In order to highlight the current state of HIV and AIDS globally, as well as the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the Global Fund’s Ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS, and Professor Michel Kazatchkine, the Global Fund’s Executive Director, made a number of joint media appearances for World AIDS Day.

Broadcasts and articles

Opinion piece by Carla Bruni-Sarkozy on prioritizing the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV on Financial Times (in English – registration needed) and Le Monde (in French).

Ask the experts: Combating AIDS 2009 – On Tuesday December 1, between 17:00 and 18:00 GMT: Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund and Peter Piot, head of the Institute for Global Health at Imperial College, London, will answer to your questions.

BBC World television and BBC World Service radio coverage of the World AIDS Day event and article on BBC News.

TV5 “l’Invité” with Patrick Simonin, special World AIDS Day edition will air from midnight, Monday 30th of November.

More information on TV5 “l’Invité” broadcast globally:

• TV5MONDE France-Belgium-Switzerland: 18h25, rebroadcast at 22h40 (Paris)
• TV5MONDE Europe: 18h20 (Berlin)
• TV5MONDE Afrique: 18h30 (Dakar)
• TV5MONDE Maghreb-Orient: 19h20 (Cairo)
• TV5MONDE Latin America: 22h10 (Buenos Aires)
• TV5MONDE United States: 21h35 (Los Angeles)
• TV5MONDE Asia: 21h30 (Bangkok)
• TV5MONDE Pacific: 18h45 (Tokyo)

Interview with Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the Global Fund’s Ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS, in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German).

Interview with Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, in the El Pais (in Spanish).