Topic: European Commission

EU vows to boost AIDS fight

The European Commission will boost efforts to prevent HIV infections in Southern Africa, the world's worst-hit region that saw 1.5 million new infections in 2007, an EU envoy said on Thursday. HIV infections are unacceptably high," Alessandro Mariani, the European Union's ambassador ...

Donors, health experts meet in AIDS 'epicentre'

International donors and top health experts from southern Africa began a meeting on Wednesday on how to improve and expand the European Commission's efforts in fighting HIV-AIDS crisis in the region. "The meeting will focus on HIV prevention from mother to child, ...