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United Nations condemns irresponsible attack on antiretroviral therapy

A recent advertising campaign is touting the benefits of vitamin therapy above antiretroviral therapy and claiming that antiretroviral therapy is toxic. These advertisements, placed in the international press, are wrong and misleading, reiterated the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today.

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UNAIDS Appoints Deborah Landey as new Deputy Executive Director

The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Dr Peter Piot, today announced the appointment of Ms Deborah Landey, currently the United Nations Resident Coordinator to the Philippines, as the new Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS.

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Flemish Government and UN launch women and AIDS programme in Mozambique

The Flemish Government and the United Nations in Mozambique today announced the launch of a four year programme to combat the growing feminization of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Mozambique.

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Implementing the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS

Two years after a historic Special Session of the UN General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, despite considerable progress, many UN Member States will not meet basic AIDS prevention and care goals established at the 2001 meeting unless efforts are dramatically scaled up, according to reports released today by the UN Secretary-General and UNAIDS.

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UNAIDS and the Government of India join forces to combat HIV in uniformed services

Today, India’s Ministry of Defence and the UNAIDS Office on AIDS, Security and Humanitarian Response announced the signing of a partnership agreement committing both parties to work together to reduce the impact of HIV and increase prevention efforts among military personnel, particularly young men and women.

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Jackie Chan, UNICEF/UNAIDS goodwill ambassador, says stop discrimination against People Living with HIV/AIDS

At the conclusion of his first mission to Viet Nam, UNICEF/ UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan called for an end to discrimination and stigma towards children and families infected or affected with HIV/AIDS.

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UNAIDS and WHO applaud new Clinton Foundation initiatives to increase access to treatment

UNAIDS and WHO applaud the announcement made today by the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative of two new programmes to help expand AIDS care and treatment to children and to people living in rural areas.

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Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective

UNAIDS thanks the Commission for the opportunity to address it under Agenda Item 12. UNAIDS also wishes to express its gratitude to the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, Yakin Ertürk, who has described so forcefully the many ways that violence against women and girls – both inside and outside marriage – increases their vulnerability to HIV infection and to the impact of AIDS.

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CCO Statement on the CIS Ministerial Meeting

The Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations (CCO) of UNAIDS met in Moscow on 2 April 2005 and discussed the outcomes of the Ministerial Meeting

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United Nations calls for unified action in fighting AIDS across Commonwealth of Independent States

Today the co-sponsoring organizations of UNAIDS called for a broad-based response to the AIDS epidemic in the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

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