HIV

UN study challenges assumptions on HIV spread and refugees in Africa

29 June 2007
A new study by the United Nations refugee agency disputes assumptions that violence and rape propel the HIV epidemic in conflict areas, with those forced to flee having a high prevalence of the virus.

UNICEF calls for awareness-raising measures to stem spread of HIV in Iran

28 June 2007
A senior official from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) currently in Iran has called for maximum efforts to prevent HIV and AIDS from becoming a general epidemic in the country.

UN agency seeks to ensure patient confidentiality in HIV data collection

22 June 2007
Aiming to protect the almost 40 million men, women and children living with HIV from potential stigma and discrimination, the main United Nations agency dealing with AIDS today released new guidelines to ensure that patient confidentiality is not compromised in the process of collecting and storing information on the virus.

Stepping up partnerships in HIV/AIDS work discussed at UN-backed meeting

18 June 2007
More than 1,500 participants from around the world are exchanging lessons learned from their efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and to care for sufferers at a four-day United Nations-backed meeting in Rwanda.

Ban Ki-moon and business leaders reaffirm commitment to fight AIDS

13 June 2007
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and business leaders reaffirmed the need for public-private partnerships to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria at a meeting in New York today.