HIV

Elderly caring for orphans and people living with AIDS face harsh realities – UN report

11 December 2002
Older persons caring for their HIV-infected adult children and their orphaned grandchildren face many harsh realities, including financial hardship and lack of access to basic needs, according to a report by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO).

AIDS in Africa has 'a woman's face,' Annan says, urging mobilization against epidemic

9 December 2002
AIDS is spreading "dramatically and disproportionately" among women in Africa - the very people poised to help prevent famine and promote development on the continent, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.
Carol Bellamy

UNICEF calls for urgent global action on AIDS orphans

26 November 2002
The global response to the crisis of youngsters orphaned by AIDS is grossly inadequate and without a greater sense of urgency and collective action, millions more will put themselves at enormous risk in their struggle to stay alive, the head of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today.
Whoopi Goldberg, Louise Fréchette, Kami, & Jan Kavan

AIDS and famine are cruel combination, Deputy Secretary-General says

26 November 2002
As AIDS has killed millions of young men and women in Africa, it is now making it "intolerably difficult" for some countries in the southern part of the continent to resist famine, weakening coping mechanisms that enable populations to fight back, Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today as the United Nations marked World AIDS Day, which is officially observed on 1 December.

OPEC funds UN anti-AIDS efforts in Arab region, Central America and Caribbean

18 November 2002
Efforts to combat the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Arab region, Central America and the Caribbean will be given a boost under a new initiative launched today by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
Mr. and Mrs. Annan interviewed by NBC's Matt Lauer

Annan urges greater global efforts to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS

12 November 2002
Citing the enormous number of people around the world infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged greater global efforts to raise awareness about AIDS.

New UN project to help Arab countries break silence on HIV/AIDS

4 November 2002
With HIV/AIDS infections on the rise in Arab countries, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today announced plans to work with 17 governments in the region to break the silence surrounding the epidemic.

Global HIV epidemic getting worse, UN AIDS agency says

25 October 2002
The global HIV epidemic is getting worse and the future toll of the virus will be dramatic even if its spread is halted instantly, the head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDA) warned today.

Annan calls for 50 per cent increase in annual spending to fight HIV/AIDS

14 October 2002
With funding for the global response to HIV/AIDS still grossly inadequate, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called on countries to increase their spending by at least 50 per cent for the next three years in order to fight the epidemic effectively.

$10.5 billion needed by 2005 in global fight against HIV/AIDS, UN agencies report

10 October 2002
About $10.5 billion will be needed by 2005 for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programmes in low- and middle-income countries, rising to $15 billion two years later, two United Nations agencies said today in a revised report on the global response to the epidemic.