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30.11.2016

#HandsUp for #HIVPrevention for Adolescent Girls and Young Women

WORLD AIDS DAY 2016 - In the lead-up to World AIDS Day 2016 UNAIDS launched the #HandsUp for #HIVprevention campaign which explored different aspects of HIV prevention and how they relate to specific groups of people, such as adolescent girls and young women, key populations and people living with HIV. (Photo: HandsUp at the MMS Symposium 2016/ Christoph Engeli/MMS)

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29.11.2016

Newlands Clinic patient addresses Medicus Mundi conference

Ruedy Lüthy Foundation - "When Maximina Jokonya found out she was HIV-positive at the age of thirteen, it was as if her world had fallen apart. Today, the Newlands Clinic patient helps young people who have been similarly affected. In November, she came to Switzerland at the invitation of Medicus Mundi to talk about her experiences.

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25.11.2016

10.3 Billion USD is Available for the 2017-2019 Allocations to Countries

MMS/aidsfocus.ch participated at the 36th Global Fund Board Meeting from 16-17 November 2016 in Montreux - Efforts to Increase Impact in the Fight Against TB and MDR-TB is Urgent and CSOs call for urgency of operationalising the policy of sustainability, transitioning and cofinancing.

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22.11.2016

LOVE LIFE-Kampagne: sexuell übertragbare Infektionen nehmen zu

Aids-Hilfe Schweiz - Die sexuell übertragbaren Infektionen (STI) waren 2015 auf dem Vormarsch. Die Gonorrhoe nahm gegenüber dem Vorjahr um 23 Prozent zu, die Syphilis um 7 Prozent und die Chlamydien um 5 Prozent, wohingegen die Zahl der HIV-Fälle stabil blieb. Dieser Trend ist in ganz Europa zu beobachten. Die Zahlen zeigen, dass die Präventionsbemühungen weitergeführt werden müssen.

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