Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Lobbyists at risk of UN AIDS syndrome
IPN Opinion article
Copenhagen should not produce a UN climate change agency - the history of UNAIDS shows why.
Think Tank Calls for UNAIDS to be Scrapped
IPN Press release
IPN responds to the publication of new figures by UNAIDS, which demonstrate that the prevalence of HIV-AIDS is generally declining
UNAids, beware of crying wolf
IPN Opinion article
THE UN agency coordinating global action against AIDS is wiping egg off its face after reluctantly admitting it had overestimated India's AIDS figures by more than half - following numerous similar exaggerations worldwide. Crying wolf is neither good science nor good politics.
After years of neglect, the UN is finally focused on Aids prevention
IPN Opinion article
After three years of throwing money at AIDS treatment programmes while ignoring the vital task of prevention, the head of UNAIDS said this week that prevention was the key to defeating the AIDS pandemic. This switch of strategy is welcome, but raises serious questions about the competence of the UN high command.
Slowing birth of AIDS drug
IPN Opinion article
AT THE WORLD Summit on Sustainable Development, in September, Peter Piot, head of UNAIDS, told delegates he was upset that AIDS discussions were not more prominent on the summit agenda.
He will be even more upset when he learns of the latest data to come out concerning AIDS research: There are between 5 percent and 30 percent fewer anti-AIDS drugs in development than there were a few years ago.
AIDS activists hinder their cause
IPN Opinion article
Two weeks ago at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the head of UNAIDS, Peter Piot, told delegates that he was upset that AIDS discussions were not higher up the agenda of the summit. He will be even more upset when he sees the latest data to come out about AIDS research.
There are between 5 percent and 30% fewer anti-AIDS drugs in development than there were a few years ago.
