Faith2EndAIDS - Side Event to the United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS
Monday 7 June 2021

Draft Agenda

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Facilitator

• Rev. Dionne P. Boissiere, Chaplain, the Church Center to the United Nations 

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Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director, UNAIDS

• Angeli Achrekar, Acting U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, PEPFAR

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Key Addresses

• Reverend Canon Dr Rosemary Mbogo, Provincial Secretary of the Anglican Church of Kenya, on behalf of the Government of Kenya

• H.E. Ambassador Neville Melvin Gertze, Permanent Representative of Namibia to the UN

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Session 1 - Setting the Scene

• Ahmed Abbadi, Secretary General of the la Rabita Mohammadia of Oulemas, Kingdom of Morocco: Key actions through which Muslim faith leaders, communities and groups can fast-track the HIV response

• Francesca Merico, UNAIDS-PEPFAR Faith Initiative: Engaging faith groups in the implementation of the Political Declaration

 

Session 2 – Lessons Learned

During this session, FBOs will share promising practices and lessons learned to address stigma and discrimination; promote human rights; and increase access to HIV services:​

• Fr Richard W. Bauer, MM, BCC, LCSW, Director of Spiritual and Psychosocial Care, EDARP: Reaching men and key populations through HIVST in faith communities & successful models to increase case identification and VL suppression in children

• Prof Mohamed Karama, PhD Public Health and Epidemiology, Muslim Policy on HIV, Islamic Relief: Ensuring access to HIV services to migrants and refugees while addressing sexual and gender-based violence

 

Discussion

Purpose – identify key actions to support the implementation of the 2021 Political Declaration, including through the 12Million Campaign

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Closing & Way Forward

• Sandy Thurman, Chief Strategy Officer, Office of the US Global AIDS Coordinator and Health Diplomacy, US Department of State 

• Laurel Sprague, Chief, Community Mobilization, Department of Gender, Human Rights and Community Engagement, UNAIDS