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BUILD YOUR EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL HEALTH GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) is a global network of networks of non-governmental and community-based organizations, with regional secretariats in five geographic regions and an international secretariat based in Toronto, Canada. ICASO plays a leading role in convening, consulting and communicating the issues of community-based organizations for HIV and AIDS advocacy, especially with communities most affected by the epidemic. The ICASO International Secretariat supports community members to provide their own voice in such global policy forums within the UN, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; and other initiatives.
The working group responsible for the preparation of the thematic session “Food and nutrition security and HIV: how to ensure food and nutrition security are integral parts of HIV programming” is currently being formed. The group will include representatives from the UNAIDS Secretariat, NGO Delegates, Member States and Cosponsors. More information regarding the group composition and ways in which you can feed into the development of the session will be posted to the Upcoming PCB Meeting section of the NGO Delegation website as soon as it is made available.
On July 8, 2010 the UNAIDS Bureau met to discuss the outcomes of the 26th PCB including the continuation of the PCB Task Force on SIE follow-up related to all aspects of Governance and the draft agenda of the 27th PCB Meeting including the overview of the thematic segment. Evan Collins, North America NGO Delegate attended the meeting by teleconference on behalf of the NGO Delegates.
UNAIDS is currently undertaking a periodic review of the UNGASS indicators across prevention, treatment, care and support, and enabling environment. Click here for a short PowerPoint outlining the UNGASS review process by UNAIDS. You can also access additional information by viewing the Road map and next steps for 2010 and beyond.
Co-chaired by UNDP and ICASO, the enabling environment steering group has been asked to organize a process for the review of the UNGASS enabling environment indicators.
MKINGA, 18 August 2010 (PLUSNEWS) – Regina Joseph was beaten up by a group of young men for “dressing indecently” on her way to the local market in northeastern Tanzania’s Mkinga District.
MANZINI, 18 August 2010 (PLUSNEWS) – Remarks disparaging programmes to reduce HIV infections, made by Swaziland’s second top-ranking traditional leader, have sparked disbelief and anger among AIDS activists.
The analyzed data results of the 2010 NGO consultation on stigma and discrimination are now available! Compiled results are organized into six, easy-to-read, short reports. The global summary includes regional comparisons and the five regional reports include subregional data. Many thanks to the more than 1500 of you who participated in making this data possible. Translated data reports will be posted as they become available.
The NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS Board is currently recruiting for 5 new Delegates. The UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) NGO Delegates represent the perspectives of civil society, including people living with HIV, within UNAIDS policies and programming.
The NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS PCB has vacancies for two-year terms beginning 1 January 2011 and ending 31 December 2012, for the following positions:
Reaching Out is an article written by Juliana Cesar, an Observer to the 26th PCB Meeting from GESTOS in Brazil. Her article outlines her experiences of the 3 day meeting highlighting events she found to be key. Read the short article here…
The NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS Board is currently recruiting for 5 new Delegates and has extended the application submission deadline by 2 weeks to the 16th of August, 2010.
The NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS PCB has vacancies for two-year terms beginning 1 January 2011 and ending 31 December 2012, for the following positions:
- North America Main Delegate
- North America Alternate Delegate
VIENNA, 28 July 2010 (PLUSNEWS) – Activists and scientists at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna called on governments to stop criminalizing drug users and instead to provide them with addiction and HIV treatment.
JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (PLUSNEWS) – As many African countries battle to bring down staggering rates of maternal and child mortality, maternal and child health made for a fitting theme at the African Union (AU) Summit this week in Kampala, Uganda.
VIENNA, 15 July 2010 (PLUSNEWS) – “Rights Here, Right Now” is the theme of the 18th International AIDS Conference, also known as “AIDS 2010″, opening on 18 July in Vienna, Austria. Around 25,000 policy-makers, programme implementers, scientists, community workers, activists and people living with HIV will gather to discuss the latest developments in the field of HIV/AIDS.
TANGA, 8 July 2010 (PLUSNEWS) – An initiative by the Tanzanian government hopes to reduce HIV transmission along the country’s expanding road network by targeting construction crews and the communities that surround them.
KAMPALA, 8 July 2010 (PLUSNEWS) – When Macklean Kyomya came to the Ugandan capital, Kampala, at 19, she found work as a lap-dancer in a nightclub and was soon accepting money from clients in exchange for sex.
