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> Aids Research and Prevention in Africa
- Updated: 27-02-2006 9:18 am
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The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, informed Ambassador Francesco Caruso, Permanent Delegate of Italy to UNESCO, of his satisfaction following the announcement of the granting by the Government of Italy of a donation of two million US dollars to the project “Research and Prevention of AIDS in Africa”.
Describing this announcement as “excellent news, at a time when the AIDS epidemic continues to grow, affecting more and more people throughout the world and jeopardizing development”, the Director-General stressed the “importance of the research undertaken by Professors Luc Montagnier and Robert Gallo for the development of a paediatric vaccine that might prevent mother-to-child transmission”. To this end, a partnership agreement was concluded last June between the two co-discoverers of the virus and Professor Alessandro Finazzi-Agro of the University Tor Vergata of Rome, Italy, for the pursuit of this research, in association with African research teams.This work is of special importance, notably for sub-Saharan Africa, a region particularly hard hit by the epidemic. It was for this reason that the Italian Government decided to offer this financing for the “Research and Prevention of AIDS in Africa” project, carried out by The World Foundation on AIDS Research and Prevention in cooperation with UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector.This cooperation falls within the framework of the partnership established between UNESCO and Professors Montagnier and Gallo and was at the centre of recent discussions held at UNESCO Headquarters on 18 June last between the Director-General and the two professors. (See Flash Info No 42).
ODG, Flash Info No. 44
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