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| Event Title: |
New Global community AIDS Award Launched on World Aids Day |
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| Short Description: |
A new international award celebrating community action
on AIDS was launched today on World AIDS Day to honour grassroots leadership in fighting
the AIDS epidemic. |
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| Long Description: |
The first-ever Red Ribbon Award: Celebrating Community Leadership and action on AIDS will be presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2006), to be held in Toronto, Canada, from 13-18 August 2006. The award is sponsored by the Leadership and
Community programmes of the International AIDS Conference.
“Communities lie at the forefront of addressing the challenges of the AIDS epidemic.
Solutions that work cannot be imposed from above,” said Gracia Violeta Ross Quiroga, Co-Chair of the AIDS 2006 Community Programme Committee. “In all corners of our world, communities working in the buildings, hospitals, villages, have the power and are already
reversing the threat of the AIDS pandemic.”
The initiative is supported by a number of organizations including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), on behalf of the ten UNAIDS Cosponsors, and the International AIDS Society.
“Communities lie at the heart of responding to the HIV/AIDS challenge,” said Kemal Dervis, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). “In communities
across the world, leadership, courage and resilience are shaping the response to the epidemic, and determining our ability to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
Honouring their work and providing resources to scale up community initiatives is essential in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.”
All 25 finalists of the award will receive a monetary prize: 20 finalists will receive US$ 5,000 each and five category winners will receive US$ 20,000 each.
Read more at: |
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8 Dec 2005 - 31 Dec 1969 |
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