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World Health Organization (WHO)
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Switzerland Additional Resources
Description: As the directing and coordinating authority
on international health, the World Health
Organization (WHO) takes the lead within the
UN system on the global health sector response
to HIV/AIDS. The WHO HIV/AIDS Program
provides evidence-based, technical support to
WHO Member States to help them scale up
treatment, care, and prevention services and
maintain and increase access to drugs and
diagnostics. This is to ensure a comprehensive
and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS. The
WHO Web site has fact sheets and technical
publications about HIV/AIDS as well as
international statistics and guidelines by country.
The site also links to the individual WHO HIV/
AIDS Web sites by region.
International + 41–22–791–2111
Callers:
Fax: + 41–22–791–3111
Multilingual: Spanish, French, Russian, Arabic, Chinese
E-mail: info@who.int
Web: http://www.who.int/topics/hiv_aids/en

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