HIV

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Secretary-General, drug companies agree to boost efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS

9 October 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and top executives from over one dozen global pharmaceutical companies agreed today that greater efforts must be made to combat HIV/AIDS, despite significant strides that have been made in improving access to prevention and treatment.

UN hails recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize for Medicine for discovering HIV

7 October 2008
The United Nations has applauded the awarding of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Medicine to two French scientists for their discovery of HIV and for their subsequent pioneering research into the virus.
Veneman greets young girl at UNICEF-supported shelter for children affected by HIV/AIDS

UN forum seeks to ensure schooling for children from homes affected by HIV/AIDS

6 October 2008
Social services and the funding they entail are vital to ensure that children in households affected by HIV and AIDS are not forced to drop out of school to care for sick relatives or to engage in paid work when a breadwinner falls ill, a United Nations-backed forum said today.