HIV

Annan welcomes Real Madrid v. Roma soccer match in US to help anti-AIDS effort

24 July 2002
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the announcement that two champion European football teams will play an exhibition game in the United States to raise money for the global fight against HIV/AIDS, a UN spokesman announced today.

AIDS drug prices drop sharply but unevenly in Latin America and Caribbean

18 July 2002
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) announced today that the price of drugs used to treat HIV/AIDS dropped dramatically last year in Latin America and the Caribbean, as a result of agreements between health ministries and drug companies.

Number of AIDS orphans to double by 2010, UN reports

10 July 2002
Painting a devastating portrait of the impact of AIDS on families, a new United Nations report released today says that the number of children around the world who will lose one or both parents to the disease will almost double by the end of the decade.

3 million HIV-infected people could get anti-AIDS drugs by 2005 - UN agency

9 July 2002
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today launched new guidelines aimed at improving AIDS treatment in poor countries in a bid to benefit millions of people currently unable to access life-saving therapies.

UN Population Fund urges action to protect women, youth from HIV infection

9 July 2002
With women and young people facing heightened risk of HIV infection, much more must be done to enable them to protect themselves against catching the virus which causes AIDS, an official from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) told the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona today.

Head of UN anti-AIDS agency urges political commitment to fight epidemic

8 July 2002
The head of the United Nations agency spearheading the fight against HIV/AIDS has called on the international community to galvanize political commitment, scale up prevention and treatment and mobilize $10 billion a year to curb the epidemic.

UN food agency calls for attention to nutrition’s role in fighting AIDS

5 July 2002
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today called on the humanitarian community to recognize the importance of good nutrition in combating HIV/AIDS.

AIDS epidemic shows no signs of levelling off, UN report warns

2 July 2002
The number of people suffering from HIV/AIDS is climbing faster than expected in the worst affected countries and spreading rapidly to new groups in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe, according to a new United Nations report released today.

Young people lack knowledge about HIV/AIDS, UN survey finds

2 July 2002
Most young people in the world have no idea how HIV/AIDS spreads or how to protect themselves from the disease, although many are becoming sexually active, according to the findings released today by three United Nations agencies.