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Jun 01, 2016AIDS 2016: Community VoicesAIDS 2016 - The 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) will offer a best-in-class programme of over 500 conference activities and sessions driven by top science and research discoveries. |
May 24, 2016Muslim states block 11 LGBT groups from attending UN Aids meetingThe Guardian - "A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organizations from attending a high-level meeting at the United Nations next month on ending Aids, sparking a protest by the US, Canada and the EU. |
May 27, 201669th World Health Assembly: speakers at high-level side event call for a Fast-Track response to end the AIDS epidemic among women and adolescent girlsWorld Health Assembly, Geneva 23 May 2016 - "At a high-level side event held during the 69th session of the World Health Assembly, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, delegates have urged countries to end gender inequity in the response to HIV by putting women and adolescent girls on the Fast-Track to ending the AIDS epidemic. |
May 31, 2016UNAIDS announces 2 million more people living with HIV on treatment in 2015, bringing new total to 17 millionUNAIDS - "An estimated 17 million people were accessing life-saving antiretroviral medicines at the end of 2015, with an additional 2 million people gaining access over a 12-month period. The announcement, made in a new UNAIDS report entitled Global AIDS update 2016, comes as world leaders prepare to gather for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, to take place in New York, United States of America, from 8 to 10 June 2016. |
May 23, 2016Universal health coverage: political courage to leave no one behindThe Lancet - "Thanks to the leadership of Angela Merkel and Shinzo Abe, universal health coverage (UHC) is on the agenda of the G7 Summit.1 The achievement of UHC will contribute to increased global health security by tackling much of the world's ill health and associated poverty. As the G7 Summit approaches, it is time to consider what it will take to get to UHC by 2030. |
May 24, 2016Overcoming Challenges in Global HealthThe Global Fund - "Partners in global health have made tremendous progress in the last decade in the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. By working together and involving people affected by the diseases, civil society, the private sector and governments, we have seen progress way beyond what seemed possible only a few years ago. But achieving impact was relatively easy: The need was so great that almost anything we did had impact. (by Mark Dybul) |
May 31, 2016WCC video calls for strong action to end AIDS epidemicWorld Council of Churches - “Leave no one behind.” That’s the urgent message of the World Council of Churches’ general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit in a video released in preparation for a United Nations (UN) High Level Meeting on AIDS in New York, 8-10 June. |
May 10, 2016Government Denies Liability in the Forced and Coerced Sterilization of a Woman Living with HIVKELIN, Kenya - "The National Government has denied that it played a role in the forced and coerced sterilization of a woman living with HIV. In his response to petition 606, the Attorney General opposed the petition on grounds that it was not party to the actions of forced and coerced sterilization as complained of by the petitioner. |