HIV

UN partners with Italian foundation to promote AIDS education in Africa

Hundreds of thousands of students in four southern African countries stand to benefit from HIV and AIDS prevention education thanks to a new partnership between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Italy’s Fondazione Virginio Bruni Tedeschi.

World AIDS Day marked with calls for renewed leadership to fight epidemic

Marking the 20th annual World AIDS Day, top United Nations officials have called for renewed leadership to tackle the global HIV and AIDS epidemic which has already claimed over 25 million lives worldwide.