HIV

India teams with UN to fight spread of HIV/AIDS among military personnel

28 April 2005
The Government of India and the United Nations agency fighting HIV/AIDS today launched a joint campaign to educate Indian military personnel about the deadly disease.

UN agencies draft guidelines for caring for people with HIV/AIDS

27 April 2005
Proposing guidelines to protect the safety of those involved in the global struggle against HIV/AIDS, the United Nations labour and health agencies said health-care workers looking after infected people are facing not only the risk of infection, but also the psychological burdens of patients' deaths and the physical burdens of overwork.

Taking time off from silver screen, action hero Jackie Chan fights AIDS for UN

25 April 2005
Taking time off from battling fictitious villains, action film superstar and United Nations ambassador Jackie Chan wrapped up a visit today to Viet Nam, joining in the real-life fight against AIDS and sending a powerful message that more must be done both for prevention and advocacy.
Chan on previous trip to Cambodia

UN ambassador Jackie Chan takes on AIDS, landmines in Cambodia and Viet Nam

20 April 2005
Action film superstar and United Nations ambassador Jackie Chan will take on the twin foes of AIDS and the lurking danger of millions of buried landmines in a visit this week to Cambodia and Viet Nam.
Former US President Bill Clinton

Global media leaders urged to expand their response to UN's call to fight AIDS

12 April 2005
Top international media executives participating in a meeting organized by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today were urged to explore fresh, innovative ways to harness their industry to advance the global fight against HIV/AIDS.

UN welcomes Clinton Foundation's $10 million pledge for HIV/AIDS treatment to poor children

11 April 2005
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today hailed former United States President Bill Clinton’s announcement that his foundation will donate $10 million to provide treatment for 10,000 HIV-positive children in developing countries in 2005.

Violence against women is cause and consequence of HIV spread, UN expert says

7 April 2005
Presenting a report indicating how violence against women increases their risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, a United Nations expert told the UN Commission on Human Rights that the number of women living with the disease had increased in every region.
Dr. Paulo Roberto Teixeira

Treatment along with prevention crucial to stopping spread of HIV/AIDS, speaker to UN panel says

7 April 2005
The false dilemma between prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS had caused unnecessary losses, wasted precious time and should be avoided in the future, according to a keynote speaker at this week's annual session of the UN Commission on Population and Development.

Effect of HIV/AIDS on population and development focus of UN commission's annual session

4 April 2005
The United Nations Commission on Population and Development kicked off its weeklong annual session today with top UN officials stressing the effects of HIV/AIDS on population dynamics, including population losses and decreased life expectancy, as well as the pandemic's links to increased extreme poverty, stalled economic growth and poor reproductive health in many parts of the world.

UN urges states of former Soviet Union to respond at once to HIV/AIDS crisis

1 April 2005
With Eastern Europe and Central Asia experiencing one of the world's fastest growing HIV/AIDS epidemics, United Nations bodies leading the fight against the scourge today called on the former Soviet countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to forge an immediate broad-based response to the crisis.