HIV

Understanding most recent HIV infections crucial for further prevention, UN report says

28 November 2008
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today called on countries to realign their prevention programmes by better understanding how the most recent infections were transmitted and the reasons why they occurred.
A health worker counselling women about HIV/AIDS treatment

Early testing and access to drugs could slash number of new HIV cases – UN experts

26 November 2008
Universal and voluntary testing for HIV and early access to antiretroviral treatment could reduce new cases by 95 per cent within ten years, according to a new study carried out by a group of United Nations experts and published in the medical journal, The Lancet, today.
A newborn whose mother is HIV-positive

UN-backed Global Fund awards almost $3 billion to fight killer diseases

10 November 2008
The United Nations-backed Global Fund announced today that it has approved 94 new grants worth $2.75 billion to projects aimed at fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.