HIV/AIDS
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"We resolve further:
- by the year 2015, to have halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS, the scourge of malaria and other major diseases that afflict humanity;
- to provide special assistance to children orphaned by HIV/AIDS (...)"
Extract from the United Nations Millennium Summit Declaration (September 2000).
Key statistics
- More than 60 million people have been infected with HIV since the epidemic began two decades ago. In 2001, it claimed an estimated 3 million lives.
- Around the world, close to 20 million people have died of AIDS, 4 million of them children.
- Although Africa has 10 % of the world's population, it is home to 70 % of all people living with HIV. In 16 African countries, more than 10 % of those between 15 and 49 years old are infected with HIV.
- Since the beginning of the epidemic, 13.2 million children under the age of 15 have been orphaned by AIDS.
- UNAIDS/WHO estimates show that in 1999 alone 5.4 million people were newly infected with HIV.
Key links
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DevLink website - HIV/AIDS chapter
For more information on DevLink, click here.
DevLink provides key documents, examples of good practices and useful links to sources of information on HIV/AIDS. - UNAIDS website
UNAIDS plays a major role in the UN System efforts to assist developing countries fighting HIV/AIDS related issues. As the leading advocate for worldwide action against HIV/AIDS, the global mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to the epidemic that will:- prevent the spread of HIV;
- provide care and support for those infected and affected by the disease;
- reduce the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS;
- alleviate the socio-economic and human impact of the epidemic.
2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic
- UNDP web pages on HIV/AIDS
UNDP advocates for placing HIV/AIDS at the centre of national planning and budgets; helps build national capacity to manage initiatives that include people and institutions not usually involved with public heath; and promotes decentralized responses that support community-level action. Because HIV/AIDS is a world-wide problem, UNDP supports these national efforts by offering knowledge, resources and best practices from around the world. - UNDP HIV/AIDS Workspace (intranet)
The HIV/AIDS Workspace is the one-stop-shop for all related issues within UNDP. The Workspace is intended to be a dynamic space where members can share resources, experiences and lessons-learned, find comprehensive collections of practical tools and research materials and learn the latest Practice news - UNDP SURF HIV/AIDS Network Group
This network on HIV/AIDS related issues hosted by UNDP is reserved for UNDP and other UN agencies staff. To subscribe: surf-hiv@groups.undp.org - UNDP web pages on HIV/AIDS
UNDP helps developing countries meeting the governance challenges posed by the HIV epidemic, and helping them mitigate the impact of the disease on efforts to reduce poverty. - UNFPA web pages on HIV/AIDS
HIV prevention is the centrepiece of UNFPA's fight against the disease. It is therefore being integrated into reproductive health programmes around the world. - AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGIS) website
The largest non governmental website on HIV/AIDS worldwide with daily updates. - World Bank Thematic Group on HIV/AIDS
- WHO website - Department of HIV/AIDS