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- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (4 Apr 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The most recent information and statistics on the HIV-AIDS epidemic are contained in the annual report, AIDS Epidemic Update 2005, released by the joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS, and the World Health Organisation, WHO. This report noted progress in declining HIV infection rates in a number of countries and increasing access to HIV treatment. Adult HIV infection rates have...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (25 Oct 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The most recent information and statistics on the HIV/AIDS epidemic are contained in the 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). This report noted progress in declining HIV infection rates in a number of countries and increasing access to HIV treatment. Adult HIV infection rates have decreased in certain countries and...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (29 Jun 2006)
Conor Lenihan: HIV/AIDS presents an enormous challenge to developing countries, especially in Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa is by far the worst-affected region in the world. AIDS is now the leading cause of death in this region. Over 3 million new infections occurred there in 2005, while the disease claimed the lives of over 2 million adults and children in the same year. Women and girls make up almost 57% of...
- Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (21 Mar 2007)
Conor Lenihan: HIV/AIDS continues to be the single biggest obstacle to reducing poverty and to attaining the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs. Current statistics from the United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS, UNAIDS, indicate that, in 2006, almost 40 million people were living with the HIV virus. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst-affected region in the world and is now home to over 25 million...
- Written Answers — HIV-AIDS Strategy: HIV-AIDS Strategy (28 Apr 2005)
Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. Since its appearance just 20 years ago, HIV-AIDS has spread to all countries across the globe. One in five adults in southern Africa is living with HIV-AIDS, over 50% of whom are women. The disease is also now spreading rapidly in other regions and poses an enormous challenge to reducing poverty and attaining the millennium development...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (29 Jun 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The European Union, like Ireland, has a particular focus on communicable diseases including HIV/AIDS. The European Union approach is outlined in the 2005 report entitled "A European Programme for Action to Confront HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis through external action". This report provides for accelerated investment and effort both at European Union level and in conjunction with other...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (24 May 2006)
Conor Lenihan: HIV/AIDS continues to be the single biggest obstacle to reducing poverty and to attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Current statistics from the United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) indicate that in 2005 almost 40 million people were living with the HIV virus. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst affected region in the world and is now home to over 25 million...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (10 Nov 2005)
Conor Lenihan: HIV-AIDS continues to be the single biggest obstacle to reducing poverty and to attaining the millennium development goals, MDGs. Current statistics from the United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS, UNAIDS, indicate that in 2004, almost 40 million people were living with the HIV virus. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst-affected region in the world and is now home to over 25 million...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Feb 2007)
Conor Lenihan: HIV/AIDS continues to be the single biggest obstacle to reducing poverty and to attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Current statistics from the United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) indicate that, in 2006, almost 40 million people were living with the HIV virus. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst-affected region in the world and is now home to over 25...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: The HIV/AIDS pandemic presents a major challenge to developing countries, especially in Africa. Children are severely affected. In sub-Saharan Africa 12 million children under the age of 17 have lost one or both parents to AIDS and it is estimated that the figure will rise to over 15 million by 2010. Children account for 14% of new global HIV infections and 18% of AIDS related deaths. In...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: HIV/AIDS is one of the foremost challenges in development, especially in Africa. The recently- launched White Paper on Irish Aid reaffirms the priority attached by the Government to addressing the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative provides assistance to countries to implement care, treatment and prevention programmes that can reverse the course of the...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (2 Feb 2005)
Conor Lenihan: Recent statistics published by UNAIDS indicated that in 2004 nearly 40 million people were living with the HIV/AIDS virus. Sub-Saharan Africa, by far the worst-affected region, is now home to over 26.6 million people living with HIV/AIDS. Approximately 3 million new infections occurred there in 2004 while the epidemic claimed the lives of an estimated 2.3 million Africans in the past year....
- Written Answers — HIV Infection: HIV Infection (2 Jun 2005)
Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 166 together. The HIV-AIDS pandemic is leading to a reversal of development gains in many African countries. It generally affects the most productive and economically active members of society. In societies where most people depend on agriculture as a source of income, there is a strong association between high rates of HIV infection and food...
- Written Answers — HIV-AIDS Agreement: HIV-AIDS Agreement (25 Oct 2006)
Conor Lenihan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 151 together. HIV/AIDS is one of the foremost challenges in development, especially in Africa. The recently launched White Paper on Irish Aid reaffirms the priority attached by the Government to addressing the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Institution provides assistance to countries to implement care, treatment and...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (13 Jun 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ...outlines a framework of cooperation between the Clinton Foundation and Irish Aid, to work in partnership with developing country governments and with other relevant international organisations on HIV/AIDS. The aim of the partnership is to provide financial and technical support to assist in the preparation of integrated HIV and AIDS treatment, care and prevention programmes in Africa. The...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: I proposed to take Questions Nos. 26, 47, 167 and 169 together. HIV-AIDS continues to be the single biggest obstacle to reducing poverty and to attaining the millennium development goals, MDGs. Current statistics from the United Nations joint programme on AIDS, UNAIDS, indicate that in 2004 almost 40 million people were living with the HIV virus. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to be the worst...
- Written Answers — Humanitarian Situations: Humanitarian Situations (6 Oct 2005)
Conor Lenihan: South Africa is one of the most highly affected countries in the world with regard to HIV and AIDS and prevalence rates stand at 21.5% of the adult population. At the end of 2003, with an estimated 5.3 million people living with HIV and AIDS, South Africa had the largest number of individuals living with the virus in a single country. Women contract the virus at a much earlier age than their...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (8 Mar 2005)
Conor Lenihan: ...most recent appraisal in 2003 concluded that our development programme is of the highest quality, is sharply poverty focused and is directed at addressing the millennium development goals, MDGs. HIV-AIDS is a key priority area for Development Co-operation Ireland. A dedicated budget line was established by the Taoiseach following the United Nations special session on HIV-AIDS in 2001. The...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (23 Nov 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ...of trained staff to provide treatment and the high cost of medicine to poor people. Lack of access to medicine causes the deaths of many people each year in developing countries, particularly from HIV/AIDS, TB, malaria and infectious diseases in children. Access to medicine needs to be improved along with complementary measures for prevention and care. The Government's commitment to health...
- Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (6 Dec 2006)
Conor Lenihan: ..., ranked 149 on the UN Human Development Index (HDI). Half the population lives below the poverty line with an income of less than $1 a day. Over 30% of the adult population are living with HIV/AIDS, which is one of the highest rates of infection in the world. Ireland's aid programme in Lesotho has expanded significantly in recent years, with the budget increasing from â¬6 million in...