HIV

Mozambique: UN human rights expert decries discrimination against AIDS patients

23 December 2003
A United Nations human rights expert today hailed Mozambique's efforts to protect the health of its citizens but cautioned that policies must be translated into action in the southern African nation, where 13 per cent of all adults have HIV.

Annan urges Commonwealth to give special attention to fighting HIV/AIDS

5 December 2003
Given that HIV/AIDS is claiming many more lives in Africa than conflicts are, the Commonwealth should give special emphasis to fighting the pandemic at its current summit, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

Seven corporations will use facilities for HIV/AIDS education by communities – UN

3 December 2003
Seven global corporations operating in developing countries said they will use their staff and facilities to expand HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programmes into the communities where they do business, cooperating with efforts by the United Nations and the local public.

On World AIDS Day, Annan urges harder work as goals fall behind schedule

1 December 2003
With 10 new HIV/AIDS infections occurring every minute, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned today that action is still far short of what is needed and that at the current rate of progress none of the goals set by the General Assembly’s 2001 session on the pandemic will be reached by the target date of 2005.

UN agencies launch programme to treat 3 million HIV-infected people by 2005

1 December 2003
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN's umbrella AIDS-fighting agency, UNAIDS, today unveiled a detailed plan, the 3x5 initiative, to train tens of thousands of community workers in developing and transition countries to provide anti-retroviral treatment to 3 million HIV-infected people by 2005.