HIV

HIV-positive youth in Namibia, Tanzania need greater support from schools – UN

23 December 2008
Children and young people living with HIV in Namibia and Tanzania are not getting the kind of moral support they need to further their education, according to the first United Nations report commissioned specifically on the learning needs of this vulnerable group.
Dr. Peter Piot delivers his final report as Executive Director of UNAIDS

Chief of UN agency combating AIDS says disease has been ‘agent for change’

18 December 2008
The United Nations agency, charged with coordinating the world body’s fight against HIV/AIDS, has seen a great deal of change since it was launched in 1996, said its outgoing chief.

Greater integration of HIV-infected in Eastern Europe, ex-Soviet states crucial – UN

10 December 2008
Discrimination and the social exclusion of people living with HIV are undermining efforts to respond to AIDS in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), one of the few areas in the world where incidence continues to rise, according to a United Nations report released today.
Dr. Peter Piot

UN-backed AIDS conference in Africa examines progress in combating disease

3 December 2008
A United Nations-backed AIDS conference opened in Dakar, Senegal, today, with participants set to discuss how to sustain progress made in preventing new HIV infections and reaching more people with antiretroviral treatment.
World AIDS Day: major milestone in the long struggle

On World AIDS Day, UN officials call for continued momentum to tackle disease

1 December 2008
Top United Nations officials have marked World AIDS Day today by calling for vigilant efforts to build on earlier successes in the fight against the global epidemic and stressed the need to eliminate discrimination against sufferers of the disease.
UNICEF Executive Director Ann Veneman

Early HIV diagnosis and treatment saves lives of newborn babies – UN report

1 December 2008
Early HIV testing and treatment procedures have proved to be life-saving for newborn babies exposed to the virus, according to a United Nations report released today to coincide with World AIDS Day, as several top UN officials warn that much work remains to be done in combating the epidemic.