Bonn, Germany: In 1996, Kyrgyzstan was the last country in the world to be removed from the World Health Organization’s list of countries considered HIV free. Read

Bonn, Germany: Attending funerals was not in Tsholofelo Barei’s job description when she signed on as a United Nations Volunteer (UNV) in November 2004. Yet the 28-year-old Botswanan has developed an unconventional approach to grab people’s attention on HIV/AIDS. Read

Bonn, Germany: Fourteen years of civil war has destroyed Liberia’s health care and social services sectors, leaving it unable to control the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS. With a population of three and a half million, the country is estimated to have more than 100,000 people infected with HIV. Read

Bonn, Germany: United Nations Volunteer (UNV) doctor David Musa of Kenya and 15 other UNVs coming from Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Egypt, Iran, Mongolia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Venezuela made the most of International Volunteer Day (IVD) on 5 December, 2004, in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. Read