Please take part and help us spread the word on this campaign! The NGO Delegation is organizing #TheUNAIDSWeNeed, a social media campaign to drum up awareness on the ongoing process of rethinking the new UNAIDS operating model. This is also an opportunity to visually send messages to UNAIDS Secretariat, Co-sponsors, and Member States on what the global HIV community and civil society expect and envisage of the UNAIDS new operating model. For this campaign, we would like to request you to share photos of you and your colleagues and community partners holding signs with messages that respond to the hashtag. You can use A4 size paper or other sizes – … Read more
Month: <span>April 2017</span>
Harm reduction is proven to engage Indigenous people who use drugs with care, treatment and support. This guide provides you with information related to harm reduction services such as needle and syringe programs, safer drug consumption services, opioid substitution therapy […]
The main objective of this practical guide is to provide some basic information for indigenous peoples about the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development in a simpler and easy-to-understand way. This practical guide also gives concrete guidance on how indigenous peoples […]
Dear friends and colleagues, On April 28, 2017, UNAIDS will conduct a Multi-stakeholder consultation to discuss the findings and recommendations of the Global Review Panel (GRP) on the new Operating model of the UNAIDS Joint Programme. The NGO Delegation has been actively engaged in the GRP process and consulting with key community and civil society partners, especially in providing inputs into the review process and recommendations. In preparation for the Multi-stakeholder consultation, the Delegation solicited inputs and comments on a 10-Key Messages document to the GRP. The Delegation appreciates and acknowledges the substantial feedback that many of you have provided and we have adopted as many of the edits as … Read more
A new Health Policy paper shows that investments in adolescent health and wellbeing are some of the best that can be made, resulting in a 10-fold economic benefit, and are vital for the progress towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development […]
This report provides an overview of the global consensus on the need for a well-resourced community response to HIV. It outlines some of the key barriers faced by communities in terms of accessing funding from donors, and provides practical recommendations […]
The UNAIDS PCB will be holding a thematic session on HIV Prevention 2020: A global partnership for delivery during its 40th meeting (June 27-29, 2017). The NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS PCB is seeking submissions from community and civil society partners to showcase good and evidence informed practice and programming that address the 5 core areas of UNAIDS Prevention Gap Report, including efforts to address the many social and structural drivers of the epidemic. We are strongly encouraging examples from Canada. Please share this broadly within your networks and contact Robin Montgomery (rmontgomery@icad-cisd.com) and Trevor Stratton (trevor@caan.ca) if you are interested in making a submission. Application details are found below. … Read more
Dr. Mark Wainberg: Honouring a pioneer and advocateApril 13, 2017
…his incredible contributions didn’t stop at the lab. He played a role that is so critical for scientists– he was a powerful advocate. ICAD joins the global HIV community in mourning the loss of Dr. Mark Wainberg, whose scientific and political contributions to the HIV field have been profound. “Dr. Wainberg leaves behind a legacy of tremendous contributions in the field of HIV, human rights and advancing the health and wellbeing of women,” says Robin Montgomery, ICAD Executive Director. “Dr. Wainberg’s scientific contributions were pivotal in changing HIV from a deadly disease to what is now, for many people, a chronic manageable disease. But his incredible contributions didn’t stop at … Read more
Remembering Mark Wainberg [IAS]April 13, 2017
It is with a heavy heart that the International AIDS Society (IAS) has learned of the death of past president Prof. Mark A. Wainberg (1998-2000), who died this week at the age of 71 in Bal Harbour, Florida. We stand […]
In October, a group of 50 women, men and trans people from across Canada who are sex workers or work with sex workers came to U of T’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health for a three-day consultation on PrEP.
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