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- Maternal deaths worldwide drop by a third
- The number of women dying due to complications during pregnancy and childbirth has decreased by 34% from an estimated 546 000 in 1990 to 358 000 in 2008, according to a new report, Trends in maternal mortality, released by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and the World Bank.
- WHO online consultation on global health sector strategy for HIV
- The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a web-based consultation to seek input on the development of the WHO Global Health Sector Strategy for HIV/AIDS, 2011-2015.
- “Right for you!” Satellite puts young people centre stage at Vienna
- The thoughts and voices of young people took centre stage at the Vienna AIDS Conference yesterday as an innovative satellite session explored how they can best protect themselves from HIV. The session was organized by UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNFPA, UNICEF and WHO. It provided an interactive platform for youth from around the world to discuss sexual and reproductive health services and provision of comprehensive information including sexuality education, condom use and HIV counselling and testing.
- UNAIDS satellite explores paving the way towards virtual elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
- UNAIDS hosted a satellite at AIDS 2010 on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV 19 July. It was co-chaired by Antony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF and Hiroki Nakatani, Assistant Director General of World Health Organization (WHO) and coordinated by Gottfried Hirnschall, Director of the HIV department (WHO). Opening remarks were delivered by Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS and Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, and Ambassador Eric Goosby, United States Global AIDS Coordinator.
- More than five million people receiving HIV treatment
- World Health Organization advises earlier treatment among people with HIV. An estimated 5.2 million people in low-and middle-income countries were receiving life-saving HIV treatment at the end of 2009, according to the latest update from the World Health Organization (WHO).
- WHO: HIV Programme highlights significant achievements towards universal access
- A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO), HIV/AIDS Programme Highlights 2008-09, outlines major accomplishments of the agency in collaboration with countries and partners in promoting interventions to accelerate the progress towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services.
- Report calls for urgent scale-up of MSM strategies to prevent HIV in Asia Pacific
- A report on HIV among men who have sex with men and transgender people in the Asia-Pacific region has called for urgent scale-up of strategies to prevent the transmission of HIV, and to ensure greater access to treatment, care and support for those already in need.
- UNAIDS advances agenda for AIDS plus MDGs during 63rd World Health Assembly
- In key bilateral meetings held on the eve of the 63rd World Health Assembly in Geneva, Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of UNAIDS engaged ministers of health from leading countries on how investments in AIDS can be used to leverage progress towards the other Millennium Develop Goals (MDGs).
- World Health Assembly to discuss International Health Regulations and MDG
- The 63rd World Health Assembly, the gathering of the decision-making body of World Health Organization (WHO), opened in Geneva today. Health Ministers and officials from across the world will meet until 21 May 2010 to discuss the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR).
- TB partners meet in Viet Nam
- The 18th Stop TB Partnership Coordinating Board meeting is being held from 4 – 5 May 2010 in Hanoi, Viet Nam. The meeting will bring together UNAIDS and the Stop TB Partnership to strengthen their joint response to HIV/TB co-infection and to agree on a compact intended to halve TB deaths in people living with HIV by 2015.
- New WHO strategy calls for elimination of HIV in children by 2015
- Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV is one of the key pillars in the worldwide response to the AIDS epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently published a strategy paper outlining its commitment to support country-level and global efforts to scale up PMTCT services and to integrate them into maternal, newborn and child health programmes.
- WHO report highlights growing numbers of drug-resistant tuberculosis
- Up to a quarter of people with tuberculosis in some regions can no longer be treated with standard drug regimens. This is the stark finding of a new World Health Organization report which estimates that 440,000 people had multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) in 2008, a third of whom died.
- Protecting drug users from becoming infected with HIV in Lithuania
- The pioneering Vilnius Centre for Addictive Disorders in Lithuania is the focus of the second Dispatch from the Field, a web series designed to highlight the World Health Organization’s work at country level.
- WHO tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes
- Half of all people living with HIV globally are now female. In order to offer women greater protection against the virus, WHO has designed a hands-on tool to integrate gender into AIDS programmes in the health sector.
- Sexuality education an imperative for children and young people in a world affected by AIDS
- In many parts of the world, a combination of social taboos, unavailability of sound information, lack of resources and infrastructure leave many young people vulnerable to coercion, abuse, exploitation, unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. Sexuality education can play a key role in improving knowledge and reducing sexual risk behaviours among young people.
- New data shows progress in addressing TB/HIV
- Some 36 million people have been cured of TB over the past 15 years and 8 million deaths averted, according to a new report by WHO. The report also shows continued progress on addressing the lethal combination of TB/HIV.
- New HIV recommendations to improve health, reduce infections and save lives
- On the eve of World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.
- Eight-year trend shows new HIV infections down by 17%—most progress seen in sub-Saharan Africa
- Efforts towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support are bringing AIDS out of isolation. - According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17% over the past eight years.
- WHO report on the health of women: AIDS leading cause of death globally in women of reproductive age
- In a landmark report on the health of women and girls across the globe, WHO states that AIDS is the main cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age (15-44 years). This supports the contention in Women and Health: Today’s Evidence, Tomorrow’s Agenda that in a multiplicity of areas female health is neglected and must now be considered an urgent priority.
- Antiretroviral treatment for prevention
- Research suggests that people living with HIV who are following an effective antiretroviral therapy regimen can achieve undetectable viral load, leading to significantly reduced risk of transmitting HIV. However, antiretroviral therapy for prevention has not proven to completely eliminate the risk of transmission the virus. To explore the issue WHO convened a meeting to review scientific data available on this approach.