AIDS 2012: Celebrating the Frontline: The Red Ribbon Award for Innovative Community Responses to AIDS

AIDS 2012: Celebrating the Frontline: The Red Ribbon Award for Innovative Community Responses to AIDS

For more information on this session, including access to speaker presentations, please see the conference Programme-at-a-Glance.

The Red Ribbon Award (RRA) is the world’s leading award on innovative and outstanding community work in the AIDS response. The RRA Special Session will celebrate the deserving winners of the 2012 Awards through a combination of inspiring talks by exceptional global personalities, the presentation of the awards and remarks from the winners themselves. This high profile event will showcase exceptional community-based responses to AIDS from around the world. The Special Session aims to provide a pivotal policy platform for grassroots to be heard at an international AIDS forum and inspire communities, policy makers and programme planners.

Introductory Remarks

  • Kevin Moody, Netherlands

Address and Presentation of the 2012 Red Ribbon Award to Winners Of the Category ‘Prevention Among People Who Use Drugs’

  • Michel Sidibe, Switzerland

Remarks from the Winners of the ‘Prevention Among People Who Use Drugs’ Category

Keynote Address and Presentation of The 2012 Red Ribbon Award to Winners of the Categories ‘Stopping New HIV Infections in Children and Keeping Mothers Alive:  Women’s Health’ and ‘Treatment, Care and Support’

  • H.R.H. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Norway

Remarks from the Winners of the ‘Stopping New Infections in Children and Keeping Mothers Alive; Women’s Health’ and ‘Treatment, Care and Support’ Categories

Address and presentation of the 2012 Red Ribbon Award to winners of the category ‘Treatment, care and support’

  • Rep. Jim McDermott, United States 

Remarks by representative of the winners in the category “Treatment, care and support”

Address and Presentation Of The 2012 Red Ribbon Award to Winners of The Category ‘Advocacy and Human Rights’

  • Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar

Remarks from the Winners of The ‘Advocacy and Human Rights’ Category

Address and Presentation of The 2012 Red Ribbon Award to Winners of the ‘Prevention Of Sexual Transmission’ Category

  • Marisol Touraine, France

Remarks from the Winners of the ‘Prevention Of Sexual Transmission’ Category

Closing

  • Kevin Moody, Netherlands

Event Date

Jul 25, 2012



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