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AIDS Conference 2008. The Scientific Program Vision
The fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is currently facing the major challenge of reaching the goal of “universal access” to prevention, treatment and care by 2010, a goal that has been adopted unanimously by the international community. To halt and reverse the spread of the epidemic, more emphasis will be put on “intensifying prevention”. Worldwide, the rate at which new HIV infections occur exceeds the capacity of health systems to deliver care and treatment. Efficient and equitable a more...
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>AIDS Conference 2008: Leadership Program Vision
>AIDS Conference 2008: Community Program Vision
>AIDS Conference 2008. Rapporteur Reports – Community
>AIDS Conference 2008. Rapporteur Reports – Leadership
August 17, 2008
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MSM and the global HIV epidemic
Ahead of AIDS 2008, a two day forum was held in Mexico to focus on men who have sex with men and HIV. The XVII International AIDS Conference (IAC) starting 3 August in Mexico City  is the first time that the world’s largest HIV forum is being held in Latin
America giving the opportunity for regional HIV issues to be highlighted. No single factor
impacting the epidemic in Latin America is more in need of focus than men who have sex with men (MSM). At least a quarter of HIV infect more...
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>International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
> MSM – Prevention and Care
> Men who have Sex with Men
> HIV – Risks and Responsibilities
August 1, 2008
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HIV/AIDS Awareness and Training in China before the Olympic Games
It is early Sunday morning but the auditorium at Beijing Modern Vocational and Technical
College is already full. Several hundred Olympic volunteers are chatting; waiting for the
day’s training to start. The local representative of Beijing Youth League opens the workshop energetically with a clapping exercise. This course is very different to what students normally experience at this academic institution. Laughing and playing along the way, the students are learning about AIDS thro more...
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>HIV is a reality rather than a distant possibility in China
>7,500 volunteers trained at 13 different universities in China
>Carrying the Olympic flame for PLHIV in Tanzania
>Sports Partnerships and HIV/AIDS
July 12, 2008
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HIV/AIDS Care and Support in Ethiopia. Pathfinder International
According to Ethiopia's 2005 Demographic and Health Survey, the country's overall HIV  prevalence is 1.4 percent, and 5.5 percent in urban areas. Currently, more than one million Ethiopians are living with HIV and are in need of care, support, and treatment. As in many African countries, the epidemic has been particularly unkind to children and youth. It is estimated that close to 100,000 Ethiopian children are HIV positive and more than a half a million have been orphaned due to AIDS death more...
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> Pathfinder International – Reaching the Underserved
> Pathfinder International – Ethiopia Projects
> HIV/AIDS is no longer striking primarily men
>A new report says some cultural factors influencing spread of AIDS are specific to Africa
June 23, 2008
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African First Ladies Meet on AIDS
UNAIDS Executive Director Mrs Deborah Landey at the Meet
The Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA), held their 5th Extra Ordinary General Assembly in Addis Ababa from 1-2 February. More than 30 first ladies (or their high level representatives) attended the assembly which was held in parallel with the African Union Summit. The First Lady of Ethiopia and Vice President of OAFLA, Madam Azeb Mesfin, (also hosting meeting) gave the opening remarks, followed by the First Lady of Zambia and Acting OAFLA President Maureen Mwanawas more...
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> Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS
>UN Special Envoys for AIDS
>Speech by Deborah Landey, UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director - at OAFLA Meet
>Elizabeth Mataka – UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa
June 6, 2008
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The International Health Partnership
The International Health Partnership was launched in September 2007 in order to respond to the MDG challenges that called for all signatories to accelerate action to scale-up coverage and use of health services, and deliver improved outcomes against the health- related MDGs and universal access commitments. Closely related initiatives have also been launched with the common aim to accelerate the achievement of the health-related MDGs in line with the more...
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>Harmonizing for Health in Africa
>nternational Health Partnership Work Plan. 2007 – 2009
>Encouraging civil society engagement in the International Health Partnership
>Health 8 Agencies
May 12, 2008
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Malaria and HIV/AIDS - UNICEF Malaria Technical Note No. 6
“As HIV spreads, it interacts with other infectious diseases, facilitated by the increase in numbers of immunosuppressed individuals and because its own clinical course can be altered by other infections. Infectious diseases often ‘synergize’, or negatively affect each other, and this is most noticeable with HIV and tuberculosis (TB). In areas of high HIV prevalence, the incidence of TB infection is increased, with a resultant increase in mortality more...
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>Nations Unite for World Malaria Day 2008 – UNICEF
>Treatment and Prevention of Malaria – GSK
>World Malaria Day - Global Research Needed to Address a Disease without Borders
>The Menace of Malaria – GSK
>Malaria Consortium: A Dedicated Malaria and Communicable Disease Control Organisation
April 28, 2008
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Involving Young People in Efforts to Combat HIV and AIDS in Africa – The Importance of Income-Generating Strategies.
By Wendy Santis, Laurie Rosenblum,  Cheryl Vince Whitman and Anthony Bloome. Published by Education Development Center’s Health and Human Development Programs, International  Youth Foundation and Altadena Rotary Charities on behalf of Rotary Clubs of Zambia and USA.

From the Executive Summary: To ensure that services are effective, young people must be included in all phases of research, pro¬gram design, implementation, more...
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>The Case for Investing in Young People – UNFPA
>Youth Net (2001 – 2006)
>Interagency Youth Working Group
>Preventing HIV/AIDS Among Adolescents through Ingrated Communication Programming – UNFPA
April 4, 2008
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Luis Figo - My Goal is Stopping TB
I AM STOPPING TB is more than the slogan for this year’s Stop TB Day on March 24, 2008.

It is the start of a two-year campaign that belongs to people everywhere who are doing their part to Stop TB. This year's World TB Day is about celebrating the lives and stories of people affected by TB: women, men and children who have taken TB treatment; nurses; doctors; researchers; community workers--anyone who has more...
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>The Global Plan to Stop TB 2006 – 2015
>World TB Cup: Comic Book Competition
>WHO annual report, Global Tuberculosis Control 2008, finds progress in TB diagnosis is slowing
>The Stop TB Partnership-Kochon Prize
>Ministerial Conference, 22-24 March 2000 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
March 24, 2008
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HIV and AIDS, threats to rural development
FAO, with the UN mandate for improving nutrition and food security, sustainable agriculture and rural development, has a unique opportunity to contribute to preventing and tackling the impacts of HIV and AIDS. In its earlier stages, the HIV epidemic was predominantly an urban problem, affecting more men than women, and those with relatively higher incomes. Now the epidemic has rapidly moved into the rural areas, hitting those who are least equipped t more...
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>HIV, Nutrition and Food: A Practical Guide for Technical Staff and Clinicians
>HIV/AIDS, Food Security and Nutrition
>The impact of HIV/AIDS and drought on local knowledge systems for agrobiodiversity and food and security
>Guidance for Operationalizing the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Policy: Using Funds to Address Food and Nutrition
March 16, 2008
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