2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic (UNAIDS)
According to new data in the UNAIDS 2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic, there have been significant gains in preventing new HIV infections in a number of heavily affected countries. In Rwanda and Zimbabwe, changes in sexual behaviour have been followed by declines in the number of new HIV infections. Condom use is increasing among young people with multiple partners in many countries. Another encouraging sign is that young people are waiting longer to have sexual intercourse. This has been seen in seven of the most affected countries: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Uganda and Zambia. In Cameroon the percentage of young people having sex before the age of 15 has gone down from 35% to 14%.
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African Leaders call for “Champions for an HIV-free Generation”
African leaders have called for a re-doubling of efforts to prevent the spread of HIV. At the XVII International AIDS Conference holding in Mexico City (3rd – 8th August, 2008), Festus Mogae, former President of Botswana, launched “Champions for an HIV-free Generation,” a group of renowned African leaders which include Joaquim Chissano, former President of Mozambique, Benjamin Mkapa, former President of Tanzania, Kenneth Kaunda, former President of Zambia, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ethiopian super model Liya Kebede, South African Supreme Court of Appeal Justice Edwin Cameron, and Professor Miriam Were, chair of the Kenyan National AIDS Control Council. Click here to read full press release

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Hopewell Rugoho-Chin’ono CNN Award Winner
Zimbabwean journalist Hopewell Rugoho-Chin’ono was named the 2008 recipient of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Award for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Reporting in Africa and overall winner of the 2008 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards at a July 19, 2008 gala event in Accra, Ghana. Mr. Rugoho-Chin’ono’s award-winning documentary, “Pain in my Heart,” profiles two HIV-positive people, one on treatment and the other not. The documentary brings attention to the need to expand access to antiretroviral drugs to Africa’s rural poor.
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Our Progress So Far
Since the ABMP's inauguration in October 2005, progress has been made as we continue to pursue our objectives and goals.

• Member companies have substantially increased their commitment of air-time and programming resources.
• Collaborative relationships have been established with the African Union, World Health Organization, UNESCO and UNAIDS.

To see our progress so far, click here.