December 1st, World AIDS Day in Tunisia

Further information (pdf) 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic :  Summary–By chapters Press Release  Global summary of AIDS epidemic(ppt) MENA facts sheet Progress in countries Preventing HIV/AIDS in MENA – World Bank  Websites World Bank HIV/AIDS Tunisian Association against STD and AIDS (fr) UNAIDS World AIDS Campaign UNAIDS Slideshow on "fighting AIDS" XVI internatioal AIDS conference  (Toronto, August 2006) Quizz on AIDS Articles AIDS Treatment is a Lifetime Commitment—But Who Will Pay? AIDS in MENA Preventing major surge in HIV/AIDS still in reach for MENA

December 2006 - The theme for World AIDS Day 2006 is accountability. It was developed by the World AIDS Campaign support team based on their ongoing work around World AIDS Day which slogan is STOP AIDS. Keep the promise.

Tunisia profile - UNAIDS (pdf)

In 2005, there were an estimated 440,000 people living with HIV in the Middle East and North Africa. Around 64,000 people were newly infected with HIV and AIDS killed around 37,000 adults and children in 2005. Only 5% of the estimated 75,000 people needing antiretroviral therapy in the Middle East and North Africa were receiving it by the end of 2005.

National adult HIV prevalence did not exceed 0.1% in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (except for in Sudan). However, available data show that the epidemics are growing in several countries including Algeria, Islamic Republic of Iran, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, and Morocco.

Preventing major surge in HIV/AIDS still in reach for the Middle East dnd North Africa.
The World Bank launched in November, 2005 a regional strategy to help countries in theMiddle East  and North Africa (MENA) prevent a major surge in the HIV/AIDS infections in the region. The new strategy - Preventing HIV/AIDS in the Middle East and North Africa: A window of Opportunity  to Act - will help countries fight HIV/AIDS more effectively.