HIV

A patient (left) receives HIV and STI checks at a clinic in Indonesia

UN issues new guidelines to protect men who have sex with men from HIV

21 June 2011
The United Nations and its partners have issued the first-ever global public health guidelines to help scale up services to reduce HIV and sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men and transgender people.
Paul De Lay, Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)

UN summit on HIV/AIDS adopts ambitious targets to defeat epidemic

10 June 2011
Countries meeting at a United Nations summit in New York today adopted ambitious new targets to defeat AIDS, with the aim of ridding the world of a disease that has claimed more than 30 million lives since it was first reported three decades ago.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and other officials at an event at the high level meeting on AIDS

New global plan to eliminate HIV infections among children launched at UN

9 June 2011
A global plan launched today at the United Nations seeks to eliminate new HIV infections among children and keep their mothers alive, in an effort to save millions of lives across the developing world.

First Ladies join forces at UN to prevent new HIV infections among children

8 June 2011
Thirty First Ladies from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean joined forces today at the United Nations to mobilize support to achieve the goal of zero new HIV infections among children by 2015.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé (right) converses with Amb. Vitaly Churkin of Russia at the Security Council

Security Council highlights role of UN peace missions in global AIDS response

7 June 2011
The Security Council today underlined the continuing need for urgent and coordinated global action to curb the impact of HIV and AIDS in conflict and post-conflict situations, while recognizing the important role United Nations peacekeeping operations can play in responding to the epidemic.

UN women’s agency sets goals for high-level HIV/AIDS meeting

7 June 2011
The United Nations agency charged with gender equality and women’s empowerment today presented concrete areas of focus and goals for the three-day, high-level meeting on AIDS which begins at UN Headquarters tomorrow.

Global postal services issue new stamps under UN effort to mark 30 years of AIDS

6 June 2011
At least 20 postal services around the world are issuing stamps and other products as part of a United Nations initiative to highlight 30 years battling the AIDS epidemic, during which 60 million people have become infected with HIV and nearly 30 million people have died of AIDS-related causes.

Three decades on, global AIDS response showing results – UN report

3 June 2011
The global response to AIDS has achieved significant results since the first case was reported 30 years ago, with a record number of people having access to treatment and rates of new HIV infections falling by nearly 25 per cent, the United Nations says in a new report.

Citing high HIV infection rates, UN report urges ‘chain of prevention’ to shield youth

1 June 2011
An estimated 2,500 youth are newly infected with HIV every day, with women and adolescent girls facing a disproportionately higher risk, according to a new joint report by the United Nations and the World Bank that calls for a “chain of prevention” to protect young people.