Aids epidimic threatens health targets - UN chief

The global HIV/Aids epidemic is threatening efforts to achieve sexual and reproductive health goals that are supposed to improve the lives of women and reduce poverty, a UN chief said today.

The fight against Aids has exhausted health services in many poor countries, compounding high rates of death in childbirth, and other risks associated with complications during pregnancy, said Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, executive director of the UN Population Fund.