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ICASA 2008: Addressing the vulnerability of young women and girls to HIV in southern Africa

As ICASA 2008 opens, a new regional report is launched by UNAIDS Executive Director Dr Peter Piot that looks at the vulnerability of women and girls to HIV in Southern Africa. Read more

ICASA 2008: Understanding HIV transmission in West Africa

On the opening day of ICASA the World Bank launched a new report exploring the character of the HIV epidemics and responses in countries in West Africa. Read more

Africa AIDS conference to look at progress made and challenges ahead

Sustaining the progress that has been made in preventing new HIV infections and getting more people on antiretroviral treatment are priorities for African countries if they are to get ahead of the AIDS epidemic in the coming years - this is the overarching theme to be discussed at the 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) taking place in Dakar, Senegal from 3 to 7 December 2008. Read more

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UNAIDS Executive Director celebrates World AIDS Day in South Africa

Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS, is marking the 20th World AIDS Day at a ceremony in Durban, together with South Africa’s Deputy President, Ms Baleka Mbete and South African Health Minister Barbara Hogan.
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Reporting HIV estimates

This year it has been decided to not publish a new “AIDS Epidemic Update” in 2008. Instead UNAIDS/WHO plan to publish an AIDS Epidemic Update in 2009 that will report on 2008 estimates, incorporating the 2008 programme coverage data.

New tool to improve coordination of AIDS technical support

In order to further improve the coordination of technical support provided to countries, UNAIDS and its partners have developed a new tool in the form of a shared database.

UNAIDS Second Independent Evaluation

Public information will be posted on this web site as it becomes available.

UNAIDS at AIDS 2008

The XVII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2008) was held in México City, México from 3-8 August 2008 under the theme Universal Action Now.

UNAIDS response to “Reassessing HIV Prevention”

UNAIDS response to an article appeared in the 9 May issue of Science magazine entitled 'Reassessing HIV Prevention'.

HIV-related travel restrictions

UNAIDS has set up an international task team to heighten attention to the issue of HIV-related travel restrictions on international and national agendas.

UNGASS 2008: Country progress reports

In compliance with the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS signed in June 2001, as of 7 March 2008, 147 countries have submitted their country progress reports to UNAIDS.

NEW UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR APPOINTED
On World AIDS Day the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mr Michel Sidibé as the next Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Mr Sidibé will take up his new position on 1 January 2009.
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