Consensus Statement on Antiretroviral Treatment for AIDS in Poor Countries

Overview: The worldwide AIDS pandemic continues to gather force. An estimated 36 million people are infected with HIV and face disease and early death unless they receive appropriate life-extending medical care. In addition to tremendous human suffering, the pandemic has become a major cause of social, political and economic instability.

Abuja Declaration on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Other Related Infectious Diseases

We, the Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) met in Abuja, Nigeria from 26-27 April 2001, at a Special Summit devoted specifically to address the exceptional challenges of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis & Other Related Infectious Diseases, at the invitation of H.E. President Olusegun Obasanjo of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and in accordance with the agreement reached at the Thirty-Sixth Ordinary Session of our Assembly in Lome, Togo from 10 to 12 July 2000.

Five statements on Nevirapine safety

Here are five critical statements that affirm the safety and efficacy of Nevirapine for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission.

Department for International Development HIV/AIDS Strategy

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the UK government department responsible for promoting development and the reduction of poverty. The government elected in May 1997 increased its commitment to development by strengthening the department and increasing its budget.

UNGASS Declaration on HIV/AIDS 2001

Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS "Global Crisis - Global Action": 1. We, Heads of State and Government and Representatives of States and Governments, assembled at the United Nations, from 25 to 27 June 2001, for the twenty-sixth special session of the General Assembly convened in accordance with resolution 55/13, as a matter of urgency, to review and address the problem of HIV/AIDS in all its aspects as well as to secure a global commitment to enhancing coordination and intensification of national, regional and international efforts to combat it in a comprehensive manner.

World Health Organisation 54th World Health Assembly - HIV/AIDS Report by Secretariat

Twenty years after the first case of AIDS was diagnosed, the pandemic of HIV/AIDS is widely seen as a major public health and development crisis and a potential threat to people at both national and regional levels - as recognized by the United Nations Security Council in January 2000.

The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Adult Mortality in South Africa: Technical Report by the Burden of Disease Research Unit, Medical Research Council

Release of the Report was delayed due to controversy within the South African government over its results, which show a rapid increase in mortality rates among young men and women in South Africa in recent years, and link this new age-specific increase to AIDS. The Report's authors estimate that approximately 40% of adult deaths aged 15-49 and about 20% of all adult deaths in the year 2000 were due to HIV/AIDS.

Interim Findings on the National PMTCT Pilot Sites - Lessons and Recommendations

This report primarily describes the process, progress and extent of service implementation in the 18 pilot PMTCT sites, so as to help improve the effectiveness and efficiency of PMTCT services and inform any planned expansion of the programme. Data and information is based on: discussions and interviews with managers, co-ordinators and clinicians; site visits; routine statistics; document reviews; and attendance of national PMTCT Steering Committee meetings.

HIV/AIDS/STD Strategic Plan for South Africa, 2000 to 2005

Introduction: During the last two decades, the HIV pandemic has entered our consciousness as an incomprehensible calamity. HIV/AIDS has already taken a terrible toll, laying claim to millions of lives, inflicting pain and grief, causing fear and uncertainty and threatening economic devastation.

Input paper: Poverty & Inequality Report - The SA Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

Since the recognition of the first case of AIDS in South Africa numerous responses to the HIV/AIDS epidemic have emerged throughout the country. These responses emerged slowly at first, increased in number in the late 1980s, faltered in the post election period and may be gathering momentum once again.