The African Development Bank Group [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.afdb.org/en/news-and-events/press-releases/
[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]

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ADF12 & 13: Is the AfDB delivering on its commitments?
04/12/2015 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) delivers on its commitments; produces important documents, tools, and structures; and launches initiatives, but attention needs to focus also on full implementation according to three new evaluations from Independent Development Evaluation (IDEV).

New adaptation support for Global Environment Facility a welcome infusion for Africa, says AfDB
03/12/2015 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) welcomes the new infusion of US $248 million for the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which was announced Monday at the global climate summit in Paris. The new money, pledged by 11 donor countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States of America) in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting, opens the door for new critical support for adaptation in the world’s most vulnerable countries, including a majority of African countries.

Multilateral Development Banks Join Forces to Ramp up Climate Action in Transport
03/12/2015 – Eight multilateral development banks today issued a joint statement, committing to accelerate their efforts to mitigate transport emissions and recognizing the need for more action on the resilience of transport to climate change. The sector accounts for about 60% of global oil consumption, 27% of all energy use, and 23% of world energy-related CO2 emissions.

AfDB to support electricity access for all by 2030 with African Renewable Energy Initiative
02/12/2015 – Africa has launched an ambitious Africa Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) as the continent’s major contribution to Conference of Parties (COP21) taking place in Paris, France.

Development banks vow to mobilize collective resources to confront climate change
01/12/2015 – The heads of the world’s largest development banks have pledged to work together to substantially increase climate investments and ensure that development programs going forward consider climate risks and opportunities.

Multilateral Development Banks pledge increased funding to tackle climate change
01/12/2015 – Multilateral development banks (MDBs) identified climate financing for development action as a crucial step in putting the world on the pathway for sustainable development at the 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris on Monday.

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.aiib.org/html/NEWS/

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Mr. Nhlanhla Nene, Minister of Finance of South Africa signed the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
AIIB News 2015-12-04
Mr. Nhlanhla Nene signed the Articles of Agreement of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on December 3, 2015 in Johannesburg. South Africa is the 55th signatory of the Articles.

European Union [to 5 December 2015]
http://europa.eu/rapid/search-result.htm?query=18&locale=en&page=1
[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives]

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Refugee Crisis: Greece activates EU Civil protection mechanism, agrees Frontex operation at border with former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and triggers RABIT mechanism
Date: 03/12/2015
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 3 December 2015 Greece has today taken three actions to address the refugee crisis, activating EU mechanisms designed to assist in crisis situations. Greece has today activated the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to benefit from material support to help cope with the influx of…

EU Internet Forum: Bringing together governments, Europol and technology companies to counter terrorist content and hate speech online
Date: 03/12/2015
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 3 December 2015 EU Internet Forum: Bringing together governments, Europol and technology companies to counter terrorist content and hate speech online

State of Play: Measures to Address the Refugee Crisis
Date: 03/12/2015
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 3 December 2015 State of Play: Measures to Address the Refugee Crisis Updated on 3 December The European Agenda on Migration adopted by the Commission in May 2015 set out the need for a comprehensive approach to migration management.

European Agenda on Security: Commission takes action to combat terrorism and illegal trafficking of firearms and explosives
Date: 02/12/2015
Commission – Press release European Brussels, 2 December 2015 European Agenda on Security: Commission takes action to combat terrorism and illegal trafficking of firearms and explosives The European Commission adopted today a package of measures to step up the fight against terrorism and the illegal trafficking of firearms and explosives.

Syrian refugee crisis: EU Trust Fund launches single biggest EU response package ever for €350 million, helping up to 1.5 million refugees and their host communities in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Iraq
Date: 01/12/2015
European Commission – Press release Brussels, 1 December 2015 Today’s € 350 million aid package under the EU Trust Fund is the single biggest EU measure in response to the Syrian refugee crisis to date.

OECD [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/publicationsdocuments/bydate/
[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]

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Statement by OECD-IEA-ITF-NEA for COP21
The world looks to the Paris Conference of the Parties to deliver a new climate agreement that transforms our development pathway. Success at COP21 can drive and accelerate the transition to a cleaner, healthier and more secure future, locking-in sustainable economic growth and development.
2-December-2015

Further reforms needed to tackle growing risk of pensioner poverty
Recent reforms have made pension systems more financially sustainable and pensioners have higher living standards than ever before. But future generations are likely to find their pension entitlements much less generous than today’s and many may face a serious risk of pensioner poverty, according to a new OECD report.
1-December-2015

Expanding business start-up support for disadvantaged groups can tackle unemployment and social exclusion
Encouraging entrepreneurship among disadvantaged groups can help boost jobs and tackle social exclusion, according to a new joint report by the OECD and European Commission.
30-November-2015

Organization of American States (OAS) [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.oas.org/en/media_center/press_releases.asp

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Message from the OAS Secretary General on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
December 3, 2015
Persons with disabilities represent 15 percent of the world´s population, but they face various kinds of discrimination on a daily basis in the spheres of work, health, education, political participation, access to justice, and physical and communicational accessibility, among other areas. This prevents their full and effective development on equal footing with the rest of society.

In the case of the 21 countries of the Americas that signed the Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CIADDIS), the moral obligation is added to their commitment to adopt the legislative, social, educational and work-related measures necessary to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities and promote their full integration into society.

At the OAS we work to ensure that all people have the same opportunities and the resources necessary to participate fully in the economic, social, political and cultural life of their community, and that is why the fight against exclusion is a priority within our hemispheric agenda…

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.oic-oci.org/oicv2/news/
Selected Press Releases

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First Expert Meeting of the OIC Network on Population and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child Health
The First Expert Meeting of the OIC Network on Population and Reproductive, Maternal, New-born and Child Health (OIC MHNet) was held in Ankara, Turkey, on 2-4 December 2015…

…The meeting is participated by a group of interdisciplinary experts in this area from OIC region who engage in collective efforts to share information and knowledge in an endeavor to improve OIC MHNet…

The meeting is the first step in the establishment of the OIC Network, which will serve as a deposit of innovative ideas, problem solving and best practices as well as a platform for disseminating knowledge to OIC countries. Members of the Network engaged in joint activities and discussions, and disseminate and exchange innovative ideas, best practices and viable means of addressing challenges to improve the health of mothers and children in OIC member countries.
04/12/2015

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International coalition on vaccines approved as member of OIC health committee
An international coalition of partners committed to saving children’s lives and protecting people’s health by increasing access to immunization [Gavi] has been officially approved as a member of the OIC’s Steering Committee on Health…
01/12/2015

IMF [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.imf.org/external/news/default.aspx
[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]

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Press Release: IMF’s Executive Board Completes Review of SDR Basket, Includes Chinese Renminbi
November 30, 2015

World Bank [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/all
[We generally limit coverage to regional and global level initiatives, recognizing that a number of country-level announcements are added each week]

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World Bank Statement of Support for ‘State of City Climate Finance’ report launched at COP21
PARIS, December 4, 2015 — The World Bank supports the ‘The State of City Climate Finance’ report launched today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and international partners at the Climate Summit…
Date: December 4, 2015 Type: Press Release

Multilateral Development Banks Join Forces to Ramp up Climate Action in Transport
Paris, France, December 3, 2015 – Eight multilateral development banks today issued a joint statement, committing to accelerate their efforts to mitigate transport emissions and recognizing the need for…
Date: December 3, 2015 Type: Press Release

Joint Statement by the Multilateral Development Banks on Sustainable Transport and Climate Change
MDBs Join Forces to Ramp up Climate Action in Transport We, the group of eight multilateral development banks (MDBs),[1] commit to supporting countries implementing sustainable transport solutions. We…
Date: December 2, 2015 Type: Press Release

Remarks by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the Announcement of the Transformative Carbon Asset Facility
I am delighted to join Prime Minister Solberg of Norway and other partners from Sweden, Germany and Switzerland today to announce the Transformative Carbon Asset Facility. Date: November 30, 2015 Type: Speeches and Transcripts

Remarks by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim at the launch of the Africa Climate Business Plan
It is a pleasure for me to be part of this event with Prime Minister Neves of Cape Verde, Prime Minister Trovoada of Sao Tome and Principe, President Ali Bongo of Gabon, President Macky Sall of Senegal,…
Date: November 30, 2015 Type: Speeches and Transcript

New $500 million initiative to boost large scale climate action in developing countries
PARIS, Nov. 30, 2015 – Four European countries – Germany, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland – today announced a new $500 million initiative that will find new ways to create incentives aimed at large scale…
Date: November 30, 2015 Type: Press Release

Leaders and CEOs Declare Support for Carbon Pricing to Transform Global Economy
PARIS, November 30, 2015– Six heads of state and government and the leaders of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund today called on companies and countries to follow up on their ambitions…
Date: November 30, 2015 Type: Press Release

IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.ipu.org/english/news.htm

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Angola becomes IPU donor
3 DECEMBER 2015
IPU has welcomed a donation of 200,000 Swiss francs from the Angolan Parliament to support the Organization in its key areas of work as a sign of closer engagement between the two and of Angola’s growing participation on the international stage. Although one of the world’s least developed countries, Angola has seen significant economic growth since the end of nearly three decades of civil war. The funding, to cover one year in a two-year agreement, will primarily be used to work together on promoting gender equality and youth participation in parliament but also on maternal, newborn and child health and HIV/AIDS…

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MPs agree on plan to tackle statelessness
1 DECEMBER 2015
MPs from 40 national parliaments have agreed to push for more concerted efforts to address statelessness at the end of a global conference in South Africa. A problem which has a devastating impact on the lives of more than 10 million people globally, statelessness is an often under-reported and growing issue with one child born every 10 minutes without a nationality. MPs at the conference organized by IPU, the South African Parliament and the UN refugee agency UNHCR in Cape Town, agreed to work to resolve statelessness in their own countries through a wide range of measures. These included reviewing national legislation to ensure international standards on preventing and resolving statelessness were met, advocating reform of laws that discriminated on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion or gender, and the strengthening of parliamentary oversight of government policies on the issue. The MPs also agreed to work towards accession to the 1954 and 1961 Statelessness Conventions and called for more regional initiatives to end the phenomenon…

Amref Health Africa [to 5 December 2015]
http://amref.org/news/news/

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End HIV/AIDS among Adolescents and Young People
Published: 02 December 2015
Nairobi, December 1, 2015- Amref Health Africa, organised an Adolescent HIV Symposium on 25th November 2015 at our Headquarter offices in Nairobi to fast-track plans to end HIV/Aids among adolescents and young people.

Casa Alianza [to 5 December 2015]
Covenant House [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.casa-alianza.org.uk/news
https://www.covenanthouse.org/

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Joint Press Release – Casa Alianza UK & Surfers not Street Children join forces.
30th Nov 2015
Both Casa Alianza UK and Tom Hewitt MBE have a long-standing commitment and shared vision, empowering and campaigning on behalf of street children in Latin America and Africa.
Effective as of 1st December 2015 Casa Alianza UK and Tom Hewitt (founder of Surfers Not Street Children in Durban, South Africa) will be partnering in order to develop and strengthen their direct project work and advocacy by campaigning together.
On the 1st December 2015 Tom will be hosting His Royal Highness Prince Harry at Surfers Not Street Children in Durban, South Africa to share and demonstrate how sport is being used for social development and to talk about the global phenomenon of street children.

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A Bill of Rights for Foster Children
Kevin M. Ryan Orginally
posted on Huffington Post 12/01/2015 8:11 am EST
When you’ve donated, volunteered, mentored, coached, fundraised and still the world remains full of homeless kids, you have one move: Do more. To that end, I often think about what it would take to turn off the faucets upstream, to work toward reducing the flow of young people to the doors of Covenant House and other youth shelters around the world. And the fastest faucet sending kids our way? Foster care.

Last year, 415,129 children entered foster care, a number that has increased 4.5 percent from 2012.

That’s a disturbing trend. In studying the recent report of kids leaving care, I was pleased to see a decline in the number of kids leaving foster care without a forever family, down almost 25 percent since 2008. But 22,392 kids graduated from foster care in 2014 without a place to call home, or people to live with. Think of how many faces that is!

When states find it necessary to pull children from their homes to protect them from abuse or (far more often) neglect, we owe those children a safe and secure family before they are adults. Languishing in government custody is a dead-end for kids, in large part because government can never love children the way healthy families do. If we neglect that most basic need, people to belong to, people to care about them, aren’t we just neglecting them further?

We know that young people who age out of foster care without being adopted or taken in by relatives who act as their guardians face daunting challenges: 60 percent of the young men who age out of foster care are convicted of a crime by their mid-twenties, and three-quarters of the young women are on public assistance. Forty percent of young people who age out of foster care at eighteen become homeless before their mid-twenties. They fill up the waiting rooms and waiting lists at homeless shelters, because we as a society have failed them.

I am heartened by two legislative efforts that aim to address that neglect, as it plays out in our schools. Young people who move frequently from one foster home to another lose an average of six months of progress per move. As I wrote in Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope, one young man, whom we call Benjamin, arrived at our Houston shelter shortly after his 18th birthday, reading at a second or third grade level, in part because he had endured dozens of foster care placements.

But thanks to a bill passed this fall in California, kids like Benjamin will be given a way to protest if their educational rights are being violated. They have the right to stay in their home school, to transfer credits, and to enroll in a new school immediately if necessary. It’s a travesty that we haven’t been providing these basic services to wards of the state all along. But it’s a step forward.

Likewise, the Every Student Succeeds Act, a bipartisan House-Senate bill, includes similar provisions. Please join me in asking the House and the Senate to pass this bill. It’s what we’d want for our own children. And foster children, in a very clear way, are the children of us all.

HelpAge International [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.helpage.org/newsroom/press-room/press-releases/

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World AIDS Day: The ageing of HIV
A fast track approach is needed to address the rapid ageing of the AIDS epidemic and the needs of people living with HIV in older age, says HelpAge International.
Posted: 01 December 2015

IRC International Rescue Committee [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.rescue.org/press-release-index

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Statement: International Rescue Committee files brief in opposition to State of Texas’ request for an injunction
04 Dec 2015 –
We have earlier today filed our opposition to the State’s request for an injunction to prevent the IRC from resettling Syrians in Texas. We are confident that the IRC has always acted in accordance with the law when it comes to our work to assist refugees who have been given sanctuary in Texas.

We have had a strong and collaborative relationship with the State for the past 40 years to the benefit of refugees and local communities. We have made clear our commitment to continued dialogue with the state authorities.

We look forward to a swift resolution of this case.

The Syrian Refugee Crisis and the IRC
The Syrian crisis has been raging for almost five years, and the IRC is involved in every aspect of the response: in the Syrian region, in Greece, and in the United States where we assist refugees who have been given sanctuary in the country. We have assisted with the resettlement of more than 300 Syrians, including families, of the approximately 2,000 Syrian refugees who’ve resettled to the United States.

More than four million people have been forced to flee violence, terrorism and persecution in Syria and now live in limbo in neighboring countries. Over 500,000 have made the decision to take the treacherous journey across the Aegean Sea in search of safety and a better life.

Refugees are the most security-vetted population who enter the United States. Multiple U.S. Government agencies conduct rigorous security checks, a process that typically takes between 18-24 months. Put simply, entering the United States as a refugee is the most difficult way to gain access to the country.

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30 Nov 2015
Aid failing to respond to family planning realities and needs in crises

ICRC [to 5 December 2015]
https://www.icrc.org/en/whats-new

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Syria: Humanitarian situation deteriorating as winter approaches
Geneva (ICRC) – The Director for the Near and Middle East at the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned of a deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria as winter approaches. Hundreds of thousands of people are trying to survive with
03-12-2015 | News release

Democratic Republic of the Congo: The ICRC condemns attack at the Eringeti clinic in North Kivu
02 December 2015
Geneva/Kinshasa (ICRC) – Staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have treated three women injured in the deadly attacks of 29 November in the North Kivu town of Eringeti. The women were treated at Ndosho Hospital in Goma.

Philippines: Improved living conditions for inmates affected by Leyte prison fire
Manila (ICRC) – Access to clean water, sanitation and overall health and living conditions have improved for 1,800 inmates affected by the fire that struck Leyte Regional Prison two months ago. On October 8, the prison’s Maximum Security Compound wa
02-12-2015 | News release

IRCT [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.irct.org/

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News
Philippines: IRCT holds workshop on civil society engagement with UN Committee against Torture
03 December 2015

News
UN General Assembly calls on States to make right to rehabilitation a reality
01 December 2015

Islamic Relief [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.islamic-relief.org/category/news/

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A Quick & Easy Guide to COP 21 – UN Climate Talks in Paris
December 4, 2015
The media has been talking about leaders from countries around the world who have gathered this week in Paris to discuss climate change and their commitments to helping stabilise the climate by cutting their greenhouse gases.
Climate change is not the easiest topic to understand so we have put together this quick and easy to read guide to explain what COP 21 is all about…

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Hope for peace as Pope Francis visits Central African Republic
November 30, 2015
Islamic Relief and other faith-based organisations have welcomed Pope Francis to the Central African Republic.
Islamic Relief has been responding to the crisis in Central African Republic since early 2014, and, as the country approaches two years of conflict, eight humanitarian organisations have written a letter to Pope Francis to express their gratitude for making such an important visit for peace.
The statement was written by Aegis, Catholic Relief Services, Cordaid, Jesuit Refugee Service, Finn Church Aid, the Lutheran World Federation, World Vision, and Islamic Relief.

MSF/Médecins Sans Frontières [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news-stories/press/press-releases

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Press release
MSF and Greenpeace Launch Rescue Operations in the Aegean Sea
December 03, 2015
Joint @MSF_Sea @Greenpeace operations have begun in Aegean—Gripping footage of newborn rescued from capsizing boat pic.twitter.com/SUnvhQp7hV
— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) December 3, 2015

Press release
Yemen: Nine Wounded in Saudi-Led Coalition Airstrike on MSF Clinic in Taiz
December 03, 2015
AMSTERDAM/TAIZ, YEMEN—Airstrikes carried out yesterday by the Saudi-led coalition hit a clinic in southern Yemen run by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and wounded nine people, including two MSF staff members.

Press release
Outdated Policies and Practices Contributing to Rise of Drug-Resistant TB Must End
December 02, 2015
GENEVA/CAPE TOWN—Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the Stop TB Partnership today released the second edition of the Out of Step report, a 24-country survey of policies and practices used today to guide the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB).

Press release
Syria: Series of Deadly Bombings Partially Destroys MSF-Supported Hospital in Homs Region
December 01, 2015
BRUSSELS — Seven people were killed and a hospital supported by the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was partially destroyed in a series of barrel bomb attacks in Syria’s Homs region on November 28, the organization said today.

Press release
Antiretroviral Drugs Fail to Consistently Reach Patients in Countries Most Affected by HIV/AIDS
November 30, 2015
JOHANNESBURG/HARARE—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today warned that lifesaving antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) are routinely not making their way to patients in sub-Saharan Africa, most often despite sufficient stocks already being present in countries, and called for urgent improvements in ARV supply chains in the region.

Field News
Yemen: Aiding People Affected by Cyclones in Hadhramaut Province
December 01, 2015
Two cyclones hit the southeast coast of Yemen in early November and did major damage, destroying houses, bridges and other infrastructure in the city of Mukalla, Hadhramaut province, and leaving hundreds of families homeless in the region.
To provide access to health care, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) set up a mobile clinic in Mukalla city, where a doctor and nurse have provided more than 300 medical consultations.

Field news
CAR: “The Humanitarian Situation is Still Critical”
December 01, 2015
Thierry Dumont, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of mission in Central African Republic (CAR), describes the current humanitarian crises in the country.

Mercy Corps [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.mercycorps.org/press-room/releases

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Post-Quake Nepal: Mercy Corps Research Identifies Keys to Recovery
Nepal, December 2, 2015
Access to financial services impacts disaster preparedness
Portland, Ore. — Nepal must build a more inclusive society, increase government accountability and build stronger financial support mechanisms in order to improve recovery efforts for future natural disasters, according to research conducted by the global organization Mercy Corps. Drawing upon lessons learned from this year’s deadly earthquake, the organization illuminates key areas in which change will be needed to make Nepal more resilient to future natural disasters.

“Nepal is very vulnerable to all types of natural disasters, including landslides and earthquakes. Mercy Corps sought to understand which factors hold the greatest promise for people to be resilient to similar events in the future, and what we could do to speed recovery,” says Olga Petryniak, Director of Regional Resilience Initiatives for Mercy Corps’ South and East Asia programs. “Each crisis may require a unique solution, but we can identify more specifically what people can do to help nations like Nepal bounce back.”

In its new report What Next For Nepal? Evidence of What Matters for Building Resilience After the Gorkha Earthquake, Mercy Corps recommends changes in several areas that are crucial contributors to resilience:
1. Disaster preparedness and response: Build greater preparedness on a community- and household-level, which will result in better accountability and faster response.
2. Social identity and networks: Because caste and gender strongly influence post-quake welfare, actively contribute to the strengthening of supportive and inclusive networks.
3. Financial services: Seek ways to establish relationships between financial service providers and households that will result in appropriate savings and credit resources.
4. Economic opportunities: Provide cash to those affected by a disaster to quickly restore markets and support livelihoods.
Mercy Corps surveyed nearly 1,200 households in Nepal 10 weeks after April’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The quake killed more than 9,000 people, destroyed a half-million homes and displaced some 2.8 million residents.

A nation in transition, Nepal remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Read or download the full report.

OXFAM [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.oxfam.org/en/pressroom/pressreleases

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Yemen: Oxfam scales up relief programs in war-torn Taiz
3 December 2015
Oxfam is scaling up its operations in Taiz governorate, Yemen, to meet the increasing humanitarian needs in communities affected by the escalating fighting in and around Taiz city. The UN’s Emergency Response Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, has described Taiz city as a ‘city under virtual siege’, with food, medical supplies, and fuel blocked from entering and humanitarian agencies denied access to the besieged population.

Pact [to 5 December 2015]
http://www.pactworld.org/press-releases
Selected Press Releases, Blog Posts

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December 1, 2015
On World AIDS Day and every day, Pact is keeping its promise to end HIV
This year’s theme for World AIDS Day is Think Positive: Rethink HIV. At Pact, we see lots of reasons to be positive. In Nigeria’s Bayelsa state, more pregnant women are being tested for HIV and taking steps to protect their babies. In Ethiopia, children are learning the basics of good health and HIV prevention just as they are reading and math…