New UN scheme seeks to boost response of national health systems to HIV/AIDS

5 August 2008 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a package of priority interventions designed to help low- and middle-income countries move towards universal access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support. The package, unveiled at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, includes everything from how to expand condom programming to the latest in treatment recommendations, guidelines and standards. “This document responds to a long-standing country need,” says Kevin De Cock, Director of WHO’s HIV/AIDS Department. “In one place it captures WHO’s best guidance on what the global HIV/AIDS health sector response needs to deliver.” The document, which will be available on a CD-ROM, in hard copy and on the web, is intended to help countries with limited resources meet the... [read full story]