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HOME: POPULATION ISSUES: PREVENTING HIV INFECTION: HIV Prevention Now - Programme Briefs
Preventing HIV Infection
HIV Prevention Now
- Programme Briefs
Overview
Preventing HIV Infection in Pregnant Women
Preventing HIV Infection in Young People
Addressing Gender Perspectives in HIV Prevention
Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) for HIV Prevention
Condom Programming for HIV Prevention
HIV Prevention in Humanitarian Settings
Programming for Prevention in Various Stages of an HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Applying Population & Development Strategies to Enhance HIV Prevention Programming
Quick Facts on HIV/AIDS
Fact Sheet on HIV Test Kits
Overview

Why Prevention?
What Have We Learned So Far?
What Should Be Our Guiding Principles?
What Can UNFPA Do?
Notes and References
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Notes and References

1 - For more information on the importance of prevention and UNFPA’s involvement in the fight against HIV/AIDS, please refer to: (1) Preventing Infection, Promoting Reproductive Health, UNFPA’s Response to HIV/AIDS, June 2001; (2) UNFPA Proposed Contribution to the United Nations System Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS for 2001-2005, Report of the Executive Director, DP/ FPA/2001/9, 27 April 2001; (3) UN General Assembly Special Session, Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, A/S-26/L.2, June 2001; (4) UNAIDS UN General Assembly Special Session Fact Sheets, June 2001 (electronically available on http// :www.unaids.org).
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2 - The Copenhagen Programme of Action, the Beijing Platform for Action, the outcome documents of the 21st, 23rd and 24th special sessions of the United Nations General Assembly, the United Nations Millennium Declaration, the Commission on the Status of Women’s Agreed conclusion on women and health, its resolution 44/2, Security Council Resolution 1308 (2000).
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3 - A more detailed UNFPA strategy document will be available by the end of 2001.
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Comments or questions on Programme Briefs should be addressed to Dr. Suman Mehta, HIV/AIDS Coordinator, Technical Support Division, UNFPA or sent by email to hiv@unfpa.org


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