FACT SHEET: About the EECAAC organizers
The Federal Service on Protection of Consumers Rights and Wellbeing in the Russian Federation.
The Federal Service on Protection of Consumers Rights and Wellbeing was established on March 9, 2007 according to decree signed by the President of the Russian Federation. The Federal Service is a ministerial authority that carries out the functions of monitoring and control of the epidemiological wellbeing of the Russian population and the protection of consumer rights. The Federal Service on Protection of Consumers Rights and Wellbeing in the Russian Federation consists of 89 regional departments and 90 Centers for hygiene and epidemiology. In addition, the Federal Service oversees the work of 28 scientific research institutes, and over 100 organizations responsible for disinfection. http://www.rospotrebnadzor.ru/
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
UNAIDS brings together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations to the global AIDS response. Based in Geneva, the UNAIDS secretariat works on the ground in more than 75 countries world wide.
UNAIDS is committed to strengthening support to nationally owned and led responses.
UNAIDS has five focus areas including: leadership and advocacy, strategic information and technical support, tracking monitoring and evaluation, civil society engagement and mobilization of resources. With its ten cosponsors UNAIDS assists in ensuring better coordination among its partners in the UN system, governments, civil society, donors, the private sector and others.
UNAIDS provides leadership for establishing the global AIDS agenda and galvanizing political commitment for a pro-active, targeted and optimally effective response at all levels that is geared to the evolution of the epidemic and that engages diverse partners and stakeholders, including inter-governmental bodies, governments, other key partners, UNAIDS and the broader UN system.
UNAIDS mobilizes increased human, technical and financial resources to meet priority needs in the response to the epidemic (including mitigation of its impact), and maximize the effective and efficient use of available resources. http://www.unaids.ru/
International AIDS Society.
Based in Geneva, the International AIDS Society (IAS) is the world’s leading independent association of HIV professionals, with more than 10,000 members from 175 countries. The IAS is a non-profit organization founded in 1988, and acts as an independent voice in the global response to AIDS on behalf of its members. The organization’s official journal is AIDS, which has a broad, crossdisciplinary focus. http://www.iasociety.org/
The Global Fund.
The Global Fund is a unique global public/private partnership dedicated to provide additional resources to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. It brings together governments, civil society, the private sector and affected communities. The Global Fund is now the dominant financer of programs to fight the three diseases. US$ 9.9 billion have been approved for more than 520 programs in 139 countries. Today, these programs provide AIDS treatment for 1.4 million people, TB treatment for 3.3 million people, and distributed 46 million bed nets for the prevention of malaria.
In Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Fund is now the largest international donor for HIV: 22 countries are implementing 34 HIV grants totaling to $US 810 million, of which $US 380 million have been disbursed by the end of 2007. These grants are reaching millions of young people with education, counseling and testing and provide essential prevention and treatment services for vulnerable populations. http://www.theglobalfund.org/ru/
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Key Dates
| 3 May |
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Conference opens. |
| 5 May |
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Conference close. |
News list
23.09: A Russian-American meeting on HIV/AIDS surveillance and prevention will be conducted within the framework of the 2009 Moscow International AIDS Conference.
08.07: The Federal Service has started the necessary preparations for the new International Conference on AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
26.06: The Moscow International Conference on AIDS will be held at the end of 2009
04.05: At the session «Resources and conditions for ensuring sustainability of HIV prevention and treatment programs implemented by Russian NGO's after the completion of the Global Fund projects and the National Priority Project in Health Care in 2009-2010» too
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