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"Promoting the
human rights of women affected and infected by HIV/AIDS
since 1992"
"Desde 1992
promoviendo los derechos humanos de las mujeres
afectadas e infectadas por el VIH/SIDA"
Yokohama
1994
Vancouver
1996
The International AIDS Women’s Caucus
is a group of women that was formed in Amsterdam at the
VIIIth
International Conference on AIDS in 1992 by women
infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. We came together
because we believed women’s issues were not being
adequately addressed at the International Conferences
and at the national and all levels.
Durban 2000
Geneva
1998
Our goal was to ensure that women’s
issues were highlighted at future World AIDS Conferences
and since then, the IAWC has expanded its reach, working
to ensure that the rights of women and girls with
respect to HIV/AIDS are widely represented at both the
regional and international levels.
MISOPROSTOL ADDED TO WHO MODEL LIST OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
FOR TREATMENT OF INCOMPLETE ABORTION AND MISCARRIAGE. The World Health Organization announced the inclusion of misoprostol to its Model List of Essential Medicines based on its proven safety and efficacy for the treatment of incomplete abortion and miscarriage. The judgment was made by an expert committee that evaluated available evidence, which includes several guidelines and numerous randomized and comparative clinical trials for this indication.
SURVIVAL OF INFANTS BORN TO HIV-POSITIVE MOTHER by
Feeding Modality, in Rakai, Uganda. Data comparing survival of formula-fed to breast-fed infants in programmatic settings are limited. We
compared mortality and HIV-free of breast and formula-fed infants born to HIV-positive mothers in a program in rural, Rakai
District Uganda.
LIBERIA WOMEN WON'T WAIT STATEMENT. In We are writing in reference to a statement made by Liberia’s Information Minister, Lawrence Bropleh on the rape of a 9 year old girl and associated insinuations that men who want to rape should seek older women and sex workers for such ‘services’.
