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HIV/AIDS Timeline
2001
This year's AIDS News from the New York Times 
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan launches his call to action, including the creation of a global fund on AIDS and health.
June 2. 12-year-old AIDS activist Nkosi Johnson of South Africa dies. He had been born with HIV. His funeral drew up to 1,000 people to Johannesburg's central Methodist church. When he was 7, Nkosi was said to be the country's "longest-surviving AIDS baby."
June 25-27. U.N. Special Session on AIDS . See also:
June 27. Sixty-two young people representing 26 countries present a Youth Position Paper , calling on world leaders to address the most critical youth-related issues left out of the Declaration of Commitment. Members include a list of highly vulnerable populations in their document, unlike in the UN Declaration. The failure to admit who is most at risk is one of the greatest challenges to ending the pandemic. More...
December 1. World AIDS Day Theme: "AIDS: Men Make a Difference: I Care... Do You?"
Ecumenical
June 25-27, 2001. Some Faith-Based Organizations facilitated by the World Council of Churches issue a statement, "Increased Partnership between Faith-Based Organizations, Governments and Inter-Governmental Organisations" at the UN Special General Assembly on HIV/AIDS.
United Methodist
Abingdon Press publishes Dancing in a Wheelchair: One Family Faces HIV/AIDS by Fritz and Etta Mae Mutti, who have lost two sons to AIDS. Fritz Mutti is a United Methodist bishop.
The Uzumba Orphan Trust has its hands full in Zimbabwe as the number of AIDS orphans escalate.
February. GBGM produces the video A Generation of Hope: Orphans of the Zimbabwe Crisis, which is a featured resources for Time magazine's Death Stalks a Continent .
May. African AIDS workshops focus on women. The East Africa Annual Conference (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan and Uganda) of the United Methodist Church has in recent months increased efforts to raise awareness among women about HIV/AIDS.
GBGM begins its Healthy Homes, Healthy Families program to assist The United Methodist Church in Zimbabwe and Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT) to strengthen their capacity to deal with HIV/AIDS epidemic, reduce the spread of infection and provide care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS (PWHA).
June. Youth Caucus Goes Beyond Mandated UN Consensus on HIV/AIDS Issues. United Methodist Seminar intern, Parvina Najibulla, 23, participated in the non-governmental group, representing United Methodist Women and the denomination. Together the youth caucus wrote and presented a position paper, stating that more urgency needs to be given to the HIV/AIDS crisis and its effects on youth.
This timeline has been prepared by Nancy A. Carter from GBGM resources, her personal archives, the New York Times, the CDC, UNAIDS and other sources. Please send additions and corrections to her at ncarter@gbgm-umc.org.
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