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UNAIDS (Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS)
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations family, bringing together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations in the AIDS response. Contributing to achieving global commitments to universal access to comprehensive... More
Global Partnership on HIV & Mobile Workers in the Maritime Sector
The Global Partnership is a unique public-private initiative including the International Committee on Seafarers’ Welfare, the International Labour Organization, the International Maritime Health Association, the International Organization for Migration, the International Shipping Federation, the... More
Business partnerships for addressing Sexual Violence against Girls
UNAIDS would like to hear from companies and business hubs interested in addressing Sexual Violence against Girls
UNAIDS is part of an initiative which longer-term goals include
• establishment of in-country violence prevention stations
• extension of support services including health care to...
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Global HIV Prevention Awareness Campaign through Post Offices
The goal of the campaign is to halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV by 2015. Specifically, the campaign aims to increase global awareness of HIV prevention among the public in general and among postal workers.
The campaign is designed to be implemented in three phases. It will focus on the...
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Prevention of HIV mother to child transmission
Why Prevention of HIV mother to child transmission (PMTCT)
In 2008, around 430,000 children were born with HIV - >90% are a result of mother-to-child transmission. Across the world, each year over a million pregnant women risk passing along HIV to their child.
A comprehensive PMTCT program...
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Business HIV Prevention Campaign around the World Cup in South Africa in 2010
UNAIDS and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC) are partnering to create an HIV/AIDS Prevention media campaign to be rolled-out in the build up to and during WC2010. The intention is to take advantage of public attention and media focus in Africa and around the... More
UNHCR and Merck responding to HIV/AIDS needs among displaced populations
Conflict, resulting in instability and the breakdown of social support structures can increase the risk of HIV. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has long recognised that many of the people it serves are made vulnerable by these factors and have responded by working together... More
Johnson & Johnson Commits to New Private Sector Partnership in support of the H4+ and Coordinated UN Response
Johnson & Johnson announced a collaboration with UN Health 4+ agencies and the World Bank that aims at helping to reduce maternal and infant mortality in Tanzania and Ethiopia. Inspired by this unique approach to maternal and child health they have become the first corporate partner with Health... More
Saatchi & Saatchi Offer Creative Flair to ‘Stigma Fuels HIV’ Campaign
By: Alison Phillips-Pearce, UNAIDS
In June 2011, the ‘Stigma Fuels HIV’ global multimedia campaign was launched in every UN workplace around the world representing a target audience of more than 100,000 employees in more than 140 countries.
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Body Shop International Lends Campaigning Prowess to HIV Activist Campaign
By: Alison Phillips-Pearce, UNAIDS
On World AIDS Day (1 December 2010), the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and The Body Shop launched a three-year campaign calling for increased activism and thus heightened public awareness regarding HIV. The global campaign, called “Be an...
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