HIV

Milestone reached in HIV treatment access in sub-Saharan Africa, WHO reports

16 August 2006
The number of people receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa has surpassed the one million mark for the first time, but much work remains to be done to reach the goal of providing universal access to prevention, treatment and care by 2010, said a UN health care agency official at the International AIDS Conference in Toronto today.
Antonio Costa

Netherlands gives 20 million euros to UN fight against AIDS

10 August 2006
With injecting drug use accounting for up to 80 per cent of HIV infections in some regions of Russia and Eastern Europe, the United Nations agency charged with combating drugs and crime today received 20 million euros from the Netherlands to fight the deadly epidemic.