HIV

UN report shows access to HIV services improving in developing countries

28 September 2010
A new United Nations report showing significant progress in improving access to HIV/AIDS services in 37 developing countries offers realistic hope for the achievement of universal access, a UN official responsible for battling the pandemic said today.

New funding needed to fight HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, UN chief warns

21 September 2010
With 4,500 people dying from tuberculosis every day and a child succumbing to malaria every 45 seconds, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today sought to drum up support for a United Nations-backed Fund to combat such lethal diseases.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé

UN agency reports significant progress in reducing new HIV infections

17 September 2010
The number of new HIV infections is steadily falling or stabilizing in most parts of the world, with the countries with the largest epidemics in Africa leading the way, the United Nations agency coordinating the global AIDS response reported today.

Further trials planned for promising HIV prevention gel for women – UN

3 September 2010
Two further clinical trials are planned for a vaginal gel that has shown potential in reducing the risk of HIV and which, if confirmed, would be a major breakthrough in protecting women, who make up about half of the people living with the virus worldwide, the United Nations said today.