HIV/AIDS as a human security issue: a gender perspective

Monday, November 13, 2000
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UNAIDS: The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic today is not simply a health issue. Its spread and impact cuts across all levels of society causing important consequences for human security. The scale of this epidemic has recently lead the United Nations Security Council to make a historical move by adopting resolution 1308 which not only addresses a health issue for the first time, but specifically links the spread of HIV/AIDS to the maintenance of global peace and security.

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