UNAIDS The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNAIDS acknowledges good progress on AIDS in China and urges continued commitment and community mobilisation

17 juillet 2007

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today acknowledged that good progress has been made in China’s response to AIDS, presenting special awards to China’s Vice Minister of Health, Dr Wang Longde and Professor Zhang Beichuan from Qingdao University, for their leadership on AIDS issues.

UNAIDS expresses serious concern over the decision by the Supreme Court of Libya to uphold the death penalty for health care professionals

12 juillet 2007

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) expresses serious concern over the verdict delivered by the Libyan Supreme Court to uphold the death sentences imposed on six health care professionals.

2.5 million people in India living with HIV, according to new estimates

06 juillet 2007

The new 2006 estimates released today by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), supported by UNAIDS and WHO, indicate that national adult HIV prevalence in India is approximately 0.36%, which corresponds to an estimated 2 million to 3.1 million people living with HIV in the country. These estimates are more accurate than

Governing board tasks UNAIDS with making the money work

27 juin 2007

Board calls for greater accountability and coherence, urges the UN to deliver as one and stresses importance of country led responses to the AIDS epidemic

UNAIDS praises First Lady of Ethiopia for her leadership role on

25 juin 2007

UNAIDS commends the First Lady of Ethiopia, Mrs Azeb

2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Opens in Kigali, Rwanda

16 juin 2007

The 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting opens today in Kigali, and is expected to draw over 1,500 delegates from around the world. Rwanda was chosen to host the meeting in recognition of the country’s leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS and the impressive results it has achieved.

UNAIDS response to newly published book ‘The Invisible Cure’ by Helen Epstein

13 juin 2007

The newly published book ‘The Invisible Cure’ by Helen Epstein reminds us of the complex and multi-disciplinary challenges posed by the AIDS epidemic, as well as the critical role of communities in the response, but it also makes numerous inaccurate statements which require correction regarding the work of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).

India expands monitoring of AIDS epidemic

12 juin 2007

New estimates produced from improved data collection methods give better understanding of AIDS epidemic in India

Response to the book The AIDS Pandemic: the collision of epidemiology with political correctness

11 juin 2007

UNAIDS wishes to correct multiple mischaracterizations that appear in a book published by Radcliffe Publishing, entitled The AIDS Pandemic: the collision of epidemiology with political correctness by James Chin. These errors deal with the process and results of the estimations of the AIDS pandemic, made with technical assistance from the UNAIDS Secretariat and WHO.

UNAIDS welcomes release of latest antenatal clinic survey by South Africa’s Department of Health

08 juin 2007

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the release of the latest antenatal clinic survey by South Africa’s Department of Health. South Africa has produced one of the world’s most comprehensive antenatal clinic surveys. In 2006 over 33 000 pregnant women participating in government antenatal clinics were surveyed, compared to over 16 500 women in 2005.