HIV

Project in Uganda supports women living with HIV/AIDS

Two UN agencies urge agriculture institutes to respond to the HIV crisis

30 June 2003
Two United Nations agencies today urged agricultural ministries and institutions to urgently respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic ravaging many rural areas in developing countries and threatening millions with hunger.

UN laments AIDS funding still only half of what will be needed by 2005

26 June 2003
An estimated $4.7 billion will be spent this year to address the AIDS epidemic in low- and middle-income countries, falling far short of the more than $10.5 billion that will be needed annually by 2005, according to a report released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

PAHO lauds 10 Latin America countries for negotiating discounts for HIV drugs

13 June 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office for the Americas today praised 10 Latin American countries for successfully negotiating with pharmaceutical companies a price reduction of drugs for HIV/AIDS treatment, saving up to $120 million a year.

Global anti-AIDS fund appeals for $3 billion to finance projects

6 June 2003
The Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria championed by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, has called on public and private donors to contribute $3 billion by the end of 2004 to fully finance anticipated country proposals.