Events 2006
December
1 December 2006
World AIDS Day worldwide
1 December 2006
World AIDS Day at WHO
November
21 November 2006
Launch of the UNAIDS/WHO AIDS epidemic update, 2006.
20 November 2006
Opening of the new WHO/UNAIDS Building.
October
23-25 October 2006
WHO expert working group meeting to determine preferred ARV medicines for treating and preventing HIV infection in younger children, Geneva, Switzerland.
9-10 October 2006
Meeting of the Global Task Force on XDR-TB, Geneva, Switzerland
September
23-26 September 2006
Male Sexual Health in Asia and the Pacific International Consultation, New Delhi, India
19-20 September 2006
International Expert Consensus Meeting on "providing antiretroviral drugs as part of comprehensive HIV services to populations in emergency settings", Geneva, Switzerland.
August
13 - 18 August 2006
WHO events at the XVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, Canada
July
15-17 July 2006
G8 Summit in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
3-5 July 2006
The WHO/UNAIDS Consultation on Provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling, Geneva, Switzerland
June
28-30 June 2006
The meeting on essential care and prevention for people living with HIV, Montreux, Switzerland
26-30 June 2006
Global consultation on Decent Care, Vevey, Switzerland
2 June 2006
High-Level Meeting on AIDS, UN General Assembly, New-York
May
31 May-2 June 2006
2006 High-Level Meeting on AIDS, UN General Assembly, New York
22-27 May 2006
World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
15-17 May 2006
The First Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference, Moscow, Russia
April
24-25 April 2006
HIV/AIDS stakeholders consultation on WHO‘s contribution to scaling up towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, and care
25 April 2006
Africa Malaria Day
23-26 April 2006
International Microbicides Conference, Cape Town, South Africa
21 April 2006
International Drug Purchase Facility meeting in Geneva. Speech by WHO Director-General
11 April 2006
Launch of 2006 as “Year of Acceleration of HIV Prevention in the African Region"
7 April 2006
World Health Day, 2006 - Launch of the World Health Report on "Working Together for Health", Worldwide
5-7 April 2006
WHO technical consultation on the integration of HIV interventions into maternal, newborn, and child health services, Geneva, Switzerland
March
30 - 31 March 2006
WHO Expert Consultation on Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis in HIV Infection, Geneva, Switzerland
28 March 2006
Launch of the WHO/UNAIDS report on "Global Access to HIV Antiretroviral therapy: A report on "3 by 5" and Beyond"
27 March - 3 April 2006
The 23rd International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) Annual Conference, Geneva, Switzerland
24 March 2006
World TB Day: Actions for life
Towards a world free of tuberculosis, a focus on the Global Plan to Stop TB 2006-2015, Worldwide
12- 16 March2006
Capacity building in procurement and supply management (PSM) for HIV, TB and Malaria for Eastern European countries, Moscow, Russia
8-9 March 2006
WHO participation in the UNAIDS regional consultation on scaling up towards universal access for South Europe, Bucharest, Hungary
1-2 March 2006
WHO participation in the UNAIDS regional consultation on scaling up towards universal access for East and Central European region, Moscow, Russia
February
23-24 February 2006
Third meeting of the "3 by 5" Evaluation Steering Committee, Geneva, Switzerland
21-22 February 2006
Meeting of the Global Steering Committee for scaling up towards universal access, Geneva, Switzerland
18-25 February 2006
WHO AMDS Capacity building workshop in procurement and supply management of HIV drugs and diagnostics, for anglophone African countries, Nairobi, Kenya
14-16 February 2006
WHO participation in the UNAIDS regional consultation on scaling up towards universal access for Asia-Pacific, Thailand
14-15 February 2006
WHO participation in the UNAIDS regional consultation on scaling up towards universal access for the Caribbean, Kingston, Jamaica
January
31 January-2 February 2006
WHO HIV/AIDS Global Staff Meeting, Geneva, Switzerland
23-28 January
117th WHO Executive Board Meeting
23-26 January 2006
Meeting of Catholic Organisations: "Church Response to HIV and AIDS Experience Sharing, Network and Planning to scale-up", ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
16-24 January 2006
The Sixth African Union Summit, Khartoum, Sudan
16-18 January 2006
WHO technical consultation on generic tools for operational research on scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, Geneva, Switzerland
10-12 January 2006
HIV Drug Resistance Database Training for countries in African Region, Lilongwe, Malawi
8-14 January 2006
The fourth "3 by 5" Evaluation Team Meeting, Sao Paolo, Brazil