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Journey to Cavan: 2010 Celtic Festival

08/29/2010

In the ‘hollow’ of An Cabhan, or Cavan, the town very successfully hosted the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil from 16 to 22 August. Warm up events such as Family Day, for people of all ages, were held on Sunday, 15th. After a break of fifty-six years Ireland’s national festival returned to Cavan keeping the town alive from morning to night with a feast of traditional Celtic music, dance, poetry, concerts, exhibitions, charity events and numerous competitions for thousands of performers….

From Vancover to Vienna – Interiview with Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations

08/10/2010

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Q.What changed from Vancouver to Vienna? At the time of the International AIDS Conference in Vancouver, we were stuck in the emergency phase of the global AIDS response. Less than $300M were available in global resources, experimental treatment was just being introduced, and HIV was still considered to be a death sentence. In the last 15 years, we have broken conspiracy of silence about the magnitude and impact of the epidemic. The rapid scale-up of AIDS programmes and services,…