Bloggers and some media reports criticized the use of the U.N. building in New York for the event because it raised funds for Raising Malawi, an advocacy group administered by the Kabbalah Center in Los Angeles

South African President Thabo Mbeki has axed his deputy health minister who questioned the national AIDS policy, a move experts warned could have a "deadly" impact in the HIV-blighted nation.

The world's largest conference on AIDS has begun in Sydney. More than 5,000 HIV experts and community leaders from around the world will review progress on tackling AIDS.

Leading AIDS activists from around the world are meeting in Nairobi this week, trying to come up with a common strategy to achieve universal access to care and treatment. The World AIDS Campaign organized the meeting, saying G8 countries are not doing enough to fulfill their promises on HIV/AIDS.

In new academic research published today in the online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal PLoS ONE, male circumcision is found to be much less important as a deterrent to the global AIDS pandemic than previously thought.

The United Nations Children's Fund says an AIDS-free generation can be a reality. The agency is preparing to co-host a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda to share ideas on programs that work in fighting AIDS.

This is Global AIDS Week (5/20-26). It's an international effort to raise awareness about the pandemic and to call for greater resources to treat those who are infected with HIV, the AIDS virus.