News on Michel Sidibe

Cell phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa

2010-11-03T09:40:42Z

...

UNAIDS 'concerned' by jailing of Malawi gay couple

2010-06-12T18:14:53Z

Two of the world's leading AIDS campaigners voiced concern on Wednesday that the jailing of a gay couple in Malawi could hurt the fight against the disease by forcing gay men underground.

Last week a court sentenced Steven Monjeza, 26, and his 20-year-old partner Tiwonge Chimbalanga to 14 years hard labour for ...

UN AIDS chief in China to push for stronger civil society

2010-04-16T08:53:15Z

The UN AIDS chief said 50 million people are at risk from the disease in China and the government must do more to reach out to civil society and work with vulnerable groups such as homosexuals.

China has 319,877 confirmed HIV cases but 740,000 are estimated to be infected, Michel Sidibe told AFP in an interview late Tuesday,...

Over 33 million infected with AIDS virus: U.N.

2010-04-16T08:55:37Z

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, up from 33 million in 2007, but more people are living longer due to the availability of drugs, according to a United Nations report.

However, more than half of the people who need life-saving drugs are not getting...

S. Africa plans to step up its AIDS battle

2010-04-16T17:13:17Z

South Africa minister vows to more than double AIDS treatments

South Africa's health minister on Tuesday promised a dramatic increase in treatment for AIDS victims to overcome the legacy of a decade of governmental denial of the epidemic.

Barbara Hogan said the government wanted to provide AIDS drugs to 1.5 million people over the next three years — up from 700,000 at present, conceding that thousands w...

UN chief names Mali's Michel Sidibe to head UNAIDS

2010-04-16T14:03:11Z

On the occasion of World AIDS Day on Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Michel Sidibe of Mali to head the world body's AIDS-fighting agency, UNAIDS, a spokeswoman said.

Sidibe, 56, will start his new job as executi...

New HIV infections still outpace efforts to bring treatment to patients: officials

2010-09-09T10:17:34Z

Access to life-extending HIV/AIDS drugs in developing countries has improved over the past three years, but new infections still dramatically outpace efforts to bring treatment to patients, health officials said Monday.

Three years ago, fewer than 300,000 people in the developing world were receiving the anti-retroviral drugs that help treat the virus. Last year, 2.2 million people in developing countries received the drugs, according to Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of UNAIDS, speaks during a press conference in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

...

Switzerland South Africa UNAIDS

2010-11-23T08:02:26Z

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of UNAIDS, arrives to deliver the UNAIDS 2010 Global Report on the global AIDS epidemic at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010. In South Africa, th...

SOUTH AFRICA AIDS DAY

2010-03-29T14:31:37Z

UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibe talks with the Associated Press in Johannesburg Monday Nov. 30, 2009. Sidibe said that South Africa has more people infected with the AIDS virus than any other country, but i...

Bruni Embraces Role as AIDS Ambassador

2010-04-12T19:19:20Z

Dec 01, 2008 - Paris, France - CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY and MICHEL SIDIBE at UNICEF press conference. The French First Lady said that she would work to protect mothers and children against the HIV virus as a global ambassador for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Se...

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the United Nations Organization UNAIDS

2010-04-17T16:21:13Z

Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the United Nations Organization UNAIDS, speaks during an informal meeting with the press at the United Nations building in Geneva, Switzerland, 13 March 2009