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A new report says some cultural factors influencing spread of AIDS are specific to Africa
ECA Press Release No. 09/2008
New York , 09 June 2008 (ECA) – A new report released today on the state of HIV and AIDS in Africa says many cultural factors, including gender inequalities, wife inheritance and some sexual practices, that influence the AIDS epidemic and response are specific to the continent and must be better understood and changed. |
African
AIDS Commission Meets in Washington Ahead of Final Report
Press Release No.18/2005
Addis Ababa, 17 October 2005 (ECA) – One of Africa’s
leading initiatives against HIV/AIDS, the Commission on HIV/AIDS
and Governance in Africa (CHGA), holds its final meeting in
Washington, D.C., this week at the end of its two-year mandate. |
Interactive
Morocco
Addressing the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS
in Africa, 22-23 April, 2005 |
 Over
100 participants drawn from Africa’s active policy makers,
researchers, associations of people living with HIV/AIDS,
practitioners, as well as non-governmental, faith-based and
community-based organizations representatives gathered in
Morocco to examine the critical HIV/AIDS policy challenges
and delineate specific policy recommendations for the Commission’s
final report, across five pivotal areas: (i) Prevention and
Treatment; (ii) Impact of HIV/AIDS on Gender; (iii) HIV/AIDS
and youth; (iv) Human Capacity; and (v) Financing the response
to HIV/AIDS. |
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 Closing
remarks by His Excellency, Dr. Kenneth D. Kaunda,
First President of Zambia, at the Interactive Session of the
Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA).
Casablanca, Morocco,22nd April, 2005 |
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 “The
troubling times we live in call for profoundly different ways
of dealing with the most devastating health crisis of modern
times.” said K.Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of ECA
and Chairman of CHGA on the occasion of the Fifth CHGA Interactive
which took place in Casablanca, Morocco. |
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Opening
remarks by His Excellency, Dr. Kenneth D. Kaunda,
First President of Zambia, at the Interactive session of the
Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA).
Casablanca, Morocco,22nd April, 2005 |
Call
to Boost HIV/AIDS Awareness in Africa
ECA Press Release No. 09/2005, Addis Ababa, 2 May 2005
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Policymakers have reiterated the need for Africa to tackle
HIV/AIDS by talking frankly about the disease in a bid to
educate people. |
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AIDS.
Women in front line
Morocco TIMES, 25 April 2005
AIDS remains under control in Morocco, with figures reaching
an estimated 16,000 cases, revealed the Minister of Health,
Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, to the HIV/AIDS Commission and Governance
of Africa (CHGA).
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See previous interactive documents: Cameroon
- Ghana
- Ethiopia
- Botswana |
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