WHO and HIV/AIDS

As the directing and coordinating authority on international health, the World Health Organization (WHO) takes the lead within the UN system in the global health sector response to HIV/AIDS. The HIV/AIDS Department provides evidence-based, technical support to WHO Member States to help them scale up treatment, care and prevention services as well as drugs and diagnostics supply to ensure a comprehensive and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS.

3-7 December 2008 The 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2008), took place in Dakar, Senegal. More information 1 December 2008 World AIDS Day: Featuring a message from WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan and an interview with 2008 Nobel laureate in Medicine Dr Françoise Barré-Sinoussi. More information 1 December 2008 UNICEF and its partners - including WHO - launch the Children and AIDS: third stocktaking report. More information

26 November 2008 Press release: Universal voluntary testing, immediate treatment can reduce HIV cases. More information 24 October 2008 AIDS and equality in health: WHO Director General Margaret Chan address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. More information 19 September 2008 WHO and the World Food Programme have released the draft version of Integrating nutrition and food assistance into HIV care and treatment programmes for review and comments. More information

Towards universal access by 2010
The HIV department released five photo stories "Towards universal access by 2010: African experiences". Each story presents a piece of reality of how patients, health workers, and decision-makers in countries are tackling some of the outstanding priorities in HIV/AIDS.
Launch photo stories

These stories bring to life many challenges that exist within health sectors in countries and which will need to be addressed as the international community moves towards universal access to HIV services by 2010.

CROI 2009
The 16th Conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections will be held in Montreal, Canada on 8-11 February 2009.
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Priority interventions
HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector
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Tuberculosis care with TB-HIV co-management
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Guidance on provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling in health facilities
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UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update 2007
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