UN warns of Aids tipping point in China, Russia and India
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China, India and Russia are on the brink of an Africa-style Aids epidemic that could devastate the global economy and international security, the head of the UN Aids project has warned.
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PARIS  - The murderous advance of AIDS was commemorated around the world in pledges, appeals, processions and concerts, but the day was stamped by China&#39;s warnings about its exposure to the epidemic.
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JOHANNESBURG, 9 December (IRIN) - The HIV/AIDS pandemic has already created millions of orphans throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but the worst is yet to come, warned Per Engebak, UN Children&#39;s Fund (UNICEF) regional director for Eastern and Southern Africa.
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Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, a series of commentaries in this weekâs issue of THE LANCET outline the current and future priorities in the global effort to curb the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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Despite a spurt in international spending against AIDS, the epidemic will claim more than 3 million lives this year and is threatening the world&#39;s most populous nations, global health authorities warned Tuesday.
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Mumbai, Nov. 24: The number of women infected with HIV has gone up alarmingly in all parts of the world over the past two years, with the steepest increase in east Asia, followed by eastern Europe and central
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic is contributing to a tuberculosis crisis that could see 1 billion people infected with TB within two decades, the United Nations warned on Monday.
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The World Health Organization urged political leaders in the Western Pacific region to step up efforts to stop the spread of the AIDS virus, saying the number of infections continues to grow.
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With HIV carriers increasing at an annual speed of 40 percent, China now ranks world 14th and Asia 2nd in its AIDS outbreak degree, an expert from the Ministry of Public Health revealed Sunday at the opening ceremony of &quot;Beijing 2004 AIDS awareness
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The spread of AIDS in Ecuador's most populated province is reaching levels comparable to Africa and the Caribbean a decade ago and could mushroom into a national epidemic if left unchecked, United Nations officials warned Tuesday.
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Alarmed by the growing number of AIDS patients, China will conduct nationwide HIV testing within the next six months of people with blood selling history in the 1990s to detect the virus at an early stage.
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China has done a remarkable about-face   in dealing with HIV/AIDS, but good intentions need wider   implementation in a country where eight people become infected   each hour, a top U.N. official said on Monday.
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HIV infections are on the rise in all regions and in China the deadly virus is gradually spreading from high-risk groups to the general population, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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AIDS has been spreading so quickly in fast-growing countries like China and India that it could threaten the world&#39;s economy. Today is World AIDS Day, and nations around the globe
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The numbers of HIV/AIDS cases in China and India are reaching crisis proportions and could threaten the world economy, a UN expert says.
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A new United Nations report says the AIDS epidemic will claim more than three-million lives this year. The UN report says an estimated thirty-nine million people worldwide are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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The risks of HIV/Aids are being overstated, a former World Health Organization expert says.