Dec 1 (Reuters) - Since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, almost 60 million people have been infected with HIV and 25 million people have died of HIV-related causes.

As World Aids Day is marked on Tuesday, globally some 33.4 million people were living with HIV. There were 2 million AIDS-related deaths in 2008 according to UNAIDS.

Sub-Saharan Africa remains the region most heavily affected, accounting for 67 percent of all people living with HIV and 91 percent of all new infections among children.

Here are some key details about AIDS in AFRICA:

AIDS IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA:

JOHANNESBURG, 30 November 2009 (PlusNews) - The theme for World AIDS Day 2009 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights', and the efforts of the continent's developing countries to reach some of the key indicators of universal access are under closer scrutiny than ever. Will they do it?

In December 2005 the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) adopted a resolution to assist governments, civil society and NGOs in "scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support, with the aim of coming as close as possible

Efforts towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support are bringing AIDS out of isolation

Geneva / Shanghai, 24 November 2009 - According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, new HIV infections have been reduced by 17% over the past eight years. Since 2001, when the United Nations Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS was signed, the number of new infections in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 15% lower, which is about 400,000 fewer infections in 2008. In East Asia HIV incidence has

A two-day joint meeting of SADC Ministers of Health and Ministers responsible for HIV and AIDS was officially opened in Mbabane, Kingdom of Swaziland on Thursday, 12 November 2009 by the Right Honourable Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Swaziland.

In his address, the Prime Minister urged SADC Member States to implement SADC policy documents on HIV and AIDS, TB and Malaria.

The meeting, which will culminate in the commemoration of Malaria Week starting on Friday 13 November 2009, follows on the heels of a similar meeting held in Durban, South Africa

As of November 16, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 14,950 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 103 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

Country	Cumulative total		Newly confirmed From November 09 to 15
	Cases	Deaths

Note: Document is 2 pages

Huitième Conférence régionale africaine sur les femmes (Beijing + 15)
16 - 20 Novembre 2009
Banjul (Gambie)

I. Introduction

1. En mars 2010, les gouvernements se réuniront à New York pour examiner les progrès accomplis dans la mise en oeuvre du Programme d'action de Beijing, 10 ans après son adoption. Dans ce contexte, l'Afrique, soutenue par la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA) dresse le bilan des actions menées pour atteindre les objectifs convenus en 2004 à Addis-Abeba, lors de la septième Conférence régionale africaine

MBABANE, 4 November 2009 (PLUSNEWS) - Swaziland not only has the world's highest HIV prevalence rate, it now also has the highest tuberculosis (TB) rate, but health officials warn that not enough is being done to integrate TB and HIV services.

Last week the Ministry of Health and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the international medical humanitarian organization, brought together health experts to look at practical solutions for the small landlocked country.

One in four adults is infected with HIV; by the end of 2007 an estimated 170,000 people were living with HIV, and

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GENEVA - HIV/AIDS services must be integrated with sexual and reproductive health services if the goal of reducing HIV transmission is to succeed, according to a special issue