HIV

Annan urges countries in Middle East, North Africa to provide funds to anti-AIDS fight

14 December 2005
The countries of the Middle East and North Africa have an unprecedented opportunity to help the international community in securing resources for the global fight against AIDS, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today in a message to ministers gathered in Morocco.

UN agencies join forces with Johnson & Johnson to tackle violence-AIDS link

9 December 2005
Two United Nations agencies along with Johnson & Johnson, the global manufacturer and provider of health care products and services, today announced new grants for organizations tackling the perilous correlation between gender-based violence and the spread of HIV and AIDS.

UN agency deplores killing of AIDS activist in Jamaica

8 December 2005
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has condemned the murder of an AIDS activist in Jamaica and called on the Government of the Caribbean island to bring his killers to justice and address the homophobia fuelling the spread of the disease.

Some 5,000 attend African meeting on AIDS as authorities prepare for trade talks

5 December 2005
Some 5,000 people involved in the international effort to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa are meeting this week in Nigeria’s capital to examine such issues as how new intellectual property (IP) policies and trade agreements can help ensure that nearly 26 million HIV-infected Africans have access to life-saving drugs.

World AIDS Day marked by UN-supported events, new initiatives worldwide

1 December 2005
Under the 2005 banner "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise," the United Nations system around the world today observed World AIDS Day through the launch of new initiatives and through ceremonies at the largest cathedral in New York, cricket stadiums in Lahore and Auckland, and a range of other venues.