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ONE Foundation: AIDS fighting spirit flagging, will miss 2015 targets

The world has lost momentum in the fight against the AIDS epidemic, with millions of new people infected last year, the ONE foundation said in a report given on Tuesday.

Published
28 November 2012
From
Reuters
South Africa: Section27 chides UNAIDS’ upbeat report on HIV

THE Executive Director of the advocacy group Section27 has taken issue with the "rosy picture" the United Nations joint agency on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has painted of the world’s response to HIV, saying the end of the epidemic was nowhere nigh.

Published
28 November 2012
From
Business Day
How AIDS ends: 15 visionaries write the final chapter on HIV/AIDS

When the history of HIV/AIDS is at last written, what will the final chapter look like? With contributions from: Timothy Ray Brown, Jeanne White Ginder, Cleve Jones, Barbara Lee, Mark Dybul, Paul Farmer, Robert Gallo, Mervyn Silverman, Diane Havlir, Scott Wiener, LZ Granderson, Hank Plante, Eduardo Xol, and Neil Giuliano.

Published
28 November 2012
From
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Don't Stop Now! Calling for a UK Blueprint to Acheive an HIV-Free Generation

Our new report for World AIDS Day 2012 shines a light on the essential role the UK government has played in funding the HIV response over the last 30 years, and proposes a future role they should play in realising the end of the HIV pandemic.

Published
28 November 2012
From
International HIV/AIDS Alliance
As world makes progress on HIV, Ukraine struggles

Despite the number of people globally infected with HIV stabilizing, the deadly virus is still spreading with immense speed in Ukraine, with about 50 new cases registered every day.

Published
23 November 2012
From
Kyiv Post
Tonio Borg the 'wrong choice' for EU health commissioner role

Tonio Borg's deeply conservative record has appropriately raised grave concerns in recent weeks about his suitability for the job - warns MEP Kartika Liotard. His views on reproductive rights are conservative. He has also said in the past that he has "no responsibility" as a politician to protect same-sex couples.

Published
23 November 2012
From
Public Service Europe
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi accepts role as UNAIDS Global Advocate for Zero Discrimination

UNAIDS has appointed Nobel peace prize winner and Member of Parliament Daw Aung San Suu Kyi as a Global Advocate for Zero Discrimination. UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé interviews Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on why she is a champion of people living with HIV.

Published
23 November 2012
From
You Tube
Dr Kevin Fenton appointed to Public Health England

Dr Kevin Fenton has been appointed as the Director of Health Improvement and Population Healthcare for Public Health England. Dr Fenton is currently Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published
19 November 2012
From
Department of Health press release
Uganda: We Must Scale Up the Fight - New Taso Boss

As Uganda celebrated 50 years of independence, The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) also marked 25 years of people infected by HIV. The milestone also marked with the appointment of a new executive director, Dr. Christine Nabiryo. Elvis Basudde caught up with her

Published
13 November 2012
From
AllAfrica
The AIDS Institute On 2012 Election Results - Congratulates President Obama & Encourages Him to Continue to Implement National HIV/AIDS Strategy

“We look forward to working with him and his Administration on continuing to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, which he released in June 2010. President Obama and his Administration have begun to make progress in decreasing the number of new HIV infections by focusing resources on the areas and communities most impacted by HIV, including gay men of all races and ethnicities and African-American men and women,” commented Marylin Merida, Board President, The AIDS Institute.

Published
08 November 2012
From
The AIDS Institute press release

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