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New York: Communities must be empowered and appropriately resourced to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS and other pandemics, UNAIDS, the UN agency dedicated to tackling HIV/AIDS, stressed at an international meeting held in Thailand. more
World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns

New York: Unless leaders tackle stark inequalities, the world could face 7.7 million AIDS-related deaths over the next 10 years, the Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) warned on ...

Global HIV toll likely to be far higher owing to COVID-19, warns UNAIDS

New York: Countries should adopt ambitious new targets to tackle HIV / AIDS to avoid hundreds of thousands of additional infections and deaths linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said ...

More ‘political commitment’ needed urgently for HIV prevention: UNAIDS chief

New York: As HIV infections continue to rise, UNAIDS — the UN agency leading the global effort to end the public health threat posed by the virus — called on Tuesday for count ...

‘Prevention crisis’ is hampering global HIV response, warns head of UNAIDS

New York: Complacency over HIV and AIDS has created a “prevention crisis” that risks destabilizing efforts to reach the key 2020 target of fewer than 500,000 new HIV infection ...

UNAIDS congratulates India for adopting a policy which provides HIV treatment for everyone

New Delhi, Apr 29 (IBNS): UNAIDS congratulated India for its bold new policy, which ensures that anybody who tests positive for HIV will access treatment for free, an official release stated ...

UNAIDS piloting new mobile platform to better inform HIV patients, improve health care

New York, Mar 10(Just Earth News/IBNS):Starting this month, a thousand people living with HIV in Côte d’Ivoire will receive additional health information through their mobile phones, the ...

UNAIDS: Millions receiving HIV treatment globally through focused response

New York, Nov 25 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Citing “extraordinary” progress in HIV prevention and response in the last 15 years, a new United Nations report found that many countries are ad ...

UNAIDS names Brazilian footballer as Goodwill Ambassador

New York, Apr 17 (JEN): As the FIFA World Cup in Brazil draws closer, the United Nations agency leading the response to the AIDS epidemic on Wednesday named the country’s football star Dav ...