Here. It is interesting, the Faith Community has been a partner in response to hiv since the beginning of the epidemic both domestically and globally. So i think pet far was an out growth with faithbased organizations on the domestic side for a number of years. When we really began looking at the disproportionate impact of the epidemic in africa back in the late 1990s and early 2000, it was a lot our interest and a lot of the pressure that was brought to bear on the u. S. Government and policymakers was from faithbased organizations who were on the ground in africa seeing the devastation that was occurring on the continent. So theyve been a natural partner for us faithbased organizations and faith backers have been a natural partner with those of us working in the hiv and aids response from the beginning. So when we began to expand the global perspective to focus on hiv and to put this in perspective, working in the white house, with the global aids budget had been 125 million a year f
Reproductive health at georgetown millions of dollars to look at the efficacy of fertility beads for Family Planning purposes and there has been evidence now that those do work, they are efficacious and we can fund those as a tool to use to reach our goals in Family Planning. Obviously were going to have a whole lot of other tools. But that particular tool is acceptable by many religious groups opposed to the other tools. And so i think that is one positive story that we might look at replicating. Do we have other questions from the audience . Right here in the middle. Hi. My name is jana carp, im hear from the state department. And it has come up a couple of times in terms of the ebola crisis in west africa but i was wondering if you could speak more generally about the role that faithbased groups could play in pandemic preparedness and response and sort of Lessons Learned from ebola in the past year, two years. Other questions . Again, my name is rosemary, i just go back to the coope
Okay. Well i will ask each of you on the panel youve done such an amazing work. And, you know have given us so much to think about. I would like to hear from you in summary what you would like to see as next steps as a result of your work. Been that youve put so much effort into the research and the writing, and not necessarily relating to the piece youve written, but how you would like to see this play out, so jill . As someone academy and immersed in evidence, that is what im hinting at at the moment. And its similar to the comment about the lanset by having these papers in here signaling something in terms of the broader discipline. And ill give you an example. We hosted a conference on the Health Systems conference in cape town and there were 2,000 people there and there were only two faithbased conferences and it is a signal to the fact that these issues come up in conferences, we have separate conversations about faith and faithbased providers but they are rarely intergrated into
Address the General Assembly. Good afternoon, mr. President , fellow delegates, friends. Before i begin, i would like to offer condolences in the light of tuesdays earthquake in mexico to all families and friends in mourning. We wish a speedy recovery to all those who have been injured and thank all First Responders for their tireless efforts to help keep people safe. Our thoughts are also with our friends in the caribbean who continue to suffer from devastating hurricanes. The generosity and resilience that millions have shown in the face of these natural disasters is an inspiration to the world and canada stands ready to lend a helping hand whenever we can. It is an honor to be back here with you today and to have an opportunity to speak to this years theme focusing on people. Striving for peace and a decent life for all on a sustainable planet. Translator people, peace, good quality life, and an environment we care for. Equity for everyone everywhere. That is what is important to ca
May i request protocol to escort his excellency. I have great pleasure in welcoming the Prime Minister of canada, his excellency Justin Trudeau and i invite him to address the general assembly. Pm trudeau good afternoon, mr. President , fellow delegates, friends. Before i begin, i would like to canadasdidates condolences in the light of tuesdays earthquake in mexico to all families and friends in mourning. We wish a speedy recovery to all those who have been injured and thank all First Responders for their tireless efforts to help keep people safe. Our thoughts are also with our friends in the caribbean who continue to suffer from devastating hurricanes. The generosity and resilience that millions have shown in the face of these natural disasters is an inspiration to the world , and canada stands ready to lend a helping hand whenever we can. It is an honor to be back here with you today and to have an opportunity to speak to this years theme focusing on people. Striving for peace and a