HIV

Attack on AIDS antiretroviral therapy wrong, misleading and dangerous – UN

31 March 2005
United Nations agencies have condemned as wrong, misleading, irresponsible and dangerous a recent advertising campaign that both touts the benefits of vitamin therapy over antiretroviral therapy in treating HIV/AIDS and claims that antiretroviral therapy is toxic.
Kofi Annan

Former Soviet states must move speedily to confront HIV/AIDS – Annan

31 March 2005
With 1.4 million people living with HIV/AIDS in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) of former Soviet nations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, a coordinated response from all sectors of society and leadership at every level are vital to combat the scourge, United Nations Secretary-General told a regional meeting today.

Fréchette says scaling up AIDS treatments runs into developing country roadblocks

15 March 2005
More assistance is needed in the fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic and new ways must be found to compensate for the lack of trained people and the inadequate health infrastructure in many countries, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette said today.

UN agency and donor countries call for coordinated action to eliminate AIDS

9 March 2005
In the wake of its report saying the world will need some $200 billion over the next 20 years to reverse the AIDS pandemic, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) joined three donor countries today in calling for coordinated global action to create effective treatment programmes in developing countries.

With help and effort, up to 43 million Africans can avoid HIV over next 20 years – UN

4 March 2005
Using story-telling methods, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has devised three scenarios to estimate how decisions made today may alter the pandemic's course in Africa, with the best offering hope to save 43 million people on the continent.