UNAIDS
About UNAIDS
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations family, bringing together the efforts and resources of ten UN system organizations in the AIDS response to help the world prevent new HIV infections, care for people living with HIV, and mitigate the impact of the epidemic.
With its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the UNAIDS Secretariat works on the ground in more than 80 countries worldwide. Coherent action on AIDS by the UN system is coordinated in countries through the UN theme groups, and the joint programmes on AIDS.
Cosponsors include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP,UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank.
UNAIDS helps mount and support an expanded response to AIDS -- one that engages the efforts of many sectors and partners from government and civil society.
How to Reach UNAIDS
UNAIDS Secretariat
20, Avenue Appia
CH-1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland
Tel.: +41.22.791.3666
Fax: +41.22.791.4187
Web: www.unaids.org
Latest by UNAIDS
An Opportunity to End Two of the World's Deadliest Infectious Diseases: TB and HIV
As world leaders come together at the United Nations in New York this week, "the world has the opportunity to set some bold actionable targets to end two of the world's leading infectious killers."
In Memory of a Quiet Hero in the Response to HIV
Alan Silverman was one of the driving forces who created UNCARES, a groundbreaking program to inform United Nations staff about HIV and to provide education and prevention services.
How Do You Do It? Australian HIV Campaign Puts Emphasis on a Combination of Ways
Sydney-based health promotion organization ACON engaged with members of Australia's Parliament to reshape and reenergize the direction of the country's HIV testing, treatment, care and support.
UNAIDS Warns That Countries Will Miss the 2020 Target of Reducing HIV-Associated TB Deaths by 75% Unless Urgent Action Is Taken
On World Tuberculosis Day, UNAIDS is urging countries to do much more to reduce the number of tuberculosis deaths among people living with HIV.
UNAIDS and PEPFAR Announce Dramatic Reductions in New HIV Infections Among Children in the 21 Countries Most Affected by HIV in Africa
Concerted global efforts have led to a 60% drop in new infections among children, which has averted 1.2 million new HIV infections among children in 21 priority countries since 2009.
Yvette Alta Raphael: Advocacy for PrEP as HIV Prevention
"As a woman I would have wanted a choice for how to protect myself," says Yvette Alta Raphael, a woman living with HIV in South Africa, when asked why she advocates for PrEP access in her home country.
Steve Letsike: Advocacy for Rights, Treatment and Prevention
"Inequalities got me involved in the AIDS movement," says Steve Letsike, an HIV, LGBTI, women's and human rights advocate based in South Africa.
Community Must Play a Greater Role in HIV Treatment Delivery
Community-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) delivery can improve both the level of access to treatment and the quality of health outcomes for people living with HIV.
High-Income Countries
Unless averted with renewed and more effective prevention efforts, resurgent epidemics will continue to threaten high-income countries, where over 75,000 people became infected with HIV in 2001.
In Australia, Canada, the United States of America (US...
UNAIDS Calls for Greater Involvement of People With HIV/AIDS at All Levels
Port-of-Spain -- The head of the United Nations AIDS programme has called on decision-makers worldwide to make good on promises in the Paris AIDS Summit declaration to support greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS at all levels and in al...