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- 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.
- Governments and civil society expand access to HIV testing and counselling
- A brightly coloured van known as the ‘Tutu Tester’ has become a familiar sight in Cape Town, South Africa, as part of an accelerating drive to persuade people to know their HIV status. More than 10 000 people have been tested and counselled since May 2008 when the mobile clinic from the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation took to the road.
- More infants protected from HIV as access to antiretroviral drugs to prevent mother-to-child transmission increases
- Despair is giving way to cautious optimism even in the most HIV-affected African nations as antiretroviral drugs become more widely available to stop HIV-positive women from infecting their unborn child or infant, thus edging closer to United Nations targets for an HIV-free generation of children.
- More than four million HIV-positive people now receiving life-saving treatment
- More than 4 million people in low- and middle-income countries were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the close of 2008, representing a 36% increase in one year and a ten-fold increase over five years, according to a new report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
- UNAIDS partners in new Clinton Global Initiative to address sexual violence against girls
- UNAIDS and cosponsors UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO have joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNIFEM and private sector supporters through the Clinton Global Initiative to address the injustices and health impact of sexual violence against girls. The initiative, launched in New York by the partners, will focus on countries where sexual violence is a key initiation point for the spread of HIV and other infectious diseases.
- Largest ever HIV vaccine trial results very encouraging
- Geneva, 24 September 2009 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) are optimistic about the results, announced today, of the largest ever HIV vaccine clinical trial held to date.
- Bruni-Sarkozy endorses UNAIDS call to virtually eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015
- Carla Bruni-Sarkozy echoed UNAIDS call to virtually eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission by 2015 while addressing the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and leaders at a side event to the opening of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
- More needs to be done to help young people most at risk of HIV infection
- In general, HIV prevention services in the Asia region are currently not reaching young people who are most at risk of infection. In order to address this, the Asia Pacific Regional UN Coordination Group on Most at Risk Young People is hosting a symposium (Aug 10) at the IX International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific.
- UNAIDS Cosponsors out in force for 9th ICAAP
- The 10 UNAIDS Cosponsors are presenting a strong showing as thousands of delegates converge in Bali, Indonesia, to share ideas, knowledge, best practices, lessons learned and research findings at the 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP).
- HIV Treatment data update – July 2009
- Substantial progress has been made in increasing access to treatment in low and middle income countries.
- Evidence shows new drug combination dramatically reduces mother-to child transmission of HIV during breastfeeding
- According to a new study led by WHO, if HIV-positive pregnant women are given a combination of antiretroviral drugs from late in pregnancy until six months into breastfeeding, rather than a short course of drugs that ends at delivery, their babies are over 40% less likely to become infected with HIV.
- Better HIV diagnosis in mothers and infants to avoid death from TB vaccine
- Bacille Calmette-Guérin, or BCG, is one of the most widely given vaccines globally and is safe in people with healthy immune systems. WHO recently published further research on the finding that this standard tuberculosis vaccine has a higher risk of causing death in babies living with HIV.
- Dispatch from the field: WHO HIV Director tours pioneering treatment clinic in Namibia
- In the first of a new World Health Organization web series called Dispatch from the field, Dr Kevin De Cock, undertaking his last mission as Director of the WHO HIV/AIDS Department, visited Katutura State Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia. He praised efforts by the hospital, national authorities and health-care providers to expand antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a country where almost 90% of those in need of ART receive it.
- Cartoons to help stop tuberculosis
- International football icon and Stop TB Ambassador Luis Figo is the main character of an educational comic book that provides key information on tuberculosis (TB) to children and young adults. An animated version of the Luis Figo and the World Tuberculosis Cup will be launched in Geneva on 13 June 2009 during a charity match organized by the Luis Figo Foundation.
- Innovative financing for development the goal of new I-8 Group
- As global economic slowdown threatens to negatively affect those already most vulnerable to poverty, the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) around the world will require a change of scale in the implementation of innovative financing mechanisms for development.
- Sixty-second World Health Assembly to be dominated by A(H1N1)
- This year’s World Health Assembly is set to focus considerable attention on the widespread outbreak of influenza A(H1N1), as Health Ministers and officials of more than 190 countries gather in Geneva from 18-22 May to discuss the most effective responses to the potential pandemic, including preparedness, access to vaccines and sharing of influenza viruses.
- International Day against Homophobia
- By signing the 2006 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, governments committed to removing legal barriers and passing laws to protect vulnerable populations. However, over 80 countries still criminalize consensual same sex acts among adults.
- Influenza A(H1N1) and HIV infection
- There are many questions concerning the potential impact of emerging influenza A(H1N1)* on people living with HIV, as they are more susceptible to opportunistic infections.
- Joint action for results: UNAIDS outcome framework, 2009 – 2011
- The HIV organizational landscape has evolved and grown more complex over the past decade. UNAIDS, donors and civil society, including networks of people living with HIV, have rightly demanded greater clarity on the relationships between needs, financing, activities and outcomes. Also demanded is greater specificity about the role of UNAIDS and the Secretariat within the wider constellation of actors.