AIDSFOCUS.CH SWISS PLATFORM ON HIV/AIDS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

Geneva, 23 January 2013 - In order to capture a diverse a range of voices and views on how AIDS and health should be reflected Post-2015, UNAIDS is hosting an online and open-to-all consultation. This online conversation will run for two weeks, between 21 January and 3 February, and will be hosted on the official UN and Civil Society joint platform on Post-2015 negotiations, the World We Want.

The consultation invites views around three interrelated themes including: How the HIV epidemic remains relevant to the Post-2015 Agenda; how principles and practices forged in the AIDS response may contribute to a more equitable and sustainable health and development agenda; and how to reform systems of decision-making, monitoring, evaluation and accountability to guide efforts towards the end of the HIV epidemic.

The e-Consultation is being moderated by nine international experts on HIV, human rights, health and development. Together with the UNAIDS, moderators will produce a synthesis report at the end of the consultation. This report will be used widely to influence on-going negotiations, including the High-Level Health Thematic meeting (5-6 March, Botswana) and the UNAIDS-Lancet Post-2015 Commission.

The global HIV epidemic remains one of the world’s leading causes of death and is both a driver and consequence of inequality and social injustice. The AIDS response has always been a pioneer and a pathfinder on many fronts and can make critical contributions to doing health and development differently in the Post-2015 era.

To participate in the e-consultation please visit

http://www.worldwewant2015.org

Bern | A future without AIDS is possible. However, it takes concerted efforts by all to make this vision come true. aidsfocus.ch will together with stakeholders from South and North assess and reflect on what we reached so far and identify and discuss promising and successful initiatives and strategies to face challenges for the future of the AIDS response. A special focus will be on role and priorities of aidsfocus.ch in the joint struggle toward a future without AIDS.

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aidsfocus.ch is sponsored and shaped by its 28 partner organizations who support the aims and activities of the platform through their financial contributions, expertise and commitment. It is financially supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).

Partners: Afro-European Medical and Research Network, AIDS & Child, Caritas Switzerland, CO-OPERAID, Déclaration de Berne, FEPA, Fédération Genevoise de Coopération, Gemeinschaft St. Anna-Schwestern, HEKS, IAMANEH Switzerland, Kindernothilfe Schweiz, Kwa Wazee, medico international Switzerland, mediCuba-Suisse, missio, mission21, miva Switzerland, SolidarMed, Swiss Aids Care International, Swiss Aids Federation, Swiss Catholic Lenten Fund, Swiss Catholic Women's League, Swiss Red Cross, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), Tear Fund, Terre des hommes Foundation, terre des hommes schweiz, and World Vision Switzerland.