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UNITED KINGDOM - Launch of the World AIDS Day 2023 report, ‘Let communities lead'.
On 28th November afternoon, Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, along with leaders from communities and the UK government, will launch the UNAIDS World AIDS Day report, ‘Let communities lead’, attended by media, livestreamed to the world, as part a conference organized by STOPAIDS. On 29 November, Winnie and civil society partners will attend a reception in the UK Parliament.
Investing to accelerate the AIDS response and leveraging synergies to get on track to end the AIDS pandemic, improve health and achieve the SDGs.
UNAIDS Side Event at the annual General Assembly AIDS review: Investing to accelerate the AIDS response and leveraging synergies to get on t
UNAIDS Side Event at the annual General Assembly AIDS review: Investing to accelerate the AIDS response and leveraging synergies to get on track to end the AIDS pandemic, improve health and achieve the SDGs.
Speakers:
H.E. Thomas Zahneisen, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany to the UN
Christine Stegling, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director
Jaime Atienza, Director, Equitable Financing, UNAIDS
Priscilla Ama Addo, Ghana / Global Network of Young People Living with HIV (Y+)
Mandeep Dhaliwal, Director, HIV and Health Group, UNDP
Javier Hourcade Bellocq, Argentina / UHC2030 SC & CSEM and Global Fund Board
César Nuñez , UNAIDS NYO moderator
Increase awareness of the impact of HIV on people’s lives.
Each year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with HIV and to remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.
Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever international day for global health. Every year, United Nations agencies, governments and civil society join together to campaign around specific themes related to HIV.
Awareness-raising activities take place around the globe.
Many people wear a red ribbon, the universal symbol of awareness of, support for and solidarity with people living with HIV.
People living with HIV make their voice heard on issues important in their lives.
Groups of people living with HIV and other civil society organizations involved in the AIDS response mobilize in support of the communities they serve and to raise funds.
Events highlight the current state of the epidemic.
Improve the quality of life of people living with HIV.
World AIDS Day remains as relevant today as it’s always been, reminding people and governments that HIV has not gone away. There is still a critical need for increased funding for the AIDS response, to increase awareness of the impact of HIV on people’s lives, to end stigma and discrimination and to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations family which brings together the efforts and resources of 11 UN system organizations to unite the world against AIDS.
The World Aids Day is hosted by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UNHCR, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programma (WFP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UNESCO and the World Bank.
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17th ICASA CONFERENCE 2013 THE BIGGEST AIDS CONFERENCE IN AFRICA
The conference theme “Now More Than Ever: Targeting Zero” is derived from the UNAIDS’ vision of striving for “Zero new HIV infections. Zero discrimination. Zero AIDS-related deaths”, but it also highlights the need to “now more than ever” maintain the commitment to ensure access to treatment for everyone in Africa irrespective of their ability to pay for such treatment.
The hosting of this Conference in Cape Town in South Africa from 7-11 December 2013 is highly symbolic as it was in South Africa during the XIII the International AIDS in 2000 that a turning point was reached in breaking the silence around AIDS in Africa, which resulted in an unprecedented commitment by donors, government and civil society to increase access to treatment in an attempt to turn the tide of this epidemic.
The 17th ICASA is an opportunity to renew this global commitment by drawing the world’s attention to the fact that the legacy is now under threat as a result of the global economic downturn. This year’s ICASA is an opportunity for the international community, and all Africans, to join efforts in committing to achieving an AIDS-free Africa. Given the urgency of the issue we are anticipating 7 000 -10 000 of the world’s leading scientists, policy makers, activists, PLHIV, government leaders – as well as a number of heads of state and civil society representatives – will be joining the debate on how to achieve this vision.
The conference will be chaired by Professor Robert Soudre, the President of the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) and co-chaired by Professor Ian Sanne, the CEO of Right Care and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. The conference will be an excellent opportunity to promote inter-sectoral achievements in the AIDS response and to strengthen the partnership among governments, civil society, and development partners.
The objectives of ICASA 2013 are to:
• Serve as an advocacy platform to mobilise African leaders, partners and the community to increase ownership, commitment and support to the AIDS response.
• Provide a forum for exchange of knowledge, skills and best practices in Africa and from around the globe.
• Mobilise support to scale up evidence-based responses to HIV and AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, tuberculosis and Malaria in order to achieve the millennium development goals.
• Act as platform to hold accountable all stakeholders to scale up and sustain the AIDS response.
• Create opportunities to define priorities and set policy and programme agendas to enhance mobilisation and effective utilisation of resources.
FEDUSA will be participating in various Satellite Sessions at ICASA 2013. From 4-6 December 2013 Women4 Global Fund will host a pre-conference in Woodstock, Cape Town where FEDUSA will be part of a panel discussion and on the 9th of December 2013 FEDUSA Deputy-General Secretary: Operations, Ms Gretchen Humphries will launch the FEDUSA Hiv & Aids & TB policy recently adopted at the FEDUSA National Executive Committee (NEC) on 12 November 2013.
The ICASA 2013 Conference has three conference programmes – Scientific, Leadership and Community. The five-day conference will feature guest speakers, round-table discussions, satellite symposia, panel discussions and skills-building workshops on various topics linked to the theme of the conference and the programmes.
The goal of ICASA 2013 is to create a platform where innovative and unique ideas, interesting findings and best practices are showcased, discussed and debated.
More ICASA 2013 information can be obtained on the following websites:
Anova Health: www.anovahealth.co.za
BD Biosciences: www.bdbiosciences.com
BMSF: www.bms.com
Clinton Health - ASLM : http://www.clintonfoundation.org/
Communication for Development Centre : http://www.cendevcom.org/
Department Of Health, South Africa : http://www.doh.gov.za/
Diagnostics Development Unit ( University of Cambridge) : http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/ddu/
Foundation for Professional Development (FPD) : www.foundation.co.za
Friends of Africa International : http://fafrica.org/
Gilead : www.gilead.com
Global Health Research Initiative : http://www.idrc.ca/
HEAIDS : http://heaids.org.za/
HSRC : http://www.hsrc.ac.za/
Imperial Health Services: http://www.ihs.za.com/
International Drug Policy Consortium : http://idpc.net/
International AIDS Society (IAS) : http://www.iasociety.org/
International Labour Organization (ILO) : http://www.ilo.org/
International Planned Parenthood Fed: http://www.ippf.org/
I-Tech : http://www.go2itech.org/
Janssen : http://www.janssen.com/
John Hopkins Bloomberg School : http://www.jhu.edu/
Luke International : http://lukeinternational.no/
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) : http://www.msh.org/
Medicines Sans Frontieres (MSF) : http://www.msf.org.za/
NICD : http://www.nicd.ac.za/
Path : http://www.path.org/
Platefrome - Elsa : http://www.plateforme-elsa.org/
Population Council : http://www.popcouncil.org/
PSI : http://www.psi.org/
Right to Care : http://www.righttocare.org/
Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) : http://saafrica.org/
SANAC : http://www.sanac.org.za/
SIDA : http://www.sida.se/
Siemens : http://www.siemens.com/
Solthis : http://www.solthis.org/
South African Medical Association (SAMA) : www.samedical.org
Standard Diagnostics : http://www.standardia.com/
The Centre for HIV and AIDS Prevention Studies (CHAPS) : http://www.chaps.org.za/
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Mal : http://www.theglobalfund.org/
UN : http://www.un.org/
UNAIDS : http://www.unaids.org/
UNESCO : http://whc.unesco.org/
UNFPA : http://southafrica.unfpa.org/
UNHCR : http://www.unhcr.org/
UNICEF : http://www.unicef.org/southafrica/
UNODC : http://www.unodc.org/
WHO : http://www.who.int/en/
Wits Health Consortium : http://www.witshealth.co.za/
UNAIDS Executive Director Presents Awards to Chinese CEOs
On 14 August, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé presented awards to the CEOs of six of China’s largest companies in recognition of their contributions to China’s AIDS response.
Mr Sidibé stressed the huge potential for China’s growing private sector to help bring an end to the AIDS epidemic globally. Particularly in Africa, where many Chinese companies now have extensive operations, Chinese businesses are in a unique position to encourage breakthrough progress in the HIV response and throughout the health sector. Several Chinese CEOs reflected on their positive experiences in supporting the prevention and control of HIV in China and expressed their support for the UNAIDS vision.
Background Resources:
“Treatment 2015” report on expanding and expediting HIV/AIDS response
UNAIDS guidance document on partnership with civil society
Above image was retrieved from unaids.org
