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On the election of Belarus to the post of Rapporteur of the Bureau of governing body of the United United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS)

14.12.2018

On December 11-13, 2018, in Geneva (Switzerland), a Belarusian delegation led by the First Deputy Minister of Health Mr. Dmitry Pinevich attended the 43rd meeting of the Program Coordinating Board of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS).

Belarus is a member of the UNAIDS governing body – the Program Coordinating Board – for the period 2017-2019 equally with 21 other States.

The Board reviewed and adopted a number of decisions and recommendations aimed at improving the international system and national practices of expanding access of patients with HIV / AIDS to treatment programs, ensuring such access for the most vulnerable and targeted groups of the population, removing relevant technological and other barriers, and expanding use of preventive measures.

During the meeting Mr. Dmitry Pinevich informed the participants about the activities of the Government of Belarus in 2018 aimed at preventing and fighting HIV / AIDS.

The keen interest of foreign delegations was aroused by the results of the II Regional Conference held in November in Minsk on expanding access to high-quality and inexpensive medicines in the countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, as well as our country's experience in cooperation with the Global Fund (GF) in fighting with HIV / AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

In recognition of the significant contribution of the Government of Belarus to the challenge addressing HIV / AIDS problem at the national and regional levels, the meeting decided to elect the country to serve as a rapporteur for 2019 in the UNAIDS PCB Bureau. The composition of the UNAIDS PCB Bureau for 2019 includes China, the USA and Belarus as the chairman, vice-chairman and rapporteur respectively.

On the margins of the Board the Belarusian delegation also met with the leadership of UNAIDS, the Global Fund, WHO and the Patent Pool of Medicines.

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