U.N. Economic And Social Council Calls On Countries To Scale Up AIDS Response, U.N. General Assembly To Set High-Level Meeting Date

UNAIDS: United Nations Economic and Social Council calls for urgent action to scale up the AIDS response
“The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has adopted a resolution that calls on countries to urgently scale up evidence-informed programs to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. It says the AIDS epidemic is not yet over and calls for reinvigorated efforts by all stakeholders. … [T]he resolution calls on the United Nations General Assembly to decide by no later than September next year the date of a high-level meeting to review progress made on the United Nations commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030…” (7/26).

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