The Complete HIV/AIDS Resource - The Body. UN Women Gender and HIV/AIDS Web Portal - Current Active Topics. HIV/AIDS - UNDP. Globally there are 34 million people living with HIV.
While new HIV infections have declined by 20 percent between 2001 and 2011, the HIV epidemic continues to outpace the response. In 2011, 2.5 million people were newly infected with HIV and 1.7 million people died from AIDS-related causes. AIDS/HIV Projekte der Vereinten Nationen. Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. The UNAIDS building in Geneva, Switzerland, with the Jura Mountains in the background.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, or UNAIDS, is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The mission of UNAIDS is to lead, strengthen and support an expanded response to HIV and AIDS that includes preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support to those already living with the virus, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV and alleviating the impact of the epidemic. UNAIDS seeks to prevent the HIV/AIDS epidemic from becoming a severe pandemic. UNAIDS has five goals: UNAIDS is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, where it shares some site facilities with the World Health Organization. Country Comparison. HIV/AIDS: How many women in the world today are living with HIV? WORLD - Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Disease.