HIV

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé

UN welcomes data showing male circumcision can help prevent HIV in men

21 July 2011
The United Nations agency at the forefront of the global AIDS response has strongly welcomed new data that provides further evidence that male circumcision is effective in preventing HIV in men.
Agreement signed to increase access to HIV medicines in developing countries

UN welcomes pact to improve access of patented AIDS drugs in poor countries

12 July 2011
The United Nations agency mandated to spearhead the global response to HIV/AIDS today welcomed the new license agreement between the Medicines Patent Pool and the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to increase access to antiretroviral therapy in developing countries.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé (right) and India’s Commerce Minister Anand Sharma

UN welcomes India’s decision to continue making generic HIV/AIDS drugs

6 July 2011
The head of the United Nations agency concerned with the fight against HIV/AIDS today welcomed the announcement that India would continue to make generic drugs to combat the disease and said the decision will save millions of lives.
UNAIDS rejects prejudice and misconceptions about men who have sex with men and transgender people

UN lauds India’s efforts to provide homosexuals, transgender people with HIV services

5 July 2011
The United Nations agency spearheading the global response to HIV/AIDS today lauded India’s efforts to provide prevention and treatment services for men who have sex with men and transgender people, while stressing the need to scale up services and eliminate homophobia.