World AIDS Day - 12/01/2004

World AIDS Day is a time to strengthen our commitment to battle the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Women and girls make up a growing proportion of those infected by HIV/AIDS; this year's World AIDS Day Campaign will focus on the many issues that affect Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS.

UNAIDS recently reported that women made up almost half of the 37.2 million adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. In some African settings, young women aged 15 to 19 have HIV rates six times higher than young men the same age.

Since the inception of its international HIV/AIDS program in 1986, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has supported activities that address issues facing women and HIV/AIDS [PDF, 450KB]. From almost 100 bilateral programs to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, USAID has consistently empowered women and girls to gain control of their economic, social and sexual lives.

Read the latest remarks from a November 29, 2004 press briefing on HIV/AIDS with USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios.

USAID's Global Response

• Women and AIDS
• Children Affected by HIV/AIDS
• Youth
• Mother-to-Child Transmission
• Microbicides

U.S. Government

• Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator
• The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Annual Report on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of the HIV Infection [PDF, 199KB]
• Department of Health and Human Services World AIDS Day

UNAIDS

• UNAIDS World AIDS Campaign
• Global Coalition on Women and AIDS
• Global Context of Women and Girls with Regard to AIDS

Recent Partner Publications

• Expanding the Care Continuum for HIV/AIDS: Bringing Carers into Focus [PDF, 712KB] International Center for Research on Women, Horizons Program (June 2004)
• Family Planning and the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV - A Review of the Literature [PDF, 452KB] Family Health International (June 2004)
• How to Integrate Gender into HIV/AIDS Programs: Using Lessons Learned from USAID and Partner Organizations [PDF, 724KB] Interagency Gender Working Group (May 2004)
• Paving the Path: Preparing for Microbicide Introduction [PDF, 406KB] EngenderHealth (2004)
• Gender Considerations in AIDS Vaccine Trials [PDF, 486KB] International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (July 2004)
• An Analysis of Family Planning Content in HIV/AIDS, VCT, and PMTCT Policies in 16 Countries [PDF, 521KB] Futures Group, POLICY Project (January 2004)
• Microfinance and Households Coping with HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe: An Exploratory Study [PDF, 522KB] Horizons / Population Council (2003)