AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

 
   

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The regional HIV/AIDS/STI programme aims to develop national capacity in the health sector to strengthen and scale up all aspects of prevention, treatment and care. It works closely with national governments, academic institutions, civil society and international partner organizations to:

  • increase national political commitment and leadership in HIV/AIDS programmes within the health sector,

  • link these programmes to the main health and development plans of the countries,

  • strengthen programme planning, management, monitoring and evaluation, and

  • strengthen national capacity in the delivery of interventions and services.

 

 

» World AIDS Campaign 2009

1 December


Universal Access and Human Rights
 
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Accès universel et droits humains

World AIDS Day is being celebrated this year under the theme of “Universal Access and Human Rights,” with affirmative slogans based on the theme, “I am”:

I am accepted
I am getting treatment
I am safe
 

Regional Campaign material

 

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This year’s theme and slogans promote HIV and AIDS awareness through translating human rights ideals into understandable, practical and proactive terms. 

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» News

19-21 November 2009 

The eleventh Lebanese congress on clinical microbiology and infectious disease will be held in Bristol Hotel – Beirut, Lebanon whereupon our AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Diseases unit will be presenting the Eastern Mediterranean Region strategy for prevention on control of sexually transmitted infections 2009-2015.

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16-18 November 2009 

The Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association (MENAHRA) will be holding the first regional conference on harm reduction in Beirut, Lebanon.

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14-19 November 2009

WHO staff training course on HIV strategic and operational planning will be taking place in Beirut, Lebanon. The objective of this training is to strengthen WHO staff capacity on development of strategic and operational plans for the health sector in the Eastern Mediterranean Region countries.

 

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4 November 2009

 

The Moroccan Association Against AIDS (ALCS) welcomes the repeal of the ban on entry and residence in the U.S. for people with HIV and calls upon Arab countries who practice such a discriminatory measure to end the prohibition of entry and residence of people with HIV in their territory.

More:  English (pdf, 104 KB), French (pdf, 112 KB)

4 November 2009 

The International AIDS Society (IAS) urges new focus on ART as prevention and calls for immediate global action and funding for universal access to HIV therapy.

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2 September 2009

The European Commission announces that the European Union and the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya have launched a project for the development of a HIV strategy and support programme in the North African state.
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» Support to harm reduction projects

  •  The Middle East and North Africa Harm Reduction Association (MENAHRA) aims to increase harm reduction capacity in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA). Within the framework of their support to MENAHRA, the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, in collaboration with the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), and with the support of the Drosos Foundation – Switzerland announce a call for proposals to support harm reduction projects in the Region. 
For more information on how to apply click here: application procedure

    For more information on harm reduction click here

» WHO ART and mother-to-child transmission guidelines revision 

In view of programmatic experience and new scientific evidence, WHO headquarters is in the process of revising the guidelines for antiretroviral treatment of adults and adolescents and the guidelines for antiretroviral treatment of pregnant women and prevention of HIV infection in infants. Updated guidelines will be available in November 2009.

For more information click on the following links:

Revisions to WHO guidelines for antiretroviral treatment of adults and adolescents

Revisions to WHO guidelines for antiretroviral treatment of pregnant women and prevention of HIV infection in infants 

 

» Regional strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections: 2009–2015
The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office has developed a regional strategy for the prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections: 2009–2015. It aims to generate an accelerated regional response for the prevention and control of STIs in order to achieve international health goals. The STI regional strategy technical paper was presented to and endorsed by the Ministers of Health of the Eastern Mediterranean Region at their 55th Regional Committee meeting in 2008.

Technical paper: Arabic | English | French
Resolution: English | French

 

 

 

Featured publications

 


Priority interventions HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector


 

Global progress towards universal access
2008 report


 

HIV prevention and care
among injecting drug users in the
Islamic Republic of Iran
A review of best practice

 


 

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