News, press releases, statements 2008
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3-7 December 2008
The 15th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA 2008), took place in Dakar, Senegal. -
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. -
1 December 2008
UNICEF and its partners - including WHO - launch the Children and AIDS: third stocktaking report. -
26 November 2008
Universal voluntary testing, immediate treatment can reduce HIV cases - press release -
24 October 2008
AIDS and equality in health: WHO Director General Margaret Chan address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. -
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. -
5 August 2008
WHO launches new HIV/AIDS guide to help countries reach universal access -
4 August 2008
Targeted action on HIV and tuberculosis needed to reach drug users -
3 August 2008
An address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, at the opening of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City -
29 July 2008
The Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV and AIDS - 2008 update, collate the most recent country-specific data on HIV prevalence and incidence, together with information on knowledge and behaviour and the health sector response -
1 July 2008
Essential prevention and care interventions for adults and adolescents living with HIV in resource-limited settings is now available -
16 June 2008
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HIV/AIDS estimates and the quest for universal access: An article in The Lancet by Kevin De Cock and Paul De Lay. -
11 June 2008
Correction to AIDS story in The Independent, 8 June 2008
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7 May 2008
The new WHO controlled medicines database contains information on producers, formulations and prices of methadone and buprenorphine. -
11 April 2008
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Recommendations for diagnostic testing, initiation of treatment, and treatment regimens for HIV-exposed and infected infants have been revised. -
03 April 2008
More HIV-positive children and pregnant women are receiving treatment but there is still a long way to go before the promise of an AIDS-free generation is fulfilled, according to a United Nations report released today. -
5 March 2008
The Injecting Drug User's (IDU) section of the website has been updated. This includes an overview of relevant UN documents related to harm reduction, HIV prevention, treatment and care for IDUs and prisons, links to relevant sites, and some new documents. -
4 February 2008
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Antiretroviral therapy and sexual transmission of HIV.