Topic: Group of Eight

A bearded drag queen in a sequin dress and pink boa made a surprise appearance at the G8 summit on Thursday to slam leaders' unkept promises to provide AIDS treatment around the world.A small group of protesters handed out flyers announcing "Miss ...
Bill Clinton speaks at int'l AIDS conference, calls for more efficient use of fundingFormer U.S. President Bill Clinton called for more efficient use of funding in the fight against AIDS to ensure that people who need it actually get it.Clinton made the ...
World leaders lack the political will to ensure that everyone infected with HIV and AIDS gets treatment, the head of a meeting dedicated to the disease said Sunday.Julio Montaner — the president of the International AIDS Society and chairman of the AIDS ...

Funding crisis darkens mood at AIDS forum

A world forum on AIDS opened in Vienna on Sunday to warnings led by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that the 29-year war against the disease was at threat from funding cuts.Launching the six-day 18th International AIDS Conference, the UN chief said ...

Go back to basics, says UN ahead of World AIDS Day

The United Nations on Friday urged countries to focus on the roots of the AIDS epidemic and draw on a panoply of tried-and-tested tools to help prevent HIV spreading among groups of people who most at risk. "There is no single magic ...
The US$60 billion (euro44.9 billion) pledge by the world's leading industrial nations to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases in Africa has fallen disappointingly short of expectations and is a major setback for the fight against the epidemic ravaging the ...
The $60 billion pledge by the world's leading industrial nations to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases in Africa falls short of expectations and is a major setback in the fight against the epidemics ravaging the continent, activists and campaigners ...
The US$60 billion pledge by the world's leading industrial nations to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS and other diseases in Africa has fallen disappointingly short of expectations and is a major setback for the fight against the epidemic ravaging the continent, activists ...
G-8 Members Approve Program Worth More Than $60 Billion to Combat HIV/AIDS in AfricaGermany's development minister said Friday the Group of Eight member states had agreed on a program worth more than $60 billion to combat the spread of HIV/AIDs in Africa."That ...