'This U4 Brief describes how international partners and national procurement agencies have used information technology to improve transparency and increase accountability in procurement of HIV/AIDS medicines.'

Heterosexual contact is the most common mode of HIV transmission in India that is largely linked to sex work. This paper outlines the results of a study which assessed the non-use of condoms in sex work and with regular sex partners by female sex workers (FSWs), and identified its associations that could assist in planning HIV prevention programmes.

Every two years, in compliance with the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted in June 2001, Member States submit country reports on progress made in the response to the AIDS epidemic in their country. The new UNGASS Guidelines on Construction of Core Indicators for 2010 reporting are to assist Member States in preparing and submitting their Country Progress reports.

'This report presents operations research findings from Uganda and Zambia on World Vision’s main project models for HIV and AIDS response in higher prevalence contexts as well as research abstracts on other innovative programme approaches and research from World Vision programmes around the world.'

Feb 10, 2009. World leaders must not let the global financial crisis distract them from fighting HIV/AIDS, the United Nations' top AIDS official said on Tuesday. Following are some key details about AIDS in Africa, the region most affected by the pandemic: * SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected by HIV, accounting for more than two thirds of all people living with HIV globally; Of the global total of 2.1 million adult and child deaths due to AIDS in 20 more...

Cambodia experienced civil strife, political violence, severe food shortages, and lack of medical care during the rule of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s. Many who died as a result were adult children or spouses of today’s older-aged population. The post–Khmer Rouge period was characterized by severe social dislocation and continuing conflict resulting in further losses of children and spouses. These have eroded the base of core family support in a country where formal channels of assistance ar more...

Paolo Pellegrin found that in Mali, stigma against HIV is still so strong that many people refused to be photographed outdoors. The challenge of preventing transmission is compounded by a tradition of polygamous marriage, yet efforts to prevent and treat AIDS have expanded rapidly. Living far from the capital, Bamako, is no longer an obstacle as health centers are now able to provide free testing and antiretroviral treatment throughout the country.

Eli Reed traveled to the central Amazon region to follow several people living with HIV. In Peru, men who have sex with men, transvestites, and commercial sex workers are hardest hit by the disease. Stigma and ignorance-about sexual orientation or simply about HIV-make living a normal life impossible for those infected by HIV and prevent many people from testing for fear of persecution if it is known they are positive.

The people portrayed by Steve Mc Curry live in rural Thai Nguyen and Phu Tho provinces. Although the percentage of Vietnam's population infected with HIV is relatively low, the number of people infected has more than doubled in the past six years. Most people living with HIV were infected through sharing needles for drug use, which is more common than in most other countries. With HIV easily spread into the population via sex between drug users and their partners, AIDS is a problem the Vietnames more...

Gilles Peress returned to Rwanda for the first time since photographing the immediate aftermath of the 1994 genocide. He spent time with people enrolled for antiretroviral treatment in the capital, Kigali, as well as in rural areas. Rwanda has made rapid progress in reaching a high proportion of those who need AIDS treatment, yet still faces a serious challenge in the number of children orphaned by war or AIDS.