UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is a United Nations program designed to coordinate the worldwide response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It was founded out of the World Health Organization's Global Program on HIV/AIDS in 1996.
Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, its first and current executive director is Dr. Peter Piot, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.
UNAIDS coordinates with the following UN specialized agencies in its activities against AIDS: World Bank, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNODC, UNESCO, WHO, WFP, UNDP
UNAIDS is a large supporter of the International AIDS Conference (the 15th International AIDS Conference was held from July 11.-16. 2004 in Bangkok/Thailand) and biannually publishes the Global Report on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic.
External links
unaids.org - The UNAIDS Homepage (http://www.unaids.org)
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS, UNAIDS, is the main advocate for accelerated, comprehensive and coordinated global action on the HIV epidemic.
UNAIDS' mission 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.
In engaging non-state entities in an expanded response to the epidemic, the UNAIDS Secretariat:
UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, is a United Nations program designed to coordinate the worldwide response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Funded by donations from UN member states, UNAIDS is supported in its mission by ten cosponsors: UNHCR, UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WFP, WHO, and the World Bank.
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