UN summit on HIV/AIDS sets ambitious targets to defeat epidemic
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Channel: United Nations · 2011 · News & Politics
United Nations, New York, 10 June 2011 - Countries meeting at a United Nations summit in New York today adopted ambitious new targets to defeat AIDS, with the aim of ridding the world of a disease that has claimed more than 30 million lives since it was first reported three decades ago. The High-level Meeting on AIDS brought together 3,000 participants, including 30 heads of State and government, along with senior officials, representatives of international organizations, civil society and people living with HIV, to chart a path for the future of the AIDS response. Full story: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38687&Cr=hiv&Cr1=aids
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