The HIV/AIDS epidemic will have devastating consequences in the future in virtually every sector of society such as households, farms and economic growth, according to a new United Nations report released today.
Alarmed by the rise of HIV/AIDS infection rates in Europe and Central Asia, two United Nations agencies today urged governments in the region to take practical actions to protect their populations from the epidemic.
Countries across southern Africa are showing they have the determination necessary to win the battle against the HIV/AIDS pandemic but many started too late and hurdles remain, the Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa said today.
Experts gathered today in Rome at the headquarters of the United Nations food agency to examine how communications at the local level can be used to foster development.
Introducing a new weapon in the global arsenal against AIDS, the United Nations and Brazil have joined forces to reinforce the technical capacity of developing countries to fight a pandemic that kills nearly 16,500 people worldwide every day.
