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"Getting to zero is a journey to social justice": UNAIDS Executive Director’s speech to New Zealand MFAT Town Hall

05 March 2012

UNAIDS’ vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths is not about “absolute zero.” It is a journey that leads us to social justice and to greater distribution of opportunity for people who are not lucky.

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HIV/AIDS and Human Rights, International Guidelines. Revised Guideline 6 : access to prevention, treatment, care and support

19 March 2003

Commentary and recommendations for the implementation of Guideline 6: “States should enact legislation to provide for the regulation of HIV-related goods, services and information, so as to ensure widespread availability of qualitative prevention measures and services, adequate HIV prevention and care information, and safe and effective medication at an affordable price…”

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Reducing HIV Stigma and Discrimination: a critical part of national AIDS programmes A resource for national stakeholders in the HIV response

01 April 2009

Despite the pervasiveness of HIV-related stigma and discrimination in national HIV epidemics and their harmful impact in terms of public health and human rights, they remain seriously neglected issues in most national responses to HIV.

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Community Innovation: Achieving sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls through the HIV response

19 July 2011

Creating an enabling environment for women in all their diversity – especially for women living with HIV – to access services and fulfil their human rights, is one of the central tenets of the UNAIDS Agenda for Women and Girls. Equally important is the support for leadership and meaningful participation by networks of women living with HIV, and other women’s groups, in addressing gaps in services and barriers to achieving women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health.

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Message from Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, on the occasion of World AIDS Day “Universal Access and Human Rights”, 1 December 2009

27 November 2009

On this World AIDS Day we are filled with both hope and concern. Hope because significant progress has been made towards universal access. New HIV infections have dropped. Fewer children are born with HIV. And more than 4 million people are on treatment.

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