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National Advocacy Campaign – Egypt

High Level Event – Joint Advocacy event under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Population

CAIRO, Egypt, December 12, 2017/APO Group/ --

The UN Joint Team under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health and Population and in collaboration with the National AIDS Program organized a high-level event at the Egyptian Diplomatic Club. The event comes as part of the National AIDS Advocacy Campaign focusing on increasing public awareness on HIV and the recently launched campaign. The event was held with participation of Campaign Ambassador Nelly Karim.

The event was attended by representatives from the Ministry of Health and Population, Foreign Minister assistant Ambassador Ihab Fawzy, UN Heads of agencies and the UN Joint Team on AIDS, Foreign Ambassadors, Egyptian celebrities as well as youth led representatives of organisations and media representatives.

The aim of the event was to highlight Egypt's political commitment to ending AIDS by 2030 in line with the political declaration.

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