HIV

Male circumcision is important additional step in cutting HIV infection – UN

28 March 2007
Male circumcision should be recognized as an additional important step in curbing heterosexually acquired HIV in men after trials showed that the procedure cut the risk of infection by up to 60 per cent, the United Nations health agency said today.

There is no cure for AIDS, UN agencies say, urging ‘evidence-based’ treatment

16 March 2007
Responding to the emergence of a claimed new cure for AIDS in the Gambia, the main United Nations agencies dealing with the pandemic today issued a call for ‘evidence-based’ responses to the disease.

UN-backed programme to curtail spread of HIV among women in Brazil kicks off

7 March 2007
United Nations agencies and the Brazilian Government today launched a ground-breaking programme aimed at stemming the ‘feminization of HIV,’ raising awareness about the disease and helping women become less vulnerable to it.
Boys playing cricket in Bangladesh

Let the games begin: Cricket World Cup to bat for UN war on HIV/AIDS

6 March 2007
When the top cricketers from across the planet come out to bat and bowl in the Cricket World Cup opening in the West Indies on Sunday, they will also be taking aim at HIV/AIDS in a United Nations campaign focusing on issues facing children and young people affected by the disease and the resources and actions needed to address them.

UNESCO launches HIV/AIDS education kit in Nepal to combat epidemic

5 March 2007
With almost 100,000 people in impoverished Nepal living with the HIV virus that causes AIDS, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today launched an awareness and prevention kit aimed at halting the spread of the disease, particularly among the under 40 age group, which are the most at risk.
HIV-positive woman holds out a variety of medicine

Governments should include refugees in national HIV/AIDS treatment programmes – UN

2 March 2007
United Nations agencies are calling on governments everywhere to include refugees in their national HIV/AIDS policies and programmes and give them the same access to treatment as their own citizens.