2006—The continental consultation on scaling up towards universal Access to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support in Africa ended Wednesday in Brazzaville with the adoption of the “Brazzaville Commitment.”

Dar es Salaam, 17 February 2006 – The Executive Directors of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Mathilde of Belgium in her capacity as the UNAIDS and UNICEF Special Representative for Children and AIDS, today encouraged greater action to support children and young people in Tanzania in the AIDS response.

Press release

Kigali, Rwanda, 14 February 2006 – Leaders from Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, UNICEF and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS today heralded the progress Rwanda is making in the AIDS response and pressed for continued leadership and improved coordination to ensure further success.

Third Global Partners Forum

Beijing, 25 January 2006 – China’s AIDS epidemic shows no signs of abating with an estimated 70,000 new HIV infections occurring in 2005, according to a report released today by the Chinese Ministry of Health, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization.

Global Steering Committee on scaling up towards universal access holds its first meeting in Washington, DC.

It is with great sadness that UNAIDS learnt of the death on 6 January 2006 of our longtime colleague Peter Busse.