January

Modelling shows the value of favourable societal environments

Modelling has shown that if the targets promoting favourable societal environments are...

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

UNAIDS calls for the LGBT community in Uganda to be treated with respect and dignity at all times

UNAIDS is concerned that the vilification of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT...

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

Vulnerability mapping to help sex workers in Bangladesh and Myanmar

Warm smiles greet Lily as she approaches her first stop of the day—one of the 11 brothels...

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

Attaining UNAIDS’ proposed societal and legal barrier targets could stop 440 000 AIDS-related deaths

UNAIDS has called on countries to make far greater investments in global pandemic...

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

First-ever Jamaica transgender strategy looks beyond health

Imagine using a health-care system that has no concept of you as a person, or of your...

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

Hope from Tiraspol

Nadezhda Kilar’s battles with her health service providers began several years ago. “I...

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

Y+ Global launches COVID-19 fund to support young people living with HIV

Communities of people living with HIV have been at the forefront of the community-led...

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

December

UNAIDS Board concludes with key decisions taken related to the colliding epidemics of HIV and COVID-19

The virtual 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) has concluded...

23 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Joint statement calling for urgent country scale-up of access to optimal HIV treatment for infants and children living with HIV

Global partners that are committed to ending paediatric AIDS have come together to call...

22 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes investments from Sweden and Germany for the responses to HIV and COVID-19

UNAIDS strongly welcomes the announcement by Sweden at the 47th meeting of UNAIDS...

18 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

Lima joins the Fast-Track cities initiative

When Lima celebrated this year’s World AIDS Day, the Mayor, Jorge Muñoz, decided to go...

18 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Coming together to address the cost of inequality

The COVID-19 crisis has adversely impacted the livelihoods of people living with HIV in...

15 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS applauds the vote by Bhutan’s parliament to repeal laws that criminalize and discriminate against LGBT people

UNAIDS congratulates Bhutan’s parliament on voting to repeal Sections 213 and 214 of the...

14 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

UNAIDS saddened by the death of Ambrose Dlamini, Prime Minister of Eswatini

UNAIDS is saddened by the death of the Prime Minister of Eswatini, Ambrose Dlamini, who...

14 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

New modelling shows COVID-19 should not be a reason for delaying the 2030 deadline for ending AIDS as a public health threat

Data reported to UNAIDS by countries have been used to project the potential impact of...

14 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

The COVID-19 pandemic and women living with HIV: Caroline Damiani

Unlike many other countries in the region and the world, no lockdown measures were put in...

14 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS calls for rights-based and people-centred universal health coverage

The world is only 10 years away from the deadline for the universal health coverage...

12 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

The shero of Butha-Buthe: Matšeliso Setoko

There is a low rate of testing for COVID-19 in Lesotho, with less than 2% of the country’...

11 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Fund to help key populations during COVID-19 launched

UNAIDS announces the launch of its Solidarity Fund, which will support social...

10 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

UNAIDS calls on countries to put human rights first to beat pandemics

The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated once again how quickly rights violations can arise...

10 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

We must have a #PeoplesVaccine, not a profit vaccine

We must have a #PeoplesVaccine, not a profit vaccine. Unless urgent action is taken by...

9 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

PrEP in the City: campaign for transgender women aims to increase PrEP uptake in Thailand

Rena Janamnuaysook steps off the Skytrain in Bangkok’s bustling Sukhumvit shopping...

9 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

New HIV infections among gay men and other men who have sex with men increasing

In 2019, key populations (including gay men and other men who have sex with men, people...

7 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Dakar addiction centre reaches out to women

The Centre de Prise en Charge Intégrée des Addictions de Dakar (CEPIAD), which opened in...

4 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Snapshots on how UNAIDS is supporting the HIV response during COVID-19

From the very beginning of the pandemic, UNAIDS has been helping people living with and...

3 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS calls on more to be done for paediatric HIV treatment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa, 2 December 2020—UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima visited an HIV...

2 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

HIV community activists tackle COVID-19 in Lesotho

Ms Ramokoatsi emphasizes the importance of organizations working together in their...

2 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

World AIDS Day 2020 message from UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima

Whether campaigning for multimonth dispensing of HIV treatment, organizing home...

1 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

In South Africa, young women leading HIV and violence prevention say men’s involvement is key

On World AIDS Day (1 December), UN Women spoke to survivors and community...

1 December 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

November

HIV treatment target for 2020 to be missed

The COVID-19 pandemic has played a role in slowing treatment scale-up in the past six...

30 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Francophonie calls for equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

The Parliamentary Network to Combat HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria of the...

30 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Stephen Watiti: a personal journey that imprints on others

Nearly 40 years into the HIV response, improved access to HIV treatment means the 26...

27 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Study shows how COVID-19 is impacting access to HIV care in the Russian Federation

A new study shows the negative impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on access to...

27 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS calls on countries to step up global action and proposes bold new HIV targets for 2025

As COVID-19 pushes the AIDS response even further off track and the 2020 targets are...

26 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

UNAIDS and the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Japan bolster collaboration to end AIDS

UNAIDS and the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) in Japan are joining...

26 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

New awareness campaign on gender-based violence in the Middle East and North Africa

Like HIV, the COVID-19 pandemic thrives on inequalities and inequities. In addition to...

25 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS calls for the elimination of the neglected pandemic of violence against women and girls

Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, UNAIDS is...

25 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Turning around the HIV response in Odesa

Irina Kutsenko, a deputy of the Odesa City Council in Ukraine responsible for social...

24 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS and UNFPA launch the fourth annual progress report of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition

The latest progress report of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition shows that despite...

23 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

Condom use declining

The defunding of condom social marketing programmes and decline in sales of socially...

23 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS joins partners to call for better testing, treatment and prevention of HIV and TB among children

On World Children’s Day, UNAIDS is joining with partners to call for accelerated access...

20 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

New faith-based initiative launched in Côte d’Ivoire

As one of several focus countries for an initiative of the United States President’s...

16 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

HIV financing gap widening

The funding gap for HIV responses is widening. Momentum established following global...

16 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes Suki Beavers as UNAIDS Director of Gender Equality, Human Rights and Community Engagement

UNAIDS is delighted to announce the appointment of Suki Beavers to the position of...

16 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

Interactive TV series about HIV launched in Kyrgyzstan

A new television series for young people in the Kyrgyz language, School Elections, was...

13 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Updated dashboard supports differentiated HIV testing services

The World Health Organization (WHO), in coordination with UNAIDS, has updated its HIV...

12 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their election

UNAIDS congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on...

10 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

UNAIDS hails new results showing that long-acting injectable medicines are highly effective in preventing HIV among women

UNAIDS is strongly encouraged by new study results showing that the antiretroviral...

9 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    Download PDF

Little progress in increasing comprehensive knowledge of HIV among young women in eastern and southern Africa

A critical component of HIV responses is ensuring that young people know both how to...

9 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

“Someone has to start”: how a Haitian transgender activist is inspiring hope through visibility

Haiti’s first safe house for transgender people opened last week. Kay Trans Ayiti...

9 November 2020   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |