HIV

UN agency launches first-ever ad campaign highlighting children with HIV/AIDS

27 October 2005
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the first-ever outdoor ad campaign in conjunction with a major media company to raise awareness and funds to fight the impact of HIV/AIDS on children, they said today.

Asia-Pacific governments must do more to stop spread of HIV, UN official says

26 October 2005
The growing threat of HIV/AIDS in the Pacific will need comprehensive, concerted responses from governments, or risk a serious HIV epidemic, a United Nations expert on AIDS told a gathering of experts in New Zealand.

UN launches new global campaign to fight HIV/AIDS in children

25 October 2005
With one child dying of AIDS and another becoming infected with HIV every minute, the United Nations and its partners today launched a global campaign to support the millions of children affected by HIV/AIDS and eradicate the “disgrace” that sees fewer than five per cent of HIV-positive youngsters receiving treatment.

1 child dies because of AIDS each minute, UNICEF says

24 October 2005
Each minute of every day a child somewhere in the world dies because of AIDS, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today on the eve of launching a major push to address the plight of the disease's youngest victims.

Upcoming HIV/AIDS meeting in the Pacific targets disease's growth says UNAIDS

20 October 2005
HIV/AIDS is a '"storm gathering offshore" in the South Pacific and is about to erupt in Pacific communities in a devastating way unless prevention and support programmes are strengthened, United Nations AIDS experts said today.

African ministers gather to discuss HIV vaccine at UN-backed forum

17 October 2005
HIV vaccine development topped the agenda today at a United Nations-backed meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon, that is bringing together some 200 experts, including African and international scientists, representatives of research agencies, donors and government and regional organization officials.

UN agency for HIV/AIDS reports encouraging 5-year decline of the disease in Zimbabwe

11 October 2005
A preliminary review of HIV incidence and prevalence in Zimbabwe has indicated a decline over the past five years, possibly due to a decrease in the number of sexual partners, and increased condom use, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said today.

Grim statistics on world’s poor youth show millions at risk – UN report

4 October 2005
More than 500 million youths worldwide live on less than $2 a day, 113 million are not in school, 88 million are unemployed and 10 million have HIV/AIDS, all significant challenges for reaching the 2015 goals of reducing poverty by half, increasing literacy, and improving the health of people around the world, a United Nations report released today says.