New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Coordinating Board has stressed the need for accelerated action, increased investment, intensified partnerships and innovation in community-led service delivery to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Government of Belgium have signed a new multi-year funding agreement for 2017–2020 to enhance the global fight against HIV/AIDS. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The 193 UN member states late on Friday in New York reiterated their commitment to implementing a bold agenda to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambia’s Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has told a High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on ending HIV/AIDS that Africa is strongly committed to fight pandemic. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the US Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The 193 UN member states on Wednesday in New York adopted Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - African health ministers, leaders of pediatric HIV treatment programme, philanthropic foundations, civil society and private sector partners have called for an expanded global partnership to end pediatric AIDS. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said that, while much Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Prominent International human rights experts on Monday urged Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Mayors from different parts of the world, in collaboration with the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Fast-Track cities partners, UN-Habitat and the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), on Monday in New York convened a one-day event on ending the AIDS epidemic in cities by 2030. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of next week’s UN high-level meeting on ending AIDS Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has stressed the need for the inclusion and full participation of civil society organizations at the 2016 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, holding from 8 to 10 June in New York. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), on Wednesday called for greater investments and increased collaboration among governments, the scientific community and the private sector to advance research towards finding an effective HIV vaccine. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - African ministers of health, deputy ministers and senior HIV programme officials have called on the international community to make ending the pediatric AIDS epidemic a global political priority. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A new report by the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), in collaboration Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of the 2016 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, the co-facilitators of the meeting, Ms. Patricia Mwaba Kasese-Bota, Permanent Representative of Zambia to the UN, and Mr. Jurg Lauber, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the UN, have released the zero draft of the 2016 Political Declaration on the Fast-Track to end AIDS and ensure sustainable development. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The University of Kwazulu-Natal, in Durban, South Africa, has conferred Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Friday Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Starting this month, a thousand people living with HIV in Cote d’Ivoire Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Former president Thabo Mbeki on Monday sparked another storm of controversy by addressing his "HIV denialism", an issue that clouded his term in office and political legacy. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) will on 8-10 Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Researchers in Botswana said the country is leading in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as indicated by the country’s endevours towards the UNAIDS 2020 Goal. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Tuesday called on the international community to celebrate individuality, as it observed Zero Discrimination Day, stressing that embracing diversity brings valuable benefits to all societies around the world. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The newly-appointed UN Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The number of new cases of HIV/AIDS has shown a declining trend from 401 cases in 2011 to 194 in 2015 while the number of people living with HIV and AIDS in Mauritius is estimated to be around 9,200, according to the Health and Quality of Life Ministry. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) -The first World AIDS Day since political leaders committed to ending Full text...

Quatre-Bornes, Mauritius (ANA) – “It is most important that everyone knows his or her HIV status as ignorance on this matter can cause death of innocent individuals,” Mauritian Health Minister Anil Gayan said Tuesday at a ceremony to mark World AIDS Day. Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - On World AIDS Day, 1 Dec., the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that expanding antiretroviral therapy to all people living with HIV is key to ending the AIDS epidemic within a generation. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the world is poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of the World AIDS Day 2015, UNAIDS on Tuesday released a new report showing that countries are getting on its Fast-Track Strategy to end AIDS by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Coordinating Board has adopted a new strategy to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - At its 30th session, held in Geneva, Switzerland, the UN Human Rights Council took a significant step towards reaffirming that human rights are central to the AIDS response, a UN statement said on Tuesday. Full text...

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended that anyone infected with HIV should begin antiretroviral treatment as soon after diagnosis as possible, a 'treat-all' recommendation that widens the scope of ART treatment. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The Governments of Kenya and Malawi, together with the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), have called for new investment and improvements in health service delivery to put the world on course to ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN programme that works to combat HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is working with the Government of Kenya in a bid to end the AIDS epidemic in the country by 2030, through the creation of a new data-collecting tool to track progress in current HIV programming. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The US and Congo on Wednesday in Brazzaville reviewed the conditions for the implementation of the projects financed by the World Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, according to official sources. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana’s Court of Appeal has ruled that foreign prisoners should get Anti-Retroviral drugs (ARVs) after government appealed a High Court judgment that said otherwise. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s President Ian Khama has challenged the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) secretariat to put more into fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Full text...

New York US (PANA) - The world has exceeded the targets contained in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to halt and reverse the spread of HIV and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030, according to a report released on Tuesday in Addis Ababa by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Full text...

New York US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday in Barbados in the Caribbeans launched a major new UN report, stressing the need for an inclusive, rights-based and stigma-free response to wipe out the AIDS epidemic. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) -The world risks a deadly AIDS rebound unless the countries most affected by the virus expand access to anti-retroviral treatments and boost their focus on stopping new infections, a new UN report has warned. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Vice President Mokgweetsi Masisi has expressed concern about the HIV/AIDS epidemic that continues to trouble the country despite several initiatives put in place to fight the scourge. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who is currently in China for an official state visit, has disclosed that he has held discussions with the Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, over the issue of Zambians living with HIV/AIDS who are being sent back from China. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Zambia has declined to 13.3 percent of adults infected, translating into a one percent reduction from 2007, according to the latest survey released here by the Zambian Central Statistical Office (CSO). Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - A UN meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday launched a new global Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Positive Action for Children Fund (PACF) on Monday launched an appeal for 5 million Pounds sterling, with which to finance the community partnerships whose goal is to eradicate the mother-to-child HIV transmission in West and Central Africa in 2016. Full text...

Bata, Equatorial Guinea (PANA) - President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou has been honoured with the prestigious 2015 Certificate of Achievement by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on the occasion of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Equatorial Guinea. Full text...

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Global Fund will grant Cape Verde 4million euros to enable the archipelago to finance programmes against HIV/AIDS and malaria over the next three years, PANA learnt Tuesday from official sources. Full text...