The World Council of Churches – Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) welcomes the 25 April announcement by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and ViiV Healthcare of the geographic extension of their licensing agreement for dolutegravir (DTG) to cover all remaining lower middle-income countries (LMICs). The amendment to the 2014 licence specifically allows generic medicine distribution in four countries with patents – Armenia, Moldova, Morocco and Ukraine – that were not covered in the initial agreement. Dolutegravir is a promising new treatment that was included in the latest WHO guidelines as first- and third-line treatment.
“Act now, not later.” Dr David Barstow chose this message for a photo featured in the “100-day countdown” to a United Nations (UN) High Level Meeting on HIV in New York on 8-10 June.
Zu einer von den Vereinten Nationen am 6. April in New York veranstalteten Anhörung der Zivilgesellschaft haben Organisationen mit religiösem Hintergrund einen wesentlichen inhaltlichen Beitrag geleistet. Die Anhörung ist Teil der Vorbereitungen auf die UN-Tagung auf hoher Ebene über HIV/AIDS, die vom 8. bis 10. Juni ebenfalls in New York stattfindet.
Faith-based organizations presented significant input at a 6 April United Nations civil society hearing in New York City, a prelude to a UN High Level Meeting on HIV in New York on 8-10 June.
Le 6 avril, à New York, des organisations d’inspiration religieuse ont apporté une contribution importante à l’occasion d’une séance des Nations Unies avec des représentantes et représentants de la société civile, qui préludait à une réunion de haut niveau consacrée au VIH.
Der Weltgesundheitstag am 7. April befasst sich dieses Jahr mit dem Thema Diabetes. Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) hat ihren ersten globalen Diabetes-Bericht veröffentlicht und weist darauf hin, dass sich die Zahl der Erwachsenen, die mit dieser Krankheit leben, seit 1980 auf 422 Millionen oder 8,5% der erwachsenen Weltbevölkerung fast vervierfacht hat.
World Health Day, 7 April, is focusing this year on diabetes. The World Health Organization has released its first Global Report on Diabetes, which reveals that the number of adults living with diabetes has almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 million, or 8.5% of the world’s adult population.
La Journée mondiale de la santé, le 7 avril, est consacrée cette année au diabète. L’Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) vient de publier son premier rapport mondial sur le diabète, qui révèle que le nombre d’adultes diabétiques dans le monde a presque quadruplé depuis 1980: 422 millions de personnes sont concernées, soit 8,5 % de la population adulte mondiale.
Religious leaders and faith-based organizations are sending representatives this week to a United Nations civil society hearing in New York City, a prelude to a UN High Level Meeting on HIV in New York on 8-10 June.
Almost forty years after the advent of HIV and AIDS, people around the world living with HIV still endure assaults on their dignity and basic human rights—from stigma and discrimination to denial of legal protection and even medical care.
Policymakers, programme managers, and service providers — including faith communities — must use more human rights norms and standards to guide a global response to HIV, said a statement submitted by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, an ecumenical initiative of the WCC, to the Human Rights Council on 11 March in Geneva.
Das Globale Ökumenische Aktionsbündnis des ÖRK steckt mitten in der Vorbereitung auf die 21. Welt-Aids-Konferenz (AIDS 2016), die vom 18. - 22. Juli 2016 in Durban stattfindet.
As summer approaches, the World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) is now in full preparation for the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016), hosted in Durban 18-22 July 2016.
Alors que l’été approche, l’Alliance œcuménique «agir ensemble» du Conseil œcuménique des Églises se prépare activement à la 21e Conférence internationale sur le sida (AIDS 2016) qui aura lieu à Durban du 18 au 22 juillet 2016.
Why should people of faith get engaged in AIDS2016? - The first time I took part in the International AIDS Conference was in Mexico in 2008. I was overwhelmed and fascinated. I was impressed by the large number of people HIV could mobilize, and yet I knew many people around the world had no idea of the difference between HIV and AIDS, and even worse, many did not want to know about it.
Bei der Welt-Aids-Konferenz kommen alle zwei Jahre über 20'000 Forscher, Politiker, Aktivisten, Menschen mit HIV/AIDS und andere Akteure zusammen, um sich über die jüngsten Fortschritte auszutauschen und die nach wie vor bestehenden Hindernisse zur Überwindung der Pandemie zu identifizieren und abzubauen.
Women are at the heart of agriculture, yet too often their core function is neither recognised nor supported. That message stood out to me in the annual meeting of the Food for Life strategy group that I attended last November. The issues that affect women came up in all discussions, whichever goal of the Food for Life campaign, run by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA), was on the agenda.
