Echoing Theme of Conference on AIDS in Africa, Piot Calls for Greater Community Commitment, More Country and Private Sector Resources Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso , 10 December 2001 - The commitments made at international conferences this year must be met if the epidemic is to be effectively pushed back in Africa and othe
Since the first clinical evidence of AIDS was reported two decades ago, HIV/AIDS has spread to every corner of the world. Still rapidly growing, the epidemic is reversing development gains, robbing millions of their lives, widening the gap between rich and poor, and undermining social and economic security. An estimate
This year marked 20 years since the world first became aware of AIDS. This year, the epidemic continued its unrelenting spread as five million people became infected with HIV. This year, too, the UN General Assembly held an unprecedented special session on HIV/AIDS. The outcome: a Declaration of Commitment that set tar
New York - The world after 11 September has made us all think more deeply about the kind of world we want for our children. In the new and uncertain environment into which we have been propelled, we feel more deeply than ever the need to hold fast to a vision of peace and security, but also to one of human security. Th
Soccer legend Roger Milla has been appointed Ambassador for UNAIDS to help fight the AIDS epidemic, especially among young men. This is a wonderful opportunity for me to fight for the causes in which I believe, said Mr Milla at a press conference with UNAIDS. Africa is bearing the brunt of the epidemic. As a Cameroonia
Young people are at the centre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. An estimated 11.8 million people aged between 15 and 24 are living with HIV/AIDS, and half of all new infections - almost 7000 daily - are occurring among young people. Young people are particularly susceptible to HIV infection and they also carry the burden of c
Moscow - A new report released today, AIDS Epidemic Update 2001 , says the number of HIV infections in Eastern Europe is rising faster than anywhere else in the world. Reported figures are largely underestimated but even so, the latest figures reveal there were more than 75,000 reported new infections in
United Nations (New York) Thank you, Mr. President. Excellencies, Dear friends, We are here to discuss an unprecedented crisis, but one that has a solution: an unprecedented response from all of us. We are here to agree on the action we will take. In the twenty years since the world first heard of AIDS, the epidemic ha
United Nations Information Centre (New York) - June 22, 2001
Washington, DC - The General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS will take place in New York from 25 to 27 June, 2001. In addition to the plenary meetings, four round tables are dedicated to prevention and care; HIV/AIDS and Human Rights; the social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS; and international funding and cooper
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - June 21, 2001
The magnitude of the AIDS effort requires vigorous leadership and additional resources, according to a report released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ). The report, entitled Together We Can, notes that leadership is fundamental to effective action against HIV/AIDS and that leaders at e
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
Globally, HIV/AIDS has emerged as a threat to both human and national security-so much so that it has become a concern for the United Nations Security Council. A destabilizing factor * Since early 2000, the UN Security Council has highlighted the threat posed by the HIV/AIDS epidemic to global peace and security. It ha
New York - U.S., Vatican, Egypt Undermining Frank Language in Conference Document. If government censors get their way at next week s United Nations conference on HIV/AIDS, the denial and discrimination that have helped spread the disease will continue unabated, Human Rights Watch charged today. Several government
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
I care . . .do you? is the slogan of the World AIDS Campaign 2001. In line with the Men Make a Difference theme of 2000, the Campaign spotlights the many ways in which men contribute to the AIDS epidemic and the powerful roles they can also play in tackling it. As the slogan implies, this year s campaign challenges me
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
Preventing HIV infections remains an essential, first line of defence against the AIDS epidemic. Two decades of experience-in countries as different as Brazil , Thailand and Uganda-have proved that determined prevention efforts do work and that they are most effective when they involve communities and are combined with
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
The transmission of HIV from mother to child is responsible for over 90% of infections among children under the age of 15. The effects are dramatic. AIDS is beginning to reverse decades of steady progress in child survival. But effective and feasible interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission are now availabl
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
Many of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV do not know they are carrying the virus. Nor do they know much about the disease. Education could have helped them avoid acquiring the virus. Education is a vital step towards halting the epidemic and overcoming the prejudice and fear faced by people living with HIV/AID
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
Most of the 36.1 million people infected with HIV are in the prime of their working lives. The effects are momentous-not just on workers and their families, but on enterprises and entire national and regional economies. AIDS has become a crucial workplace issue and a massive development challenge. Employment and labour
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
By killing people in their most productive years, it increases poverty, reverses progress in education, lowers labour productivity, threatens food security and slows economic growth. Those setbacks, in turn, fuel the epidemic and undermine prevention and treatment efforts. Tackling the AIDS epidemic successfully depend
The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (Geneva) - June 21, 2001
By killing so many people in the prime of their lives, AIDS poses a serious threat to development. By reducing growth, weakening governance, destroying human capital, discouraging investment and eroding productivity, AIDS undermines countries efforts to reduce poverty and improve living standards. Impact on economies a
United Nations - A multi-billion-dollar investment in the battle against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria will save millions of lives. Those already hit by these diseases would be able to live longer and healthier lives. Even the worst affected countries could be able to regain the ground lost in their fight against pove
United Nations - Gender roles and relations powerfully influence the course and impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Gender-related factors shape the extent to which men, women, boys and girls are vulnerable to HIV infection, the ways in which AIDS affects them, and the kinds of responses that are feasible in different com
United Nations - Since the first clinical evidence of AIDS was reported two decades ago, HIV/AIDS has spread to every corner of the world. Still rapidly growing, the epidemic is reversing development gains, robbing millions of their lives, widening the gap between rich and poor, and undermining social and economic secu
United Nations - As the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to spread, its association with drug use is becoming more apparent. But, in many countries, that potentially deadly link is still being ignored. * The use of drugs-legal or illicit-is a universal phenomenon with sometimes deadly consequences. Now there is increasing e
United Nations - A vastly expanded global response is needed to strengthen and sustain prevention and care programmes that can reverse the destructive tide of HIV/AIDS. * Two decades into the AIDS epidemic, examples of successful interventions are multiplying around the world. A number of countries have shown that conc
United Nations - Important initiatives are under way to bring life-prolonging drugs and treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS. But access to drugs is only one of the many things that people with HIV infection need if they are to live healthy, productive lives. Comprehensive care: meeting a wide range of needs * Whil
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) today announced a partnership with The Coca-Cola Africa Foundation to bring new impetus to the battle against the virus. Under the terms of the three-year agreement, the Foundation will co-ordinate the efforts of Coca-Cola Africa and its bottling partners across
The upcoming special session of the United Nations General Assembly on HIV/AIDS will be an important part of UN efforts to fight the epidemic and a major step in raising awareness about the disease, UN Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette said today. What we are looking at is an event that will produce not only a
Geneva, 22 March 2001 -- Joint efforts are needed to confront tuberculosis (TB) and HIV, according to Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization . TB is a leading killer of people living with HIV and it is highest in countries with the highest rates of HIV. Not only is reducing the
Geneva, 22 March 2001 - WHO and UNAIDS welcome the commitment of pharmaceutical companies to improving people s access to care for HIV infection. One of these companies, Cipla , has announced its offer to work with MSF to bring HIV-related medicines at affordable prices to the people who need them in developing countri
New York, 20 February 2001 -- Declaring the HIV/AIDS epidemic the most formidable development challenge of our time , United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a report released today, calls on governments to secure a global commitment for intensified and coordinated action. The report has been issued in preparat
Bridgetown, Barbados , 14 February 2001 -- A new coalition to fight AIDS on a region-wide scale was launched officially today on the occasion of the CARICOM Intersessional Heads of Government meeting. The Partnership is designed to significantly scale up the response to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, said Dr. Eddie Gr
Dar-Es-Salaam, 9 February 2001 -- Tanzania is now moving quickly to grapple with AIDS and is to be congratulated for setting up the structures needed to deal with a fast-growing epidemic, according to the United Nations’ top AIDS official. Tanzania must be commended for its growing and visible political commi
Lilongwe, 5 February 2001 - The chief executive of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) has praised Malawi s national AIDS plan and pledged to help mobilize support to implement it more rapidly. Our aim is to help strengthen the various technical working groups now developing comprehensive programm
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