HIV

Veneman greets young girl at UNICEF-supported shelter for children affected by HIV/AIDS [File Photo]

Education key to fighting HIV pandemic, UNICEF chief stresses on visit to Lesotho

9 April 2010
The outgoing head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has wrapped up a two-day visit to the African nation of Lesotho, which has the world’s third highest prevalence of HIV infection, by stressing that education must be central to all efforts to combat the spread of AIDS.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé

UN pledges deeper cooperation with French-speaking countries in fighting AIDS

1 April 2010
The United Nations agency that fights HIV/AIDS today pledged to strengthen its cooperation with some 50 French-speaking countries to combat the deadly disease that has infected more than 4 million people in the group, just two weeks after undertaking a similar effort with Portuguese-speaking States.