Region
Western and central Africa
Data
People living with HIV
New HIV infections
AIDS-related deaths
Coverage of people receiving ART
Stories
UNAIDS welcomes Nigeria to the Global Partnership for Action to Eliminate all Forms of HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination
Impact of the pause of US foreign assistance in Côte d'Ivoire
Government mitigation measures in Cameroon
UNAIDS appoints artist Funke Akindele as National Goodwill Ambassador for Nigeria
Empowering youth to lead Togo’s HIV response
Interactive health and HIV game app reaches more than 300 000 young people in Côte d’Ivoire
Bridging gaps: sex education saves lives in Central African Republic
Girls’ education for HIV prevention at 1st Pan-African Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Education in Africa
Sudan’s unsung heroes: Protecting people living with and affected by HIV amidst conflict and famine
UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima responds to the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill in Ghana’s parliament
Expertise France partners with UNAIDS to fight HIV stigma and discrimination in western and central Africa
Holy Disrupters: Interview with Reverend Godson, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Togo
UNAIDS appoints the First Lady of Sierra Leone as a champion for adolescent girls and young women
Leave no one behind and that includes people who use drugs
Dangerous inequalities and overcoming them
UNAIDS is deeply concerned that rising violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo threatens HIV treatment and prevention services
Nigeria calls for a successful 7th Global Fund Replenishment
UNAIDS Country Director in Nigeria shares how lessons from the AIDS response apply to the Monkeypox response
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thérèse Omari maintains her commitment to ending AIDS and providing a fulfilling and harmonious life for people living with HIV
Martine Somda, an activist committed to the fight against HIV in Burkina Faso, continues her fight to defend the rights of people living with HIV
Meet a Vaccine Champion overcoming vaccine hesitancy in Ghana
UNAIDS and Africa CDC tackle misinformation around COVID-19 and HIV in Africa
Popular and dedicated singer Samba Peuzzi calls for ending HIV infections among children
Young women leaders in Senegal push for more education for their peers
UNAIDS Solidarity Fund helps female sex workers in Ghana
A song to stop discrimination
The need for wider implementation of people-centred differentiated service delivery for HIV testing and treatment in Africa
Commemorating World AIDS Day in the Central African Republic
Community outreach fills the gap in Mauritania
Supporting people living with HIV with income generation in the Central African Republic
Funding the AIDS response and reforming health systems in western and central Africa
Summit concludes with a call for action to reinvent the response to the HIV pandemic and end AIDS in Western and Central Africa
Invest in adolescent girls’ and young women’s rights, education and health to end AIDS in Western and Central Africa
How to end the AIDS epidemic in western and central Africa
Five questions about the HIV response in the Gambia
Five questions about the HIV response in Nigeria
Adapting to keep people living with HIV taking their treatment in the Central African Republic
Zero Discrimination Platform relaunched in Central African Republic
Getting unconditional cash to marginalized households during COVID-19
Financial shortfalls hold back the HIV response in western and central Africa
Capitalizing on experiences to improve HIV care for key populations in western Africa
Community mobilization and digital technologies accelerate the response to HIV and COVID-19 in Gabon
Launch of advocacy explainers on western Africa model drug law
Central African Republic adopts plan to address gender inequality in the AIDS response
Anambra, Nigeria, commits to eliminating vertical transmission of HIV by end of 2022
UNAIDS strongly supports calls for the rejection of draft law targeting LGBTI people in Ghana
UNAIDS saddened by the death of Cyriaque Yapo Ako
UNDP and UNAIDS support more than 300 pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV in Abidjan
Ending AIDS on wheels: a drive with Samuel Larkai
Training on data on the location and size estimates of key populations in western and central Africa
Contact
Name
Berthilde Gahongayire
Role
Director, Regional Support Team, West and Central Africa
Email