15 July 2004

UNICEF News note
Indian icon Shabana Azmi tells South Asian leaders to ‘get real’ about HIV/AIDS Bangkok

UNICEF News note
South Asian religious leaders establish multi-faith Council to address HIV/AIDS

14 July 2004

UNAIDS/UNIFEM/UNFPA press release
Action against AIDS must address epidemic's increasing impact on women, says UN report

UNAIDS/UNICEF/EGPAF Press release
UNAIDS, UNICEF and EGPAF underscore importance of keeping single-dose nevirapine available to HIV-positive mothers

Joint press release
HIV/AIDS treatment, microbicide and vaccine advocates release plan of action and joint statement of commitment

WHO Press release
New guidelines on preventing mother to child transmission of HIV

WFP Press release
AIDS activist, WFP top official urge support for home-based care

UNDP Press release
HIV/AIDS crisis drives down life expectancy, Human Development Rankings in Sub-Saharan Africa
Press release (pdf format) | Human Development Report 2004

13 July 2004

UNAIDS Press release
Stigma biggest hurdle to AIDS prevention in South Asia

USAID/UNAIDS/UNICEF Press release
Children on the Brink 2004 - Global orphan numbers would be falling without AIDS

APLF/UNAIDS/USAID
Stronger AIDS response in Asia could avert millions of new HIV infections by 2010, says new report

WHO Press release
New edition of WHO prequalification list to include four new anti-AIDS medicines

ILO press release
ILO issues first global analysis of HIV/AIDS impact on the world of work

UNICEF Press release
Young people demand bigger voice and greater access in global AIDS response

UN press release
In Bangkok, Annan and Thai Prime Minister discuss AIDS, regional issues

UN/UNAIDS/Kaiser Family Foundation press release
UN-supported Global Media AIDS Initiative announces new media efforts to address HIV/AIDS in Russia, India, China, Indonesia and US

12 July 2004

UNAIDS Press release
UNAIDS predicts 50% funding shortfall in fighting global AIDS epidemic

UNAIDS Press release
UNAIDS and Thai ministries join forces to combat HIV in uniformed services

UNODC Press release
HIV/AIDS: Spread through injecting drug use and in prisons needs to be addressed

UN Press release
Stronger leadership needed at every level in fight against HIV/AIDS, says Secretary-General in address to Bangkok Conference

UN Press release
In Bangkok, Annan confers with special envoys on HIV/AIDS
As he continued his visit to Bangkok, Thailand, where a global conference on HIV/AIDS is taking place this week, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today conferred with his regional special envoys dealing with the disease. The envoys—Stephen Lewis for Africa, Nafis Sadik for Asia and George Alleyne for the Caribbean—were appointed to help promote and advocate on behalf of issues relating to the outcomes of various conferences on HIV/AIDS, particularly the UN General Assembly's special session in July 2001.

11 July 2004

MAP Press release
Asian countries can choose the future of their HIV epidemics, scientists say

10 July 2004

WHO Press release
Strong foundations built to increase access to AIDS treatment

8 July 2004

UNAIDS/ADB Press release
10 million more Asians HIV-infected by 2010 unless urgent action taken, warns new report

7 July 2004

UNAIDS/OECD Press release
AID to combat HIV/AIDS increases

6 July 2004

UNAIDS Press statement
UNAIDS welcomes UK £116 million to fight AIDS and promote sexual and reproductive health

UNAIDS Press release
New UNAIDS report unveils latest global epidemic trends

UNAIDS Press release - Johannesburg
UN Secretary General’s Report Calls for Action on Women, Girls and AIDS (pdf 100kb)
HIV infections among women and girls in nine countries in southern Africa are increasing at an alarming rate, a new report commissioned by United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, has found, with many young women being infected almost as soon as they start having sex.

Find the report Facing the Future Together and more about the UN Secretary-General's Task Force on Women and Girls at the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS.