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HIV traps Asian households in vicious circle of joblessness, debt 01 December 2011 School enrollment, nutrition also suffer, new study says Bangkok —Households in Asia that include people living with HIV exhaust their savings and liquidate assets at a disproportionately high rate, often plunging into “irreversible poverty,” according to a new UN Development Programme (UNDP) study, released today. Catastrophic health […]
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On the occasion of World AIDS Day STATEMENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY United Nations, New York, 1 December 2011 We commemorate World AIDS Day this year with hope and optimism. Thirty years since the first case of AIDS was reported, HIV has infected 64 million people from all […]
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UNAIDS applauds China’s decision to fill its HIV resource gap China calls for shared responsibility in achieving zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, zero AIDS-related deaths BEIJING/GENEVA, 1 December 2011—China has pledged to fill its HIV resource gap by increasing domestic investments. This pledge was made China’s Premier H.E. Wen Jiabao at a World AIDS Day event […]
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2011 World AIDS Day Message Game changing year 1 December 2011 Michel Sidibe Executive Director of UNAIDS Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Never before in the history of AIDS have we reached a moment where we are able to stand up and say with conviction the end of AIDS is in sight. It has been […]
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WORLD AIDS DAY THIS YEAR IS ABOUT “GETTING TO ZERO. “ZERO NEW HIV INFECTIONS. ZERO DISCRIMINATION AND ZERO AIDS-RELATED DEATHS. Backed by the United Nations, the “Getting to Zero” campaign runs until 2015 and builds on last year’s successful World AIDS Day “Light for Rights” initiative encompassing a range of vital issues identified by key […]
Syrian crisis reaching stage of civil war, UN human rights chief says Syrian women protesting in May 2011 1 December 2011 – The deteriorating situation in Syria is now close to a civil war and the death toll from the nine-month crackdown by the country’s security forces against protesters has passed at least 4,000, the United […]
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Celebrate Human Rights … … “Celebrate Human Rights! This video is part of the UN Human Rights Office social media campaign – a celebration of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 1948. Join us in celebrating Human Rights: www.celebratehumanrights.org www.facebook.com/unitednationshumanrights http://twitter.com/unrightswire Human Rights Day is marked annually on 10 […]
Ethiopia: HIV+ Mother Pulls Family Back from Brink With the help of WFP’s food support and livelihood assistance programmes, Belaynish Dabe and her HIV-positive husband no longer struggle to feed themselves and their children. WFP’s food support to people living with HIV helps ameliorate the double burden of lack of income and deteriorating health. For […]
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UN food aid agency helps create online game to fight hunger 30 November 2011 The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Japanese electronic entertainment company Konami Digital have teamed up to release an online game today that can support the fight against hunger. The game, Food Force, takes players through the process of planting, harvesting, processing […]
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Latin American poverty levels fall to lowest in two decades, UN report finds 30 November 2011 – Poverty rates in Latin America have dropped to their lowest levels in 20 years, according to a new United Nations report which highlights public spending levels as one of the key factors that has allowed the continent to continue […]
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