - a comprehensive report on both the epidemiology and progress rates in access to HIV services globally and in regions and countries. It has been jointly developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, in collaboration with national and international partners.
World Policy 01/12/2011
2011 World AIDS Day Statements
Under this year’s World AIDS Day theme of “Getting to Zero”, the United Nations Secretary General, the Executive Director of UNAIDS and UNAIDS Cosponsors and partners speak out in special World AIDS Day statements.
World Policy 01/12/2011
The 2012 round for the Red Ribbon award is open for nominations
On this year’s World AIDS Day, UN and civil society partners jointly announce a global call for nominations for the 2012 Red Ribbon Award, intended to promote and support community organizations to respond to the AIDS epidemic.
World Policy 01/12/2011
Leaders from West and Central Africa examine ways to eliminate new HIV infections among children
Participants discussed the Global Plan towards the elimination of new HIV infections among children by 2015 and keeping their mothers alive in the context of existing capacities in West and Central Africa.
World Policy 01/12/2011
UK considering lifting restrictions on health workers with HIV – as long as viral load is undetectable
Current UK policy is for a total ban on HIV-positive healthcare workers performing ‘exposure-prone procedures’.
World Policy 30/11/2011
PEPFAR’s declining investment in HIV/AIDS treatment
Analysis of publicly available PEPFAR operational plans shows that funding to AIDS treatment has fallen significantly since 2008 in both absolute dollars and as a portion of total budgets.
World Policy 30/11/2011
IAS: Melbourne selected to host world’s largest conference on HIV and AIDS
Australia’s strong political, scientific and civil society commitment to ending the HIV epidemic both nationally and throughout the Asia Pacific region among reasons for selection of Melbourne as host for the XX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014).
World Policy 30/11/2011
Time for a new paradigm for international development
“At this game-changing moment in the AIDS response, today’s development paradigms look tired and confused – no longer responding to the needs of a changing world.”
World Policy 28/11/2011
Decline in AIDS funding risks jeopardizing recent gains made by countries
Countries, donors, and other partners must mobilize around new UNAIDS strategic investment framework—to generate new resources and optimize AIDS-related investments.
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