Wold AIDS Day- 2010 Report on Children and AIDS
Online, November 17, 2010 (Newswire.com)
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Press centre
Media advisory
World Aids Day: Global launch of the 2010 Stocktaking Report "Children and AIDS" with UN partners
WHAT:
The Stocktaking Report 2010 reviews advances made in the four areas of HIV and AIDS that affect children and highlights key steps towards achieving an AIDS-free generation. The report is issued by UNICEF and its partners (UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, WHO).
One major finding is that most countries have made important gains in preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and in paediatric treatment. Some countries have made progress towards HIV prevention goals, and more AIDS-affected children are benefiting from protection, care and support services, but much more remains to be done.
The report will be launched at a press conference in New York with news embargoed until 10AM US EST (15:00 GMT), 30 November 2010.
WHEN:
Tuesday, 30 November 2010; 11am to 12pm
WHERE:
UNICEF House, Danny Kaye Visitors Centre; 3 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017
WHO:
Mr. Anthony Lake, Executive Director, UNICEF 1
TBC, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador
Dr Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director for Programme, UNAIDS 2
Dr Ying-Ru Lo, Coordinator for prevention in the Health Sector, HIV/AIDS Department, WHO 3
Dr George Tembo, Chief of HIV and AIDS programme, UNFPA 4
Ms. Christine Alfsen, Senior Science Program Specialist, UNESCO 5 6
Media Contacts:
UNICEF
Roshan Khadivi, UNICEF New York; 212 326 7270, rkhadivi@unicef.org
Genine Babakian, UNICEF New York; 212 326 7553, gbabakian@unicef.org
UNAIDS
Sophie Barton-Knott, UNAIDS Geneva; +41 22 791 1697, bartonknotts@unaids.org
WHO
Tunga Namjilsuren, WHO Geneva; + 41 79 203 3176, namjilsurent@who.int
UNFPA
Omar Gharzeddine, UNFPA New York; +1 212 297 5028, gharzeddine@unfpa.org
UNESCO
Victoria Kalinin, UNESCO Paris; +33 1 45 68 18, v.kalinin@unesco.org
Attention broadcasters:
Video footage and high resolution images will be available free of charge at www.thenewsmarket.com/unicef 7
All information can be found at:
www.unicef.org/aids 8
www.who.int/hiv 9
www.unaids.org 10
http://www.unfpa.org/hiv/ 11
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=33437&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html 12
Links
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_53427.html
http://www.unaids.org/en/AboutUNAIDS/Leadership/DXDprogramme.asp
http://www.who.int/hiv/vienna2010/bio_dr_ying_ru_lo.pdf
http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/sitemap/pid/6893
http://www.unicef.org/media/files/Christine_Alfsen_is_the_Senior_Science_Program_Specialist_for_UNESCO_in_North_Americ1.pdf
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/FIELD/New%20York/pdf/Kridelka_Bio_Nov_2010.pdf
http://www.thenewsmarket.com/unicef
http://www.unicef.org/aids
http://www.who.int/hiv
http://www.unaids.org/
http://www.unfpa.org/hiv/
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=33437&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
http://www.unicef.org/media/media_56807.html?q=printme#