Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Despite moderate but noteworthy progress in rolling back the spread of HIV in several African countries, stigma and discrimination remain major barriers to reversing the AIDS epidemic, according to the United Nations chief AIDS official, speaking here in the lead-up to World AIDS Day. There
Joint UNAIDS/WHO Press Release - November 26, 2002
London - The HIV/AIDS epidemic is fuelling a widening and increasingly deadly famine in southern Africa, according to a new report AIDS Epidemic Update 2002 . The comprehensive new update on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic was issued today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) and the
Joint World Bank, UNESCO, UNAIDS Press release - October 18, 2002
WASHINGTON, October 18, 2002 - With more than 40 million people worldwide now estimated to be infected with the HIV/AIDS virus, UN and World Bank officials warned today that education plans to get 115 million boys and girls into primary school by 2015 needed to be intensified if the world was to have any hope of blunti
Geneva, 10 October 2002 - On the eve of the Board meeting of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) and the World Health Organization (WHO) released updated figures on the cost of mounting the global response to HIV/AIDS. Revised estimates to 2005 fo
Kuala Lumpur, 7 October 2002 - Outside sub-Saharan Africa, Asia has more people living with HIV/AIDS than any region on earth, warned the head of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS today. The epidemic in Asia threatens to become the largest in the world, said Dr Peter Piot, Executive Director of
Joint UNAIDS/UNDP Press Release - September 12, 2002
Monza, Italy , 12 September 2002 - In the first partnership of its kind, Formula One team Sauber Petronas has joined two United Nations institutions to bring HIV/AIDS awareness messages to a broader public and mobilize resources for AIDS projects in countries worst affected by the disease. Team Sauber Petronas, wit
Joint UNAIDS/OHCHR Press Release - September 10, 2002
Geneva, 10 September 2002 - Updated guidelines on HIV/AIDS and human rights have been issued to reflect significant political and legal developments relating to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support. AIDS is a human rights issue, said Ms Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Acce
Geneva, 6 September 2002 - UNAIDS has noted the media reports about the missing AIDS activist Mr. Wan Yanhai in China . We are deeply concerned by these reports. We have conveyed our concern to the Chinese authorities and have written to Premier Zhu Rongji about the issue. UNAIDS will update this statement as and when
Johannesburg, 30 August 2002 - The head of the United Nations AIDS programme has warned that meaningful sustainable development cannot be achieved if the AIDS epidemic is allowed to devastate human resources and capacities. If we continue to allow AIDS to drain human resources at an increasing rate, sustainable develop
Geneva, 16 July 2002 - In an unprecedented meeting, the First Ladies of 18 African countries will gather in Geneva from 17-19 July to formally establish the African First Ladies Organization Against HIV/AIDS. As the most highly visible women and mothers of their nations, the First Ladies have the capacity to focus much
Barcelona, 10 July 2002 - Countries should generally refrain from using criminal law to deal with conduct that carries the risk of HIV transmission, according to a new report released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ). Instead, they should use public health laws accompanied by appropria
Joint USAID/UNAIDS/UNICEF Press Release - July 10, 2002
Barcelona, 10 July 2002 - A major international report released today finds that an already grim global orphan crisis is set to get much worse as more and more adults with children die from AIDS, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The report, Children on the Brink, calls for action at all levels to assist children, fami
UNAIDS Press Release: Barcelona - Sunday, 7 July 2002
Barcelona, 7 July 2002 - In remarks delivered today at the opening of the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona, UNAIDS Executive Director, Dr Peter Piot, told an audience of thousands of researchers, advocates, and government and community representatives that they must face the challenge of mobilizing politi
UNITED NATIONS (New York) - Statement by Stephen Lewis, the Secretary-General s UN Envoy on HIV/AIDS in Africa, at the noon briefing of UN media, July 3, 2002. This media briefing is driven, of course, by the publication yesterday of the two new startling reports on HIV/AIDS. For ease of reference, I ll refer to the om
Joint UNICEF/UNAIDS/WHO (New York / Geneva) 2 July, 2002
-- As They Begin Sexual Activity Most Don t Know How to Protect Themselves -- Surveys Underscore Why Youth Are Central to Stemming Pandemic s Spread NEW YORK / GENEVA, 2 July 2002 - In an alarming new finding, a United Nations report released today says the vast majority of the world s young people have no idea how HIV
-- While Political Commitment is Increasing, Far More Action and Resources are Needed -- Less than 4% of Those in Need in the Developing World Have Access to Antiretroviral Treatment NEW YORK - A new report released today by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ), in advance of the XIVth Internati
Geneva, 25 June 2002 - Mohammed Yunus, the pioneering banker who put micro-credit on the map, has been appointed Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ( UNAIDS ) to help fight the AIDS epidemic, especially among the poor. The spread of HIV/AIDS erodes much of the hard-gained development of our p
United Nations Development Programme (New York) - June 18, 2002
UNDP and the Government of Togo are helping poor and illiterate women and girls - the group most vulnerable to the HIV/AIDS epidemic -- learn how to avoid infection and improve access to care for those infected. Surveys confirm the heightened vulnerability of girls: the infection rate among boys age 15 to 19 is eight p
United Nations Development Programme (New York) - May 23, 2002
Political and religious leaders in Lesotho came together in a rare display of unity in preparation for the country s general elections on Saturday, 25 May. For the first time since the country s disputed elections in 1998, which led to civil unrest and military intervention by forces of the Southern African Development
Geneva, 18 April 2002 - UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by the Government of South Africa to scale up its programme to fight HIV/AIDS in the country. As a result of this comprehensive programme, people living with HIV/AIDS will have greater access to treatment for opportunistic infections; sexual assault victims will,
United Nations Development Programme (New York) - April 10, 2002
Eighty Tanzanian religious leaders came together at a forum in Dar-es-Salaam recently to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and agree on ways to support the national campaign against the deadly epidemic. President Benjamin Mkapa, who has declared the epidemic a national disaster, hosted the forum, which was chaired by form
United Nations Development Programme (New York) - April 3, 2002
Parliamentarians from 24 African and Asian countries held wide ranging discussions in Marrakech, Morocco , last week on opportunities and challenges in promoting women s equality in the face of conflicts and other threats to security. Participants in the Africa/Asia Parliamentarian Forum on Human Security and Gender ag
UNDP and the Business Women s Network (BWN) recently launched a new alliance to help expand women s entrepreneurship and HIV/AIDS education throughout Africa. Strategic Partnerships for Women s Empowerment in Africa will help African businesswomen through a programme combining entrepreneur development and business skil
The International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD) is a critical middle step in a three-conference story line that began with the Millennium Summit of 2000, UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown said at a press conference in Monterrey, Mexico , on Monday. FFD is the second important meeting, and the third
The following is an address by UNDP Administrator Mark Malloch Brown at the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico . Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates, Colleagues, We stand at a pivotal moment for development. Gathered here in Monterrey,
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