May

Young women leaders in Senegal push for more education for their peers

As part of the Education Plus initiative, young women advocates in Senegal have met with...

24 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS warns that stigmatizing language on Monkeypox jeopardises public health

UNAIDS has expressed concern that some public reporting and commentary on Monkeypox has...

22 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS tells Davos that economic recovery and health security will fail unless leaders tackle inequality

Ahead of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the Executive...

21 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Helping Ukrainian refugees with HIV treatment and support in Berlin

Vasilisa Sutushko, who was born with HIV, arrived in Berlin at the beginning of March and...

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

Addressing the vulnerabilities and challenges facing LGBTI people in and fleeing from Ukraine

On 17 May, people around the world came together to celebrate the International Day...

17 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Unboxing self-esteem among transgender women in Brazil and their dreams for a dignified life

Inspired by the Unbox Me campaign, launched by UNAIDS on the International Transgender...

17 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Keeping LGBTI people safe in times of war

Ahead of the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and...

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

Grass-roots providers stay mobile in Ukraine

Many life-saving health services could not operate after the breakout of the war in...

12 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Review recommends law reform on HIV testing to help Angola reduce new HIV infections among young people and ensure treatment

A review carried out by the Technical Support Mechanism assessed the alignment of Angolan...

11 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Report highlights that women and marginalized people need urgent access to health-care services in Ukraine

A new report by UN Women and CARE International highlights the urgent need to provide...

11 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS warmly welcomes the confirmation of John Nkengasong to lead the United States global efforts to end AIDS

UNAIDS warmly congratulates John Nkengasong on confirmation by the U.S. Senate as...

6 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Jamaica commits to improving social protection

The Jamaican Government has implemented a series of recovery strategies, including a...

5 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

“A litmus test of civilization” - How the war in Ukraine has impacted LGBTI people

Andrii Chernyshev heads the advocacy work of the Ukrainian national lesbian, gay,...

3 May 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

April

UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima receives honorary degree from Free State University, South Africa

For me, as for so many across the African continent, your struggle here for equality in...

30 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Key considerations to integrate HIV and mental health interventions

A new publication by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes the...

28 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Supporting HIV services for flood survivors in KwaZulu-Natal

Since floods killed 440 people and left many thousands more homeless last week in KwaZulu...

23 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Sustaining HIV services for people who use drugs in Odesa

Odesa is a major Black Sea port, with a substantial drug use. In the 1990s, Odesa saw the...

22 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Welcoming Ukrainian refugees in Germany: big test for all

The start of the Ukrainian war fifty days ago surprised many people including Berliner...

21 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Social entrepreneurship—a tool of self-empowerment for the LGBTI community

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and...

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

Life-saving logistics in Ukraine

On 10 April, Tetyana Pryadko (not her real name) was phoned by her doctor, who told her...

14 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS warns that the war in Ukraine risks a humanitarian catastrophe for people living with and affected by HIV

The war in Ukraine has resulted in the destruction and disruption of health services and...

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

UNAIDS welcomes Gilbert F. Houngbo as the incoming Director-General of ILO

UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by the International Labour Organization (ILO) that...

7 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

New framework for action for male engagement in the HIV response in eastern and southern Africa launched

Men and boys are less likely to test for HIV, to initiate antiretroviral therapy and to...

7 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Urgently needed HIV services are supporting Ukrainian refugees in the Republic of Moldova

Many of the Ukrainian refugees seeking sanctuary in the Republic of Moldova are from...

7 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS strengthens partnership with Germany and opens a new office in Bonn

The German Federal Government has agreed to host a new UNAIDS office in Bonn. The...

7 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

United Kingdom parliamentary group visits UNAIDS to strengthen collaboration

Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on HIV and AIDS from the United...

6 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Young people’s monitoring of progress towards 2025 targets begins second phase

The 2021 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and...

6 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Health partners race to secure life-saving HIV medicines and services for people affected by the war in Ukraine

The war in Ukraine has resulted in a catastrophic humanitarian crisis with rapidly...

5 April 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

March

Helping to break stigma and discrimination against transgender people in Brazil

Una is a coastal city of just over 20 000 inhabitants in the Brazilian state of Bahia....

31 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS launches Unbox Me to advocate for the rights of transgender children

In the lead-up to the International Transgender Day of Visibility, on 31 March, UNAIDS...

30 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Ukrainian activist Anastasiia Yeva Domani talks to UNAIDS about how the transgender community is coping during the war in Ukraine

Anastasiia Yeva Domani is the Director of Cohort, an expert on the Working Group of Trans...

30 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Training health-care workers in Indonesia to improve HIV services for young key populations

The HIV epidemic among young people in Asia and the Pacific has largely been overlooked,...

30 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Transgender sex workers face frequent abuse

In every region of the world, there are key populations who are particularly vulnerable...

29 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Encouraging income generation and social entrepreneurship by people living with HIV in Brazil

In the city of Recife, capital of the state of Pernambuco, in the Northeast Region of...

29 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Working together to help refugees in the Republic of Moldova

At the start of the invasion of Ukraine, the government of the neighbouring Republic of...

24 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Impact of COVID-19 hits hard as TB deaths among people living with HIV rise for the first time since 2006

On World Tuberculosis Day 2022, UNAIDS is calling for urgency in diagnosing and treating...

23 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

TB disease and deaths declining among people living with HIV, but there have been some reversals due to the COVID-19 pandemic

While progress has been achieved in recent years, there have been some reversals due to...

23 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

“With the billions spent on this senseless war, the world could find a cure for HIV, end poverty and solve other humanitarian crises”

Yana Panfilova is Ukrainian and was born with HIV. When she was 16 years old, she created...

23 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS Executive Director’s message on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

It has been more than half a century since the United Nations proclaimed the 21 March as...

21 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Eastern Cape becomes the first South Africa province to campaign on U = U

Hundreds of people living with HIV are spreading the word in South Africa that effective...

21 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS staff member talks about the invasion of Ukraine

It’s reassuring to know that countries., such as Poland and the Republic of Moldova, and...

18 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes parliament’s decision to repeal the law that criminalizes HIV transmission in Zimbabwe

UNAIDS congratulates Zimbabwe’s parliament for repealing section 79 of the Criminal Law...

18 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Social enterprises and financial saving supporting Madagascan sex workers through COVID-19

A pioneer of the HIV response in Madagascar, Réseau Association des Femmes Samaritaines (...

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

UNAIDS Executive Director's Statement at the 65th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

The global HIV response, which was already off track before COVID-19, is now under even...

14 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Discriminatory attitudes remain common

The prevalence of discriminatory attitudes towards people living with HIV varies widely....

14 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

We cannot let war in Ukraine derail HIV, TB and Covid-19 treatment in eastern Europe

Health must be a priority of the humanitarian response to this war. If not, we are at...

9 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Keeping harm reduction available in Ukraine

Ten days after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, UNAIDS spoke to Oleksii...

9 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Quick thinking and planning instrumental for HIV network in Ukraine

When shelling awoke Valeriia Rachynska in Kyiv on 24 February, the first day of the...

8 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS Executive Director's message on International Women’s Day 2022

This year’s theme calls for “Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”. As the...

8 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Women and girls carry the heaviest HIV burden in sub-Saharan Africa

Gender inequality and discrimination robs women and girls of their fundamental human...

7 March 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |