This is the 19th World AIDS Day, the 25th year since the first case of AIDS was identified and 10 years since UNAIDS was established.
The latest global AIDS figures give us reason for concern and for some hope. The number of new infections rose to 4.3 million this year, at the same time 2.9 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses.
Multi-drug and extremely drug resistant tuberculosis highlight new challenges in our collective response.
— UNAIDS Executive Director, Dr. Peter Piot on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2006