HIV

Stephen Lewis

UN envoy pleads for help for Swaziland, world's highest prevalence of AIDS

31 March 2004
Swaziland, with the highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS in the world, is undergoing socially wrenching changes, with some heads of families now as young as 8 and the number of orphans likely to rise to 10 or 15 per cent of the population by 2010, the United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa said today.

Countries of the Americas, except US, reaffirm reproductive health accord - UN

12 March 2004
By a nearly unanimous decision - with the United States alone in dissenting - countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have reaffirmed their support for an international population and reproductive health action plan adopted 10 years ago, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) reported.
Kofi Annan addresses meeting

AIDS infection of women forms 'terrifying pattern,' Annan says on Women's Day

8 March 2004
As the United Nations observed International Women's Day, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today called on men to assume the responsibilities that would reduce the "terrifying pattern" of HIV/AIDS infection among the world's women.

UN officials assess global HIV status of women on International Women's Day

8 March 2004
In just one decade women have moved from the margins of the HIV/AIDS pandemic to its very centre, a senior official from the United Nations women's fund said today as the world body observed International Women's Day.
Nane Annan

Nane Annan says men and women must join forces in fight against AIDS

4 March 2004
Men and women must work together to tackle AIDS by addressing fundamental issues of gender inequality and targeting young people who may be vulnerable to infection, Nane Annan, the wife of the United Nations Secretary-General, said today.

HIV/AIDS festers in climate of prison, addiction and forced prostitution – UN

3 March 2004
Drug addiction, human trafficking and prison together form a “trilogy” of conditions contributing to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said today.
Stephen Lewis

UN envoy for HIV/AIDS appeals for funds for anti-retroviral drugs

3 March 2004
With a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative to provide anti-retroviral treatment for 3 million people with HIV/AIDS by 2005 running into a roadblock for lack of funding, a senior United Nations official appealed today, especially to the 30 richest countries, for the $200 million needed for this year and next.