HIV

UN programmes threatened by spread of HIV/AIDS, senior UN officials say

28 November 2003
Senior officials of the United Nations system, preparing for World AIDS Day on Monday, today warned that the continuing spread of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and its high cost in social and financial resources are threatening the viability of UN programmes to help poor countries.

HIV/AIDS deaths and new infections highest in 2003, says UNAIDS

26 November 2003
In 2003 the HIV/AIDS pandemic took the highest number of lives and produced the highest number of new infections since surveillance of the disease started, according to a new global report from the Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Carol Bellamy with Kami

UN Children's Fund names HIV-positive muppet 'children's champion'

24 November 2003
The United Nations Children's Fun (UNICEF) today formally appointed Kami, the HIV-positive Muppet who appears regularly on the South African co-production of Sesame Street - Takalani Sesame - as a global "Champion for Children."
UNAIDS' Peter Piot briefs the Council

Peacekeeping forces must become leaders in fight against HIV/AIDS, UN says

17 November 2003
In the global fight against HIV/AIDS, the United Nations is working to ensure that uniformed and civilian peacekeeping personnel become leaders in suppressing the pandemic, senior UN officials told the Security Council today.

China: UN official urges help to remove stigma from those with HIV/AIDS

6 November 2003
The stigma carried by people infected with HIV/AIDS must be removed if countries are to make progress in combating the disease, the head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said in Beijing, China.