World Aids Day: 1st December 2008

• UNAIDS launches AIDS Outlook: a new report that provides perspectives on some of the most pressing issues that will confront policymakers and leaders as they respond to the challenges presented by AIDS in 2009.
• The World AIDS Day calendar;
  
• A press release from this morning;

  National HIV prevention programmes can become more successful using combination prevention approaches—this will help make the money work effectively during tough economic times

• From the Federation website: HIV still with us, not defeated yet...
• As in previous years, the World AIDS Campaign has produced a wide variety of campaign materials to be used by individuals and organizations that want to campaign on World AIDS Day and host commemorative events.
  

See after the jump for a list of related events.

• The Cara Trust: World AIDS Concert with Choir from London Gay Men’s Chorus
  Date: Saturday 29th November
  Time: 12.45pm-1.30pm
  Place: St Pancras Church, Upper Woburn Place, Euston
  RSVP: 02072436147 E: mail@caralife.com
• Steering the response to HIV through the changing global financial environment - leadership and collaboration
  Date: 1st December 2008
  Time: 2.45pm to 5pm
  Place: Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD
  RSVP on ODI website.
  Chair: Simon Maxwell, Director, ODI
• The Food Chain - Feeding the Fight against HIV: 20th Anniversary and World AIDS Day reception
  Date: 1st December
  Time: 5pm
  Place: The South African High Commission, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DP
  RSVP: (limited places) info@foodchain.org.uk 020 7354 0333
• The Cara Trust: World AIDS Day Evensong
  Date: 1st December
  Time: 5pm
  Place: Westminster Abbey
  RSVP: 02072436147 E: mail@caralife.com
• Where next for New HIV Prevention Technologies? Briefing and Drinks reception
  Date: 2nd December 2008
  Time: 3-5pm
  Place: Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AG
  RSVP: whalleya@interactworldwideorg
• HIV & Health Systems Strengthening: Opportunities for Achieving Universal Access by 2010.
  Date: 4th December
  Time: 12-2pm Place: Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, House of Commons
  Chair: Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Vice-Chair of The All Party Parliamentary Group on AIDS
  RSVP: katy@aidsconsortium.org.uk