June

UNAIDS welcomes announcement by Colombian government that will enable people access to the most appropriate HIV treatment for them

UNAIDS welcomes the issuance of Resolution 881 of 2023 by the Ministry of Health of...

12 June 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

A Thank You letter to the American people from the Executive Director of UNAIDS: PEPFAR is the Greatest Contribution Made by Any Country to Ending AIDS

To mark the 20th Anniversary year of PEPFAR, UNAIDS Executive Director has written a...

12 June 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Brazil hosts the announcement of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics

UNAIDS launching group to generate evidence on the inequalities driving pandemics and...

6 June 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

The urgency of HIV prevention among adolescent girls and young women

My name is Naadu Awuradwoa Addico and I work as a Project Officer at Planned Parenthood...

1 June 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

May

UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month and calls for decriminalization of same-sex relationships

As the world comes together to celebrate Pride Month, UNAIDS stands in solidarity with...

31 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Joint Statement by the Leaders of the Global Fund, UNAIDS and PEPFAR on Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), the Joint...

29 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

How working with providers of natural and holistic medicine for complementary self-care techniques is helping Nicaragua increase adherence to HIV medicines and reduce new infections

Right after taking his HIV treatment each morning, Antonio Hooker prepares a kit of fresh...

29 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS alerts countries to an unprecedented opportunity to stop new HIV infections, end AIDS and prepare for future pandemics

UNAIDS urges countries to take full advantage of new opportunities to step up funding,...

24 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Brazil announces its commitment to the global initiative against HIV-related stigma and discrimination

Brazil has joined the 34 countries that are part of the Global Partnership to take action...

19 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Virtual course on HIV, gender and human rights: empowering medical teachers in Guatemala

The University of San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC) Faculty of Medical Sciences, in...

18 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS urges all countries to decriminalise homosexuality as a vital step in ensuring health for all

Around the world, 67 countries still criminalise same sex relations, with 10 imposing the...

17 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

A rainbow of hope for LGBTQI+ people in rural Japan

“Before I worked in Tokyo but I returned to my native city,” Mr Okumara explained. “The...

17 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS calls for access to HIV prevention, treatment and care in prisons, including access to life saving harm reduction services

Harm reduction policies and practices help people who are using drugs to stay alive and...

7 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Moldova expands harm reduction services to all prisons

Moldova has committed more resources to the prison programme over the years. “In the...

5 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Leave no one behind and that includes people who use drugs

In Senegal, HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs is 9%, well above the 0.5% among...

4 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Uganda’s new Anti-Homosexuality Bill would harm public health

​Responding to the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill by the Ugandan Parliament...

3 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

African ministers of finance join forces to highlight the importance of financial sustainability in the response to HIV

Although great strides have been made in tackling HIV in recent years, Africa remains the...

1 May 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

April

Cook Islands’ original path toward equality

On April 14th members of the Cook Islands rainbow community assembled at parliament with...

27 April 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

The power of visibility — My story as the first person who came out as a person living with HIV in Fiji

Jokapeci Cati is the Program Manager and founder of the Fiji Network for Positive People...

18 April 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes the decriminalisation of same-sex relations by the Cook Islands parliament

UNAIDS applauds today’s decision by Cook Islands lawmakers to remove laws prohibiting...

15 April 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

A Triple Dividend: Fully financing the HIV response in Africa

Fully financing the HIV response to get back on track to achieve the 2030 goals will...

12 April 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

New UNAIDS Collaborating Center at Georgetown leverages strengths in HIV/AIDS law, policy and politics

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today designated the Global...

12 April 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

In Northeast Brazil, civil society and local government collaborate to increase HIV treatment adherence

In 1988, a group of activists came together in Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in...

3 April 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

March

UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and ViiV of three licenses signed with generic manufacturers for long-acting PrEP, and urges further urgent action by ViiV

UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and ViiV of three...

31 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Healthcare access is fraught for trans people in Asia and the Pacific. Communities are working to change this.

“We conducted the study to raise the visibility of young trans people in the conversation...

31 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Beyond transgender visibility: India works toward employment equity

Addressing employment access inequality is relevant to the HIV response. In 2021 HIV...

31 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Improving data collection to improve national AIDS responses

During a regional UNAIDS HIV estimates workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, groups gathered...

29 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS Executive Director Message on World TB Day – Yes, we shall and we can end TB among people living with HIV!

Today, on World TB Day, we must recognize the urgent need to end the TB epidemic around...

24 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS urges the Government of Uganda to not enact harmful law that threatens public health

Responding to the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill by the Ugandan Parliament,...

22 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

New legal principles launched on International Women’s Day to advance decriminalization efforts

The International Committee of Jurists (ICJ) along with UNAIDS and the Office of the High...

8 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Asia Pacific women living with HIV speak out about rights violations

The concerns of women living with HIV in the Asia Pacific region have remained relatively...

8 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

How harsh drug laws undermine health and human rights in Asia Pacific

A 38-country legal and policy analysis by UNAIDS and UNDP found that 14 countries in the...

1 March 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

February

On Zero Discrimination Day, countries urged to decriminalise to save lives

On Zero Discrimination Day, commemorated on March 1, UNAIDS highlights the need to remove...

28 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

“Silence is better” — How the criminalisation of sex workers keeps exploitation in the shadows

From the Bangkok offices of Youth LEAD and the Asia Pacific Network of People Living With...

28 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

LGBTQ+ shelter in Lviv provides lifeline to displaced Ukrainians

Since the war began a year ago, more than 7.9 million Ukrainians have fled abroad and...

27 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Upholding UNAIDS responsibility to communities

We are a Joint Programme which works on the frontlines, in partnership with civil society...

24 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

One year on: We must sustain the HIV response in Ukraine

One year on, the war in Ukraine continues to inflict massive suffering and destruction....

23 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Thailand partners develop community-led HIV care curriculum

“PLHIV volunteers have provided the first community engagement in the HIV response since...

23 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

African leaders pledge new commitments to end AIDS

African leaders and partners have joined together at a high-level event on the side-lines...

20 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

African leaders unite in pledge to end AIDS in children

Ministers and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves,...

1 February 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

January

United Nations Under-Secretary-General calls on leaders to address the debt crisis that is crushing developing countries

The Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Winnie...

27 January 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

The end of the Mosaico vaccine trial must be a spur to deliver HIV treatment and prevention options to all who need them says UNAIDS

The end of the Mosaico HIV vaccine trial must lead to a continued drive to innovate as...

23 January 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes the announcement that Spain will be making a new € 1 million contribution to UNAIDS

Spain’s Ministry of Health has officially announced € 1 million to support...

6 January 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

December

UNAIDS welcomes Kenya’s High Court judgement in landmark case of involuntary sterilization of women living with HIV

UNAIDS welcomes the judgement by the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi recognizing that...

20 December 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS Board members commit to bold action to ensure the end of AIDS

The 51st meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board concluded today, with...

16 December 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Tanzania commits to invest in secondary education as part of efforts to keep boys and girls free from HIV

Tanzania became the 13th African country to join the Education Plus Initiative,...

16 December 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Pandemics can only be defeated if communities are supported to lead, say governments, NGOs and UN

Community-led responses are a critical part of the AIDS pandemic response, and must be...

15 December 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

The power of bringing together government and community HIV services

The Sanpatong Hospital in North Thailand has reinvented and refined its HIV programme for...

15 December 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS congratulates Barbados on its decision to repeal colonial-era laws that criminalised same sex sexual relations

UNAIDS welcomes the judgement by the High Court in Barbados to strike down the country’s...

13 December 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes strong funding commitments from the United Kingdom and from Ireland

UNAIDS welcomes confirmation from the United Kingdom that it will be increasing its...

13 December 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |