HIV

Papua New Guinea: UN agencies alarmed by reports that HIV sufferers are buried alive

30 August 2007
The United Nations human rights chief and the world body’s HIV/AIDS agency today issued a joint statement voicing alarm at reports that people living with HIV have been buried alive in the Southern Highlands region of Papua New Guinea.

Half a million Zimbabwean children to benefit from UN-backed AIDS project

28 August 2007
Almost 500,000 school children in Zimbabwe are expected to benefit from a United Nations-backed initiative to train 1,500 primary and secondary school teachers in new and practical ways to help stall the spread of HIV and AIDS.

New UN handbook aims to help countries in Asia-Pacific region respond to AIDS

22 August 2007
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region today received a new United Nations handbook that focuses on the role of human rights in responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

UN urges Asia-Pacific nations to scale up domestic funds for AIDS response

21 August 2007
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has warned that countries in Asia and the Pacific will face serious difficulties in sustaining their response to the disease unless they become less reliant on external donors and commit more national funds to their AIDS programmes.