Ministers of health call for revitalizing HIV prevention in eastern and southern Africa
At a high-level ministerial meeting convened by the Minister of Health of Zimbabwe, David Parirenyatwa, in partnership with UNAIDS, more than 11 ministers of health from eastern and southern Africa called for both policy and programmatic action in order to revitalize HIV prevention, with a continued focus on the scale-up of HIV treatment. The meeting took place at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 May, on the sidelines of the 69th session of the World Health Assembly.
69th World Health Assembly: speakers at high-level side event call for a Fast-Track response to end the AIDS epidemic among women and adolescent girls
The First Lady of Panama, Lorena Castillo de Varela, said that accelerating the AIDS response and empowering women and girls is key to ending the AIDS epidemic
Women and adolescent girls on the Fast-Track to ending the AIDS epidemic
The First Lady of Panama, Lorena Castillo de Varela, will host this high-level side event at the 69th World Health Assembly.
