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Palestine: A training Workshop for Community Leaders on AIDS Bethlehem: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Program of Assistance to the Palestinian people convened a training workshop on means of effective responding to AIDS through development of leadership skills of Palestinian community leaders. Proceedings of the workshop took place in Bethlehem (Occupied Palestine) from 5 to 7 July 2010 in cooperation with UNDP HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS). A Training Workshop for Palestinian Media Professionals on AIDS Bethlehem: UNDP Program of Assistance to the Palestinian people convened a training workshop for more than twenty Palestinian media professionals on means of effective responding to AIDS as a developmental challenge facing the Arab region. Saudi Arabia: Leadership for Limiting Risky Behaviors Among Youths Jeddah – 17 June 2010: For three consecutive days from 14 to 16 June 2010, the Charity Association for AIDS Patients in Saudi Arabia organized, in cooperation with the HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS), a training workshop under the title of "Leadership for Limiting Risky Behaviors among Youths". The 7th Annual UNDP HIV Focal Points and Project Officers Meeting Ain El Sokna ( Egypt): On 4-6 May 2010, the Cairo-based UNDP HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS) held its 7th Annual HIV Focal Points and Projects Officers Meeting for the Arab States in Egypt. Chahama’s Steering Committee holds its seventh meeting in Cairo Cairo – April 15th 2010: Members of Chahama’s Steering Committee discussed the strategic plan of the network for 2010 and 2011, the most significant achievements of the network, and the challenges it faced in the past two years. They also addressed future challenges and ways to overcome it. This meeting took place in Cairo (April 10th-12th 2010).

Latest Events

Palestine: A training Workshop for Community Leaders on AIDS

Bethlehem: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Program of Assistance to the Palestinian people convened a training workshop on means of effective responding to AIDS through development of leadership skills of Palestinian community leaders. Proceedings of the workshop took place in Bethlehem (Occupied Palestine) from 5 to 7 July 2010 in cooperation with UNDP HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS).

A Training Workshop for Palestinian Media Professionals on AIDS

Bethlehem: UNDP Program of Assistance to the Palestinian people convened a training workshop for more than twenty Palestinian media professionals on means of effective responding to AIDS as a developmental challenge facing the Arab region.

Saudi Arabia: Leadership for Limiting Risky Behaviors Among Youths

Jeddah – 17 June 2010: For three consecutive days from 14 to 16 June 2010, the Charity Association for AIDS Patients in Saudi Arabia organized, in cooperation with the HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS), a training workshop under the title of "Leadership for Limiting Risky Behaviors among Youths".

The 7th Annual UNDP HIV Focal Points and Project Officers Meeting

Ain El Sokna ( Egypt): On 4-6 May 2010, the Cairo-based UNDP HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS) held its 7th Annual HIV Focal Points and Projects Officers Meeting for the Arab States in Egypt.

Chahama’s Steering Committee holds its seventh meeting in Cairo

Cairo – April 15th 2010: Members of Chahama’s Steering Committee discussed the strategic plan of the network for 2010 and 2011, the most significant achievements of the network, and the challenges it faced in the past two years. They also addressed future challenges and ways to overcome it. This meeting took place in Cairo (April 10th-12th 2010).

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Domestic Violence forces more women into the HIV/AIDS circle

Hadeer Hassan, Ahmed Balah: ”I used to see him sitting among his peers in an open circle, taking drugs while sharing one syringe. I advised him a lot, fearing for him, but he often beat me refusing any advice. I used to ask him to visit the doctor, but he kept refusing until the symptoms started. Then the doctor asked me to do the tests and the surprise came that I was HIV positive.

Saudi global partnership for studying HIV/AIDS epidemiology among vulnerable groups

Ahmed Balah – 3 August 2010 The HIV/AIDS research chair of the King Abdulaziz University, Jedda is currently collaborating with the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in a research study on HIV/AIDS epidemiology among vulnerable groups.

HIV/AIDS Updates from the International AIDS Conference, Vienna

Dr.Ghazi Bin Abdullatif Jamjoum wrote: Each year the world looks to the International AIDS Conference for news about new discoveries to help curb the HIV/AIDS epidemic which has so far killed 25 million and infected more than 70 million, of which 33 million are now living with HIV/AIDS. Despite the great and continuous progress in developing AIDS treatments, preventive measures are still very limited.

Vaginal cream reduces the risk of contracting HIV

Vienna- 30 July 2010: A group of scientists have announced that a vaginal cream could reduce the risk of HIV transmission by half, according to a study conducted in South Africa.The study has been carried out by the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA). The results were announced in the 18th International AIDS Conference, held in Vienna from 18 till 23 July 2010, and published in the American Science magazine.

Latest Initiatives
- Religious Leaders Initiative A successful response to HIV/AIDS is one that needs the true involvement of the whole community acting together as one force complementing and supporting each other. A key influential actor in this Arab community is the religious leaders; their impact is one that cannot be neglected. They have legitimacy, a durable presence and even more than that; they help shape the social values and norms of people ... - Legislative Initiative The second event conducted in Algiers, Algeria 29-31 Oct. 2007 is part of a series of sub-regional workshops. Organized by UNDP/HARPAS in partnership with UNDP Algeria, ILO, and UNHCR, it gathered 60 parliamentarians from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. It built up on a previous initiative organized in November 2005, "The Legal Framework for HIV/AIDS ... - Private Sector Initiative HIV/AIDS impacts are likely to concentrate on young adults in their most productive years. Thus, AIDS is projected as having the potential to become the second major cause of death among adults of working age in the world - including the Arab world - posing a serious economic threat. The epidemic is eroding productivity just at the time when developing countries, including most of the Arab countries, need to become more competitive to cope with rapid globalization... - Media and Art Initiative From the 8th to the 11th of September 2007, HARPAS has organized a regional training workshop co-facilitated by UNDP and the Reuters Foundations employing UNDP's transformative leadership and development enhancement methodologies that have generated highly effective responses to the epidemic in the region, in synergy with the Media professional expertise of the Reuters Foundation... - Women's Rights NGO Initiative Women in the Arab world are often discriminated against and facing numerous violations of their human rights, as identified in the Arab Human Development Report 2002 women's empowerment is one of the three deficits the Arab World is confronted with and if progress in the region is to be achieved, addressing gender inequalities is definitely one area where UNDP is targeting its efforts...

Latest Initiatives

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Religious Leaders Initiative

A successful response to HIV/AIDS is one that needs the true involvement of the whole community acting together as one force complementing and supporting each other. A key influential actor in this Arab community is the religious leaders; their impact is one that cannot be neglected. They have legitimacy, a durable presence and even more than that; they help shape the social values and norms of people ...

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Legislative Initiative

The second event conducted in Algiers, Algeria 29-31 Oct. 2007 is part of a series of sub-regional workshops. Organized by UNDP/HARPAS in partnership with UNDP Algeria, ILO, and UNHCR, it gathered 60 parliamentarians from Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt. It built up on a previous initiative organized in November 2005, "The Legal Framework for HIV/AIDS ...

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Private Sector Initiative

HIV/AIDS impacts are likely to concentrate on young adults in their most productive years. Thus, AIDS is projected as having the potential to become the second major cause of death among adults of working age in the world - including the Arab world - posing a serious economic threat. The epidemic is eroding productivity just at the time when developing countries, including most of the Arab countries, need to become more competitive to cope with rapid globalization...

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Media and Art Initiative

From the 8th to the 11th of September 2007, HARPAS has organized a regional training workshop co-facilitated by UNDP and the Reuters Foundations employing UNDP's transformative leadership and development enhancement methodologies that have generated highly effective responses to the epidemic in the region, in synergy with the Media professional expertise of the Reuters Foundation...

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Women's Rights NGO Initiative

Women in the Arab world are often discriminated against and facing numerous violations of their human rights, as identified in the Arab Human Development Report 2002 women's empowerment is one of the three deficits the Arab World is confronted with and if progress in the region is to be achieved, addressing gender inequalities is definitely one area where UNDP is targeting its efforts...

Khadija Moalla in a direct Interview with Islamonline.net

"To be able to deal with the AIDS patients, we should contain him and accept him as a sick person regardless of the reason for infection .. He is worth of our care and acceptance".. This was the introduction that calls readers of islamonline.net website to respond to AIDS as a community problem and communicate with persons living with its virus (PLWHIV) as humans that have rights as well as duties.

This direct interview came with Dr. Khadija Moalla, HIV Practice Leader and UNDP/HARPAS Regional Coordinator, in 6 December 2009 with the aim of better identifying social and psychological means of interacting with the AIDS patient in addition to his needs and feelings as a result of infection.. See full text of the interview

Humanitarian Work Dissolves Differences

Dr. Basma Moussa, the Rights Activist and Dentistry Professor at Cairo University, highlighted the consultative meeting conducted by HARPAS Programme recently in the Tunisian Capital from 1 to 3 December. Dr. Moussa focused on the extent to which the common goal of participants contributed to overcoming religion, language and long distances differences as well as the variety of ethnics and cultures.

The last meeting was one of a series of meetings scheduled to be held subsequently with the aim of discussing the draft of a manual demonstrating experiences with AIDS/SIDA as one of the most important developmental and human rights challenges faced by women in the Arab region.. see the original article

HARPAS Regional Coordinator on Alaan Satellite Channel

Alaan Channel interviewed Dr. Khadija Moalla, HIV Practice Leader and UNDP/HARPAS Regional Coordinator, on the AIDS Day. The interview focused on updates of figures and statistics of the HIV infections in the Arab world, who is responsible for these statistics and the extent of our need for the next generation of statistics. The interview also discussed AIDS infections among children and means of limiting such infections.

It also highlighted the recent World Health Organization's report and reasons for the decrease of infection rates globally although it increased at the Arab level.

On the availability of AIDS treatment at the Arab States level, Moalla said that treatment is available but the problem lies in the spread of stigmatization and discrimination culture and absence of human rights concepts, which stand as an obstacle before access of patients to medicine. Finally came the question on the role of HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS) in awareness with AIDS and the support of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHIV). You can see the full interview on the following link.

A Lebanese "Claud" Lives with AIDS Virus for Thirty Years

Claud .. a person living with HIV since thirty years met with Al-Arabiya Channel on the first of December. The 57-year old Claud had been infected with the disease on the age of 27 while he was living in Paris.
Al-Arabiya Channel interviewed Claud to narrate his story with the disease and how he faced stigmatization and discrimination inside the Lebanese community as a result of infection.
Currently, Claud spends his time in raising awareness on AIDS and sharing others with his experience with the virus through a telephone hot line designated for this purpose.
It is worth mentioning that Claud had participated in various UNDP HIV/AIDS Regional Programme in the Arab States (HARPAS) proceedings and training workshops, last of which was "The Advanced Training Workshop for Outreaching More Vulnerable Groups" held in Wadi El-Natroun (Egypt) in one rehabilitation center for drug addicts from 25 to 29 October 2009. See more details on the following link.

Yemen: The Media Professionals Training Workshop Gains big Interaction

The media training workshop organized by HARPAS in Yemen,from 13 to15 October 2009,encountered big interaction from participating media professionals, where they expressed their dire need for this type of workshops, emphasizing the significant role played by means of media in awareness with AIDS and supporting rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS(PLWHIV).Participants in the workshop seized the opportunity to request bodies concerned with AIDS in Yemen to effectuate their cooperation with media professionals and underlined the necessity of facilitating the mechanism of accessing information on AIDS spread in order to have correct and accurate elements of awareness and further demanded a periodical publication that includes all AIDS updates.. See workshop coverage in newspapers and internet websites

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