Traduction de «Comité national de lutte contre le SIDA » (Français → Anglais) :

The European Commission adopted on 24 June 2009 a ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on Action Against Cancer: European Partnership’

This EU Drugs Strategy takes into account relevant UN political documents, including the UN Political Declaration and Action Plan on International Cooperation towards an Integrated and Balanced Strategy to Counter the World Drug Problem, adopted in 2009, which states that drug demand reduction and drug supply reduction are mutually reinforcing elements in illicit drugs policy and the UN Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS.

World AIDS Day initiatives included visits to schools by Commissioner Kyprianou and Health Ministers in the respective Member States, as well as an exhibition on Commission activities to tackle HIV/AIDS.

The lack of progress in reducing the burden of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis through support to strengthen health systems has brought these diseases to the centre of the development debate and has led, in recent years, to the launch of a series of major initiatives. These include: the International Partnership against AIDS in Africa (IPAA), the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), Roll Back Malaria, the Malaria Medicines Initiative (MMV) and the Stop TB Initiative ...[+++].

Whereas, in the fight against AIDS and in the light of the conclusions of the Council adopted on 16 May 1989 regarding future activities on AIDS prevention and control at Community level (15), medical devices used for protection against the HIV virus must afford a high level of protection; whereas the design and manufacture of such products should be verified by a notified body;

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE MINISTERS FOR HEALTH OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL, Having regard to the Treaties establishing the European Communities, Having regard to their common approach to combating AIDS, worked out in 1986 and subsequently expanded (1), Remain concerned by the increase in the AIDS epidemic in the Member States of the Community and by its social, economic, legal and ethical consequences; Recall their conclusions of 16 May 1989 (2) affirming that contamination by drug injection is a major concern of the health authorities; Stress the very considerable efforts made by all Member S ...[+++]tates in the fields of research, treatment and prevention as well as the major endeavour to coordinate research at Community level; Note that, in spite of encouraging progress achieved in research, effective vaccines and treatment will not be widely available for several years; Reiterate the importance of international cooperation, in particular with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Council of Europe; Consider it advisable to reaffirm and specify, for the attention of all European citizens, the principles which should guide them in preventing and combating AIDS; Draw attention also to their conclusions of 15 May 1987 (3) in which they decided to draw up an action and coordination plan for adoption by the Member States and at Community level; Therefore agree to step up the coordination of national and Community projects and promote activities of common interest.