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Asia Pacific Civil Society and 2008 UNGASS on HIV and AIDS
Twenty-five countries from Asia and the Pacific submitted their country's 2008 AIDS Progress Report. APCASO's publication 'Asia Pacific Civil Society and 2008 UNGASS on HIV and AIDS' provides not only a review of these reports, but also other related literature and key contacts' feedback. The regional report is a summary analysis of processes and outcomes from the UNGASS 2008 Country Reports. The aim of the review is to provide (a) a general overview of civil society's participation in national responses and in the compilation of the reports and (b) as assessment of the accuracy /gaps of each report in terms of civil society experience and knowledge of national responses. To download the regional report, please click here |
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HIV Advocacy from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Strengthening Local Responses As the culmination of phase one of APCASO's Community Advocacy Initiative, APCASO is pleased to launch its latest publication: HIV Advocacy from the Ground Up: A Toolkit for Strengthening Local Responses. Click here to download the toolkit. |
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9th ICAAP The 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (9th ICAAP), will be held in Bali, Indonesia from 9-13 August 2009. The theme of the 9th ICAAP is "Empowering People, Strengthening Networks"
There are four Congress Tracks and Cross-Cutting Themes:
Regular registration closed on 14 June 2009. Late registration is between 15 June to 8 August 2009. Check www.icaap9.org for the latest updates. APCASO, together with its project partners, will have a number of sessions at the 9th ICAAP. Hope to see you at our sessions. Click here for more details. |
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In 2000 governments around the world set targets to improve the lives of fellow men and women These 8 targets, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), represent the most ambitious international commitments to addressing the overarching goal of reducing poverty and improving the lives of our fellow men and women. These targets are documented here
UN has set up a blog to reach out to a broader audience to participate in discussions on the MDGs prior to the 25th September High-Level Event on MDGs. To read APCASO’s alert click here |
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Civil Society Support Mechanism APCASO is part of a coalition of community organizations that set up a Civil Society Support Mechanism (CSSM) at the end of 2007, with the support of UNAIDS. The aim of CSSM is to provide communication, consultation, and coordination support for civil society to be meaningfully involved in the review of the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS (2001) and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS (2006). Further information on CSSM is available here |
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Asia Pacific Civil Society Preparatory Forum for 2008 AIDS Review One of the deliverables of the Asia Pacific Civil Society Preparatory Forum for 2008 AIDS Review, Bangkok, held on the 3rd and 4th of May 2008; was a document capturing the region's key advocacy messages. 45 participants from 21 countries conferred and deliberated over the region's key advocacy issues. A 3-person drafting committee which was strengthened with the inclusion of volunteers from the Forum worked in the afterhours of the Forum to prepare the first draft that was then presented back to the participants on the second day. The document has since then underwent several rounds of review and edit before it was submitted by email to the Forum's participants for final comments. The document detailing the Forum's key advocacy messages was shared with the joint UNESCAP and UNAIDS Expert Group Meeting on "Progress on International Commitments on HIV/AIDS in Asia and Pacific region" and Seven Sisters network members. It was also presented to Dr Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for HIV and AIDS in Asia during her visit to Malaysia towards the end of May 2008. Participants from Cambodia and Philippines have also adapted the key advocacy messages for their country's civil society's needs. We are pleased to share the Forum's 'Asia Pacific Civil Society Key Advocacy Messages' document with you here If you are interested in the Forum's advocacy points or the first draft of the document, please write to admin@apcaso.org |
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Redefining AIDS in Asia - Crafting an Effective Response At the recently concluded Asia Pacific Civil Society Preparatory Forum for 2008 AIDS Review, Bangkok, 3-4 May 2008, Mr JVR Prasada Rao, Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific as well as Secretary of the Commission on AIDS in Asia; and Ms Frika Iskandar, member of the Commission presented the findings and recommendations of the Commission's report "Redefining AIDS in Asia: Creating an effective response". The links to the report as well as the presentations of both Prasada Rao and Frika Iskandar at the forum are available here: The Commission's report "Redefining AIDS in Asia: Creating an effective response" Mr JVR Prasada Rao's presentation Ms Frika Iskandar's presentation For more information on the independent Commission and its reports please click here |
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2008 AIDS Review For more information on the 2008 UNGASS reporting and the High-Level Meeting on HIV. Click here for more details |
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Readiness for Microbicides Advocacy The Asia Pacific Council of AIDS Services Organizations (APCASO) in partnership with the Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM) undertook a mapping of the HIV/AIDS advocacy landscape in selected countries in Southeast Asia, in order to prepare and assess the readiness of civil society for microbicides advocacy. The project's findings from the mapping have been disseminated at a workshop in Bangkok for participating countries and in various other fora such as Microbicides 2006 in Cape Town, South Africa, in April 2006, and the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 2006. For more details see the project summary handout entitled 'Preparing civil society for microbicides advocacy in Southeast Asia', accompanying factsheet 'Microbicides: A "MUST HAVE" for women in Southeast Asia' and poster 'Can microbicides really work when gender inequality and unequal power dynamics continue to dominate sexual relations?', presented on 16 August 2006 at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 2006. . |
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria |
The purpose of the Fund is to attract, manage and disburse
additional resources through a new public-private partnership that will make a sustainable
and significant contribution to the reduction of infections, illness and death,
thereby mitigating the impact caused by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in countries in need,
and contributing to poverty reduction as part of the Millenium Development goals. Read more by following this link |
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