Press release and statement archive
February
- WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV
- The World Health Organization (WHO) will later this month issue further guidance on the reported link between hormonal contraceptives such as the pill, injectables, implants and HIV.
January
- UNAIDS: Sourcing African solutions will be critical to ending Africa’s ‘AIDS dependency crisis’
- UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé called today on African governments to take on a greater share of AIDS investments in their own countries and across the region. Addressing an audience of African Heads of State in Addis Ababa, Mr Sidibé said that financing a sustainable response to the HIV epidemic in Africa will require home grown and innovative solutions that meet the needs of the African people.
- UNAIDS and PEPFAR welcome the launch of the Business Leadership Council to end new HIV infections among children by 2015
- UNAIDS and PEPFAR welcome the launch at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland of two new initiatives by business leaders—the Business Leadership Council for a “Generation Born HIV Free” and the Social Media Syndicate to end new HIV infections in children.
- New US$ 750 million pledge by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the Global Fund is timely and will save lives
- UNAIDS welcomes the grant of US$ 750 million by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
- UNAIDS commits its support to the Global Fund and calls for solidarity
- In the ten years since the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) was established, the organization has made a profound difference in saving millions of lives around the world. It has created momentum and helped countries achieve results.
