On World AIDS Day 2009, World AIDS Campaign took it’s message to the grassroots in Cape Town, South Africa.

The World Aids Day event was held in Samora Machel informal settlement. The event brought together parliamentarians, teen superstars, 2000 learners, a street march and some powerful messages from Cape Town’s young people about the impact of HIV on their communities.

World AIDS Campaign International joined the organization of two events dedicated to World AIDS Day 2009 in Moldova as co-sponsor and co-organizer. The Red Ribbon Award and the Human Rights Film Festival took place around the date of December 1st , 2009.

A selection of reports, documents, and bulletins on the World AIDS Day theme 2009: Universal Access and Human Rights can be found in the AIDS Action Europe Clearing House

The AIDS Action Europe Clearinghouse is a central point where good practices and lessons learned regarding various HIV/AIDS-related topics are shared on a European level. With the aim of tackling health inequalities between Western and Eastern Europe and preventing European NGOs from re-inventing the wheel, the clearinghouse welcomes any material that can contribute to the development of good practice in the response to HIV and AIDS across Europe.