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.. Dear UNICEF Friends, Enclosed please find the following : 1 Report of the XUNICEF Reunion 14-24 September 2019 2 Useful Armenian Language Phrases 3 Useful Georgian Language Phrases 4 List of Participants 5 Draft Guidelines for Future Reunion Organizers prepared by George Kassis With Warm Regards and Best Wishes for the Holiday Season, Jim Mohan See the complete album of photos contributed by the participants on our website or by clicking here . UNICEF Reunion Armenia/Georgia A total of 75 participants came from 26 countries. Those who came by air arrived in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia at the Zvartnots International airport. We were met by the staff of Hyur Service, who organized the itinerary of the reunion. We were transferred by bus to the “Radisson Blu” 5 star hotel located at 2 Azatutyan Ave. in a beautifully landscaped area. After checking in, we enjoyed a “Welcome Buffet Dinner”. This was followed by a conference of participants on the second floor ballroom area of the

Last year, nearly 450 infants acquired HIV every day – most of them during childbirth. These children are at extremely high risk of dying in the first two years of life. But so many of them are never diagnosed or treated. Inadequate HIV testing and treatment for children is a widespread challenge. Although the 2019 global treatment rate for HIV-positive mothers stands at 82 per cent, the diagnosis and treatment of children with HIV is just 54 per cent in most regions. This gap in coverage is often because diagnostic processes tend to be more complicated and cumbersome for children. Infants require a special type of testing for HIV (virological), which is not readily available in most low- and middle-income countries. And although there are age-appropriate antiretroviral medicines for children, they can be hard to find in many areas largely due to a lack of investment in testing them.  This delayed diagnosis and treatment doesn’t have to happen. UNICEF and Uganda’s Ministry of Health re

How to stem the tide? RESPECT, the agency’s new policy framework to prevent violence against women, proposes seven strategies that can help: ●Relationship skills strengthened. ●Empowerment of women. ●Services ensured. ●Poverty reduced. ●Environments made safe. ●Child and adolescent abuse prevented. ●Transformed attitudes, beliefs and norms. Read article in Washington Post

.. For the Period  21 November to 1 December 2019 From Your Editors We Need Your Photo Contributions for Instagram and the Galleries- Join us and share your best Many thanks to our five photographers (Luzma Montano, Nuzhat Shahzadi, Richard Bridle, Luis Oliveros, and Gautam Banerji)  who have recently contributed to our XUNICEF photo galleries and featured on the XUNICEF Instagram account.  See their work and the work of all our contributors. Join them and join us by sending in your best photos.   continue » Coming Soon -  Our 4th Quarter Newsletter Featuring * 30 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Children.  * The Music and Musicians of XUNICEF Plus our regular sections: Life After UNICEF, Readers' Corner, Life with Gramps, Bits & Pieces  Read here how you can contribute. Deadline for articles is 10 December continue » Honours Gerson da Cunha Reflects on Brazil's Breastfeeding Campaign and Brazil's Recent Award "Order of Rio Branco" View Gerson'