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The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is mandated to assist Member States to provide people who use drugs, prisoners and people vulnerable to human trafficking with evidence-informed comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care services. Our goal is to avert HIV infections and related deaths, to improve the quality of life of people living with HIV, and to contribute to the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly to halt and reverse the AIDS epidemic. Read more...

World AIDS Day in Bangkok Under the theme 'Getting to Zero', UNODC was involved in a number of World AIDS Day activities in Bangkok, coordinated by UNAIDS Regional Support Team and the Social Division of UN ESCAP, in collaboration with the UNAIDS Thailand Country Office... Read More


World AIDS Day in India The training manual 'Reaching out to female sex partners of injecting drug users was launched in 1 December 2011'. The manual was recently produced for the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Government of India with support from UNODC. The manual highlights the need to reach out to female partners of injecting drug users, as they form a group that is extremely vulnerable to HIV and is often inadequately covered by programmatic interventions... Read More

World AIDS Day Cambodia The events of the World AIDS Day were celebrated in Cambodia, as every year, and with very good reasons given the singular and steady achievements in this particular area. Indeed Cambodia is well on its way to achieve the Millennium Development Goals 6 by 2015... Read More

World AIDS Day in Central Asia Representatives from parliament, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Border, UNODC and the state Anti-Drug Committee in Azerbaijan sat in the same room, participating in intense discussions on December 12, 2011... Read More

World AIDS Day in Egypt UNODC in cooperation with UNAIDS goodwill ambassador Menna Shalaby organized a radio program on both English and Arabic radio stations on December 1st. Discussion about HIV and drug use, and the availability of Harm reduction programs were fostered... Read More

World AIDS Day in Indonesia UNODC in collaboration with the National Aids Commission organized a advocacy campaign on the compound of the House of Representative in Indonesia. Referencing the international theme of "Getting to Zero: Zero new infections. Zero discrimination. Zero aids-related deaths," this one day campaign theme was "Understanding HIV from multi perspective."... Read More

World AIDS Day in Iran In collaboration with the Drug Control Headquarters (DCHQ), UNODC organized a ceremony to commemorate World AIDS Day on the 3rd of December 2011 in Shaghayegh Cultural Complex in Tehran. Worldwide, the theme of World AIDS Day this year was: "Zero new HIV infections, Zero discrimination, and Zero AIDS related deaths by 2015". UNODC is striving on the global level for zero new HIV infections among drug users and in closed settings, including prisons... Read More

World AIDS Day in Moldova On World AIDS Day UNODC Moldova project office jointly with governmental and nongovernmental partners organized a range of events planned a range of awareness raising activities on HIV/AIDS prevention. Care and treatment to prisoners and drug users under International Slogan: "Getting to Zero: Zero new infections. Zero discrimination. Zero aids-related deaths" and National slogan: "Accountable. Involved. Responsible"... Read More




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