HIV

Asian media gathering in Malaysia

At UN-backed meeting, Asian media pledge greater response to AIDS

30 May 2007
A new Asia-Pacific media AIDS initiative aimed at ensuring increased and improved coverage of the epidemic in the region has been launched at a United Nations-backed meeting in Malaysia.

Two UN agencies issue new guidelines to boost HIV testing and counselling

30 May 2007
Aiming to boost access to much-needed HIV treatment, care and prevention services, two United Nations agencies today jointly issued new guidance on testing for and counselling about the virus.
Ban Ki-moon meets with HIV positive staff members

Meeting HIV-positive UN staff, Ban Ki-moon vows to fight stigma

22 May 2007
Describing his meeting with HIV-positive United Nations staff yesterday as one of the most moving experiences of his life, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has vowed to step up efforts to eliminate the stigma that still surrounds AIDS sufferers in so many countries.

Botswanan chosen as new UN envoy to tackle HIV/AIDS in Africa

21 May 2007
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed a Botswanan policymaker and activist as his new Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa and renewed the terms of three other regional envoys.
Ban Ki-moon (left) addresses GA on HIV/AIDS

Ban Ki-moon calls for stepped-up, united action against HIV/AIDS

21 May 2007
The number of people living with HIV has risen in every region of the world despite progress towards achieving universal access to treatment, prevention, care and support, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today, calling for a more united front among to defeat the pandemic.

Injecting drug users missing out on HIV prevention services, finds UN report

14 May 2007
Fewer than one in every 10 injecting drug users have access to basic HIV prevention and treatment services, even though they comprise almost one third of new infections outside sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Joint UN Programme Against HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

Workplace discrimination still rampant and taking on new forms, UN says

10 May 2007
Although progress has been made at combating discrimination in the workplace, rising gender disparities in income and other forms of discrimination – including age, sexual orientation and HIV/AIDS status – are cause for growing concern, the United Nations Labour Organization (ILO) said in a new report released today.

UN, partners to strengthen workplace AIDS programmes in Haiti

8 May 2007
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and its main partner in Haiti have agreed to cooperate on fighting the epidemic in the country’s workplaces, a UN spokesperson announced today.

UNICEF lauds price slashing of 16 AIDS medicines in 66 developing countries

8 May 2007
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) hailed a joint new initiative by a UN-backed drug purchasing consortium and former United States President Bill Clinton’s foundation which will slash the prices of 16 AIDS treatments in developing countries, opening the door to improving children’s access to much-needed medicines.