South Asia Portraits of Commitment - Why people in South Asia become leaders in AIDS work

"Challenges help us find our true selves.  They take us on a journey within the depths of who we are, leaving us at a destination we hope is worthy.  Some people find themselves at lesser places.  AIDS is one of those challenges.  The South Asians in this book tell how AIDS has made them a better doctor, researcher, legislator, citizen or person.  We knows AIDS affects our daily life-but because of it we now have more respect for hyuman rights and individual choice where once there was little or none.

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Exploding the Myths!!

‘‘‘The Pacific churches undertake to promote education about HIV/AIDS and open discussions on the issue of sexuality that will equip communities to prevent this eminently preventable disease. It is unethical not to
engage with and work to overcome the ignorance, silence and fear."

The Nadi Declaration:
Statement of the World Council of Churches
Pacific Member Churches on HIV/AIDS,
19 March–1 April 2004,
Nadi, Fiji

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Act Now - Asia Pacific leaders respond to HIV/AIDS

‘‘Act Now’ reveals the need for leadership - by business, community, religious and women leaders - to play a critical role against the HIV epidemic in the Asia and Pacific region. It urges governments to view HIV and AIDS as problems that should and can be addressed by all sectors, not just the health sector alone.

The publication was launched at the XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok on 13 th July 2004. Following the launch, it has been translated and launched in China and Viet Nam.

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Portraits of Commitment - Why people become leaders in HIV/AIDS work

‘Portraits of Commitments’ was launched on World AIDS Day 2004. It features leaders from all sectors who ‘champion’ the need for urgent action to address HIV and AIDS. It portrays their role as leaders in mobilizing peers in response to the HIV and AIDS situation in their countries and sub-regions.

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The Challenge of HIV/AIDS: Resources for Effective Leadership

This advocacy tool was designed to help strengthen leadership in the non-health sector. It brings together a range of resource materials drawn from the Shared Learning Workshops organised across the region at the onset of APLF. The tool highlights the available evidence and best practice in developing effective and appropriate responses to the challenge of HIV and AIDS

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The Asia Pacific Ministerial Meetings

        The First Asia Pacific Ministerial Statement (77 KB)
       The Second Asia Pacific Ministerial Statement (100 KB)