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Pharmaceutical companies convene in New York
United Nations Secretary-General together with senior officials from the United Nations system met with seventeen of the world’s research-based and generic pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies. More
Shell partners with UNAIDS in Africa
Shell shared its unique scenario expertise in an innovative approach aimed at better understanding and addressing the challenge of AIDS in Africa. In partnership with UNAIDS, three different plausible alternative scenarios were developed to consider how AIDS in Africa might unfold over the next 20... More
UNAIDS facilitates Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS
Launched in 2003 by the then President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS - NIBUCAA brings together 35 large and medium-sized companies with the common goal of implementing workplace and community-based HIV & AIDS prevention education, care and support... More
UNAIDS Tajikistan initiates a media campaign on HIV awareness
In the framework of UN Joint HIV Advocacy project on HIV, in 2006 UNAIDS Tajikistan initiated a half-year mass media campaign including newsletters, TV, and radio. More
MTN Cameroon partners with UNAIDS on HIV/AIDS education programmes
MTN Cameroon provides financial support to UNAIDS education programmes amongst young people. More
UNFPA, MTV and Levi's reaching out to young people
UNFPA, Levi's and MTV have collaborated to reach young people through "A Youth Story", a multichannel national campaign. This campaign raises young people's awareness of sexual and reproductive health in Turkey, a society which has been hesitant to discuss sexual health issues among young people. More
UNAIDS and business sector run a 100 day HIV initiative in Ethiopia
The Ethiopian Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS (EBCA), GTZ Engineering Capacity Building Program, the World Bank Institute and the Rapid Results Institute implemented a pilot programme to achieve rapid HIV results within businesses in Ethiopia in 100 days. More
North Star Alliance: On the road to health
North Star Alliance, jointly launched by the United Nations World Food Programme, and the commercial mail and express delivery services provider TNT, is using best practices in supply chain management, innovations in network technology and inside knowledge of the transport industry to establish a... More
North Star Alliance: A Healthy Transport Sector
This video covers the work being done by the North Star Alliance. More
Third UN Private Sector Forum - 22 September 2010, New York
Held amid the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit on 22 September 2010 in New York, this event will convene Heads of State and Government, Chief Executive Officers, Civil Society Leaders and Heads of UN Agencies to identify effective ways and means to accelerate progress towards reaching the... More