HIV

Annan calls for more funding - and leadership - to spur fight against HIV/AIDS

21 July 2004
With millions of lives at stake, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today estimated that less than half of the $12 billion needed in the fight against HIV/AIDS is in hand.
Dr. Peter Piot of UNAIDS

UN co-sponsored international AIDS conference ends with call for solidarity

16 July 2004
The 15th International AIDS Conference wound up its week of work in Bangkok, Thailand, today with ringing calls from UN officials for solidarity in the battle against the pandemic.

To cut number of AIDS orphans, UN expert urges anti-retrovirals for parents

14 July 2004
With the number of African AIDS orphans likely to reach nearly 17 million in six years, priority should now be given to providing the surviving parent free anti-retroviral drugs, a representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today.

UN agency issues new guidelines to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission

14 July 2004
Amid concerns that South Africa might discontinue the use of a drug preventing mother-to child transmission of HIV, the United Nations health agency today issued new guidelines on the anti-retroviral drugs.

In Bangkok, Annan and Thai Prime Minister discuss AIDS, regional issues

13 July 2004
AIDS and regional issues topped the agenda at a meeting in Bangkok today between United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

Youth demand education to combat HIV/AIDS, UNICEF says

13 July 2004
Young people at the 15th International AIDS Conference in Bangkok told the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) today that the epidemic is spiralling out of control because they are being denied such rights as prevention education, testing and treatment.

UN experts say gender equality essential to fighting spread of AIDS in Asia

13 July 2004
Asian-Pacific political leaders have a brief period to save millions of people from HIV infection, but among their biggest challenges are gender inequality, which weakens a woman's defences against an HIV-positive man, along with stigma, which discourages people from finding out their HIV status, United Nations experts said today.

In Bangkok, Annan confers with special envoys on HIV/AIDS

12 July 2004
As he continued his visit to Bangkok, Thailand, where a global conference on HIV/AIDS is taking place this week, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today conferred with his regional special envoys dealing with the disease.

Global Fund to fight AIDS, malaria and TB reports progress in reaching targets

12 July 2004
Grant recipients under the Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria, an initiative of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, have reached an average of 80 per cent of the goals they set for a one-year period, according to a new partial review of the effort.

Workplace is ideal venue to discuss AIDS prevention, UN labour agency says

12 July 2004
The workplace is an ideal venue to tackle the HIV/AIDS pandemic by discussing prevention and treatment of the viral infection, the United Nations labour agency says in a new report.