International news
May 21, 2015Ensuring universal health coverage for key populationsUNAIDS, Geneva, 20 May 2015 - Without addressing HIV among marginalized populations and human rights, it will not be possible to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030, according to experts at a World Health Assembly side event. (...) |
May 20, 2015Fighting HIV where no-one admits it's a problemBBC News, 20 May 2015 - The phrase "Aids epidemic" awakens distant memories in most of Europe, Australia or the Americas, where infection rates have generally been in decline for years. But as former UK Health Secretary Lord Fowler explains, the phrase is not used in Russia either - despite failed policies that have allowed infection rates to soar. |
May 20, 2015New platform for reports of human rights violations in Global Fund programs launchedaidspan, May 2015 - Interested parties will now be able to report alleged human rights violations or infringements occurring in programs or activities supported by the Global Fund using a new complaints mechanism launched by the Global Fund. |
May 15, 2015International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and BiphobiaGENEVA, 17 May 2015 - We are living in a time of rapid social change. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people are now reaching new frontiers and celebrating remarkable achievements. (Message from UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé) |
May 14, 2015Write Us In! campaign: three reasons to sign our petitionaidsalliance, 14 May 2015 - For months we’ve been campaigning to ensure that marginalised groups who are most at risk of HIV are not overlooked by the UN in the post 2015 health agenda. |