The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced the appointment of an international panel of experts that is expected to clear the way for the first disbursement of grants next month.
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today announced the launch of its first major campaign to provide food aid to families affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
The fight against HIV/AIDS can be won if adequate financial resources are contributed to the effort, a United Nations envoy on the impact of the disease in Africa said today.
Professional basketball player Dikembe Mutombo will be featured in a new HIV/AIDS awareness campaign sponsored by the United Nations and the National Basketball Association (NBA).
A United Nations-affiliated agency today launched a new strategic plan for AIDS prevention and control in the Caribbean - a region where the spread of HIV has reached critical levels.
Seeking to prevent the further spread of HIV/AIDS, two United Nations agencies have joined forces to produce a new brochure highlighting the linkage between the virus and issues related to human rights.
The panel laying the groundwork for the new anti-AIDS fund that has been championed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has concluded its activities, paving the way for the first meeting of the fund's newly formed Board early next year.
A new $100 million initiative by major foundations will expand the scope of mother and child HIV programmes, the head of the United Nations AIDS agency said today.
Three United Nations agencies have teamed with the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in an effort to examine ways to mitigate the disease's affect on food security, rural livelihoods and rural poverty.
Using the occasion of World AIDS Day, United Nations officials today stressed the need to refocus attention on the global fight against the epidemic and to sustain the momentum that has been achieved in that effort so far.
