World Policy
World Policy 13/01/2012
Balkan countries join forces to fight HIV/AIDS stigma
Officially the registered number of HIV-positive people is only 65 in Bosnia and 103 in Montenegro, but experts say the real figures could be at least 10 times higher.
World Policy 12/01/2012
Finding a way to remobilise
Though the Global Fund has allowed so many lives to be saved, the financial crisis is worrying: what if it means decreased funding?
World Policy 06/01/2012
AIDS group rejects allegations against France's Bruni
The Global Fund, a wealthy medical charity, on Friday dismissed as "inexact and misleading" a magazine report of alleged financial misconduct implicating French first lady Carla Bruni, who is one of its ambassadors.
World Policy 02/01/2012
Russia: AIDS epidemic - “Shame Russia shame”
Is Russia's HIV/AIDS problem worse than Africa's?
World Policy 30/12/2011
Germany intensifies fight against neglected diseases
Over one billion people, mostly from developing countries, suffer from neglected diseases. The majority have little or no access to treatment. A project with a new approach brings fresh hope.
World Policy 30/12/2011
LIVING 2012: Website launched, applications open
LIVING 2012, the 13th International conference of people living with HIV, will be held in Washington DC, USA on 19 and 20 July, 2012. LIVING 2012 is an official preconference to AIDS 2012.
World Policy 23/12/2011
UNAIDS – A Year in Review 2011
The AIDS response saw remarkable progress in 2011.
World Policy 22/12/2011
South Africa launches its new National Strategic Plan on HIV, STIs and TB, 2012–2016
To frame the NSP, the South African government has adopted UNAIDS vision of ‘zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths’. South Africa however, has added a fourth zero to the plan: ‘zero new infections due to mother-to-child transmission’.
World Policy 22/12/2011
Report outlines steps for transition of PEPFAR service delivery to S. African government
The United States and South Africa are negotiating a complex, multi-year handoff that will shift financial and managerial responsibilities for HIV/AIDS to the South African government and move the United States away from direct service delivery and into technical assistance.
World Policy 22/12/2011
Canada: Should HIV non-disclosure remain a crime?
Is it time for Canada to end the criminal prosecution of people who fail to tell their sexual partners that they are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus?
World Policy 22/12/2011
Russia says no to West's way with HIV
In 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev said heroin was a threat to Russia's national security. This year, Russia pledged to finance programs to reduce the harm done by drug use, including an HIV crisis that is one of the most severe in the world.
World Policy 19/12/2011
In the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria, we should be dealing a knock-out blow, not lowering our guard
In my work with MSF, I have seen people die from AIDS, from TB, from malaria. But in recent years, I have most of all seen people survive these diseases. The Global Fund is a crucial part of the most ambitious health project in history.
World Policy 16/12/2011
MSF Report: Funding shortages threaten advances against HIV/AIDS, political promises will fall short
There is a real risk of losing ground in the fight against global HIV/AIDS if funding for key programs is not increased.
World Policy 16/12/2011
UNAIDS Board approves efforts to accelerate progress towards 2015 targets
The Programme Coordinating Board of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) convened from 13-15 December to review and follow up on recommendations of the 2011 UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS.
World Policy 15/12/2011
Some light is shed on future of Global Fund disbursements
Critical time on the Hill for future global health funding.
World Policy 15/12/2011
Global Fund explains “Transitional Funding Mechanism”
No funding for HIV treatment scale up.
World Policy 15/12/2011
Global health funding slows as deadline for Millennium Development Goals nears
Stagnating funding from the United States and shortfalls at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria indicate troubled future for development assistance for health.
World Policy 15/12/2011
Funding for global HIV programs has flattened out but the need for HIV/AIDS services continues to rise
More transparency, efficiency needed to improve impact of HIV funding in developing countries.
World Policy 13/12/2011
UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board meeting opens
UNAIDS governing body, the Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) is holding its 29th Board meeting from 13-15 December in Geneva.
World Policy 12/12/2011
Tropical disease experts report missed opportunity to transform global HIV/AIDS fight
Global HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment efforts are missing a major opportunity to significantly improve health conditions in poor countries by simply adding low-cost care for the many other chronic and disabling diseases routinely afflicting and often killing these same patients.
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