Visit of Dr Piot, Executive Director UNAIDS, to India

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Visit of Dr Piot, Executive Director UNAIDS, to India

The Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the

United Nations Dr Piot, will be visiting India from 17 to 24

November 2005.

During his visit, Dr Piot will interact with stakeholders with a

view to strengthening the response to HIV and AIDS in the country.

Due to the epidemic situation in the North East of India, Dr. Piot

will be traveling to the region to meet with key partners and visit

HIV prevention programmes. One of the main highlights of his visit

will be a Conference of all the North East Chief Ministers on 19th

November as well as the launch of a joint UN programme for the North

East funded by the Australian government.

On 21 November Dr Piot will launch the global AIDS Epidemic Update

together with His Excellency Dr. A.P.J.Kalam, President of India.

The Epidemic Update gives the latest features of the global AIDS

epidemic and will be launched simultaneously across the world.

In addition, Dr Piot will be meeting key partners from the

Government, the UN system and bilateral donors. He will also attend

a UN Regional Director's meeting and the board meeting of the Asia

Pacific Leadership Forum in Jaipur.

UNAIDS is the joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. It is the

main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global

action on the epidemic. UNAIDS's mission is to lead, strengthen and

support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes

preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those

already living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of

individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the epidemic.

Dr Piot has been the Executive Director of UNAIDS since its creation

in 1995.

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