Annual report published by the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Control 2008. This year's report shows that nearly 3/4 million people living with HIV fell ill with TB disease in 2006, confirming that TB is a major cause of illness and death in people living with HIV despite being mostly preventable and curable. Africa is yet again the most heavily affected continent, with 85% of the global burden of HIV-related TB.

Given that it reduces a man's risk of acquisition of HIV through penile-vaginal intercourse, male circumcision provides an opportunity to reinforce HIV prevention efforts and thereby promote human rights. A human rights-based approach to introducing or expanding male circumcision services requires measures to ensure that the procedure can be carried out safely, under conditions of informed consent, and without discrimination.

Целью настоящего документа является представление 40 ключевых национальных показателей, дающий необходимый минимум информации для мониторинга на национальном уровне эпидемии ВИЧ и ответных мер, а также представление подробных характеристик и руководящих указаний по 15 рекомендуемым показателям в дополнение к 25 показателям ССГАООН.

Often neglected, food security and nutrition are critical for individuals, households and communities affected by HIV. Lack of food security and poor nutri- tional status may hasten progression to AIDS-related

Burnout is not a single event but a process in which everyday stresses and anxieties that are not addressed gradually undermine carers mental and physical health, so that eventually caregiving and personal relationships suffer. Burnout is the fi nal stage in the stress process when everything falls apart. As a medical condition, burnout has no clear defi nition, but as a psychological condition it has been well defi ned and is increasingly recognized by people in the caring professions. Burnout has long been identifi ed as a crucial issue in HIV care and support; yet there is relatively little known about what measures can be taken to prevent or mitigate it.This document looks at how carer burnout can be avoided. It focuses on the approach used by a faith-based organization, IMCARES, Mumbai, India, to care for their staff and volunteers employed in their programmes and as carers in the community. Their strategy and practice may provide useful lessons in caring for carers for both secular and faith-based organizations working with people living with and affected by HIV.

В докладе представлены данные, подтверждающие значительный прогресс, достигнутый многими странами в решении проблем национальной эпидемии. Шестикратное увеличение финансирования программ в связи с ВИЧ в странах с низким и средним уровнем доходов в 2001–2007 годах начинает приносить плоды: многие страны достигли очевидных успехов в плане уменьшения
смертности от СПИДа и предупреждения новых ВИЧ-инфекций. Тем не менее прогресс остается неравномерным, а будущее эпидемии неопределенным, что подчеркивает потребность в усилении
действий в направлении обеспечения всеобщего доступа к профилактике, лечению, уходу и поддержке в связи с ВИЧ.

The guide to the women’s events and sessions in the Mexico Conference includes all sessions that address women’s issues directly or are organized by organizations serving women’s interests. These sessions will draw together lessons and conclusions from diverse expereinces across the globe. They will shed new knowledge and solidify what we already know – women must be front and center in the AIDS response.

Universal access is the global commitment to provide HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to all those in need, based on national targets set by countries. The targets were developed through country consultations with civil society, people living with HIV and other national partners to assess their epidemics and obstacles to accessing HIV prevention, treatment and care services.

UNAIDS and other partners, including the Global Coalition on Women and AIDS, the International Center for Research on Women and Tibotec Inc., have come together to create a movement to ‘Make HIV Trials Work for Women and Adolescent Girls’. The movement has been established to review past participation of women and adolescent girls in clinical trials; to assess how well HIV trials are collecting, measuring, analysing and presenting data related to health determinants and health outcomes in women or adolescent girls; and to identify barriers to including women and adolescents in trials. An action plan, developed to address these concerns, is being implemented.

Вопросы продовольственной безопасности и питания, которым часто не уделяется внимания, имеют критическое значение для отдельных людей, домохозяйств и сообществ, затронутых ВИЧ. Отсутствие продовольственной безопасности и плохое питание
могут ускорять прогрессирование заболеваний, связанных со СПИДом, подрывать выполнение схем антиретровирусной терапии и снижать реакцию на такое лечение. ВИЧ-инфекция сама по себе отрицательно влияет на продовольственную безопасность и питание, снижая работоспособность и ставя под угрозу получение средств пропитания домохозяйствами.