UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima talks about COVID19
13 April 2020
13 April 202013 April 2020
UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima participated in a TV special on COVID19 on Sunday 12 A
UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima participated in a TV special on COVID19 on Sunday 12 April organized by NDTV of India. Ms Byanyima noted that the pandemic is a human crisis of an unprecedented scale that is taking away lives, livelihood, and destroying economies. She called on governments to quickly strengthen their health systems and to begin to trace, isolate and treat all COVID-19 cases.
Asked about the lessons learned from the response to HIV, Ms Byanyima stressed the need to empower communities and involve them in the response to COVID-19; never compromise on human rights; remove all forms of stigma and discrimination; and support vulnerable and marginalized groups.
