March

UNAIDS warns that violence in Myanmar is impeding access to services for people living with and affected by HIV

As the situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate and fatalities rise, UNAIDS is...

17 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

In Your Hands: Caribbean partners call for HIV self-testing during COVID-19

Stakeholders of the Caribbean HIV response have launched the In Your Hands HIV self-...

17 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS is deeply saddened by the death of His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation

UNAIDS is saddened by the news that His Majesty King Goodwill Zwelithini has died and...

17 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

UNAIDS renews partnership with the African Union for a stronger and more resilient AIDS response in Africa

UNAIDS and the African Union have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to...

17 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Global Partnership members commemorate Zero Discrimination Day around the world

On Zero Discrimination Day this year, governments, civil society organizations and...

17 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Monitoring HIV/TB services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

UCOP+, the Congolese Union of Organizations of People Living with HIV, through funding...

16 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Towards 10–10–10 in eastern Europe and central Asia

The recent regional launch of the global AIDS report 2020, Prevailing against pandemics...

15 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Stranded in Nepal without HIV medicine

Wang Tang (not his real name) had never been to Nepal before, but at the end of March...

15 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Addressing inequalities can decrease HIV prevalence

Data from 46 countries in sub-Saharan Africa show a positive relationship between HIV...

15 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Accelerating and expanding HIV services in the Central African Republic

The Central African Republic has made significant progress in its response to HIV over...

11 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while majority of the poorest nations are yet to give a single dose

One year on from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Vaccine Alliance...

10 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Call for nominations of people living with HIV, key populations and other affected communities to join the multistakeholder task force for the high-level meeting on HIV

To ensure the involvement of civil society and ensure an open, transparent and...

10 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, meets with President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari

The UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, has met the President of Nigeria,...

10 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Coalition working to end gender-based sexual violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been plagued by political instability since the...

9 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS Executive Director's message on International Women’s Day 2021

Women leaders have provided a guiding light for the world in responding to the COVID-19...

8 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

Tackling gender inequalities and gender-based violence during the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific

According to a survey conducted by the International Community of Women Living with HIV...

8 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Navigating Lesotho’s legal system to address gender-based violence

During Lesotho’s lockdowns, UNFPA worked with Gender Links, the Lesotho Mobile Police...

8 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Children living with HIV lagging behind adults in access to treatment

Treatment coverage among children living with HIV lags behind adult treatment coverage in...

8 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Putting people at the centre brings good results in Nigeria

Nigeria has demonstrated that putting people at the centre of the AIDS response works in...

5 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Gender inequalities in Senegal highlighted on Zero Discrimination Day

The Network of People Living with HIV in Senegal (RNP+) marked Zero Discrimination Day...

3 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

From HIV survivor to COVID-19 responder

The first Rapid Survey on the Needs of People Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic...

3 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Central African Republic marks Zero Discrimination Day

On 1 March, people around the world join together to celebrate Zero Discrimination Day,...

2 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Faith-based project against paediatric HIV launched in Côte d’Ivoire

Faith-based organizations play a key role in all areas of the HIV response and provide a...

2 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Message from the UNAIDS Executive Director on Zero Discrimination Day 2021

Ending inequalities will advance the human rights of all, make societies better prepared...

1 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

Reporting the realities faced by LGBTI people and people living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific

The transgender community has been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and...

1 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

US$ 64 million to respond to HIV, TB and malaria in Congo

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the Government of Congo and...

1 March 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

February

UNAIDS welcomes the United Nations General Assembly decision to hold a high-level meeting on HIV and AIDS in 2021

UNAIDS welcomes the United Nations General Assembly decision for a high-level meeting on...

25 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

“We must move forward, only forward”

Malohat Sharipova teaches in a primary school in Bohtar, Tajikistan, but in her spare...

25 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

COVID-19 spurs on multimonth dispensing of HIV treatment in Cambodia

The multimonth dispensing of HIV treatment programme in Cambodia began in 2019, long...

25 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes the appointment of Andrew Spieldenner as Executive Director of MPact

UNAIDS warmly welcomes the appointment of Andrew Spieldenner as the Executive Director of...

23 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Gaps in antiretroviral therapy coverage among prisoners living with HIV

On any given day, approximately 11 million people worldwide are in confinement. Drug...

22 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 2021 African Union Chair, calls on his peers to learn from HIV and strengthen health systems

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and new Chair of the African Union...

15 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Tuberculosis testing gap among people living with HIV is narrowing

The risk of developing tuberculosis among the 38 million people living with HIV in 2019...

15 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

People living with HIV in Kyrgyzstan have won the right to adopt

At the end of January 2021, the Kyrgyzstan Constitutional Court decided to exclude HIV...

12 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Making a mark on the COVID-19 pandemic: joint efforts to meet the needs of young key populations in Asia and the Pacific

Throughout the region, civil society organizations like Y-PEER Pilipinas began looking...

10 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

How was a COVID-19 vaccine found so quickly?

As COVID-19 vaccination begins around the world, UNAIDS spoke to Peter Godfrey-Faussett,...

9 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Provision of services for domestic violence uneven

Violence impacts the lives of women and girls, people living with HIV and key populations...

8 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes the United States of America’s decision to support women’s health, safety and rights

UNAIDS warmly welcomes the announcement by the President of the United States of America...

3 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

“Maybe I am the lucky one”

A spontaneous HIV test that yielded a positive result changed Martha Clara Nakato’s life...

3 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

A global vaccine apartheid is unfolding. People’s lives must come before profit

Nine months ago world leaders were queuing up to declare any Covid-19 vaccine a global...

3 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

We are off track to meet the 2020 targets on the number of voluntary medical male circumcisions

Voluntary medical male circumcision provides lifelong partial protection against female-...

1 February 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

January

UNAIDS calls for the release of five humanitarian workers detained in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

UNAIDS is deeply troubled and concerned about the detention by military police of the...

29 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Central African Republic: producing HIV estimates in the context of crisis

The presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic on 27 December...

28 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

New guidance on ethical HIV prevention trials published

UNAIDS and the World Health Organization have published updated guidance on ethical...

27 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Islamic Republic of Iran bans stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV in health-care settings

The Islamic Republic of Iran has issued a new regulation prohibiting stigma and...

27 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Hand sanitizer donated by Reckitt Benckiser to people living with HIV

Russian HIV community centres in Moscow, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Orel and Vladimir have...

25 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV declining in some regions, rebounding in others

Among 151 reporting countries, 92 continue to criminalize HIV exposure, transmission and...

25 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Remembering Andrew Mosane, AIDS activist and progressive “radical”

South Africa has lost one of its most gutsy social justice and AIDS activists—Andrew...

21 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Challenge the stigma, pursue your right to health

Adolescent girls and young women must boldly and unapologetically seek sexual and...

20 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

The road to PrEP in Guyana

This year, Guyana will roll out a comprehensive plan for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP...

19 January 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |