March

Remembering a global health advocate and renowned doctor

UNAIDS is deeply saddened at the death of Paul Farmer, anthropologist, doctor and global...

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

Engaging the EU in the Global Partnership on Zero Discrimination Day

On 1 March, Marc Angel, a Member of the European Parliament and former champion for the...

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

On Zero Discrimination Day, Ireland and UNAIDS strengthen their partnership to end the AIDS pandemic

Ireland has today announced that it is increasing its core funding for UNAIDS from €2.4...

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

The case for anti-discrimination legislation in Jamaica

Michael James (not his real name) was shell-shocked when he was fired. He scanned the...

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

“An HIV diagnosis should not be a guilty verdict—it’s just a diagnosis"

Nargis was born in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, into a large family. Life was not easy, and she...

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

“My life’s mission is to end stigma and discrimination, and that starts with U = U”: a story of HIV activism in Thailand

Like any other regular day in Bangkok, Thailand, Pete went to work and was living a...

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

February

Guyana’s transgender community calls for protection under anti-discrimination laws

In 2018, the Caribbean Court of Justice ruled that an 1893 Guyana law that prohibited...

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

Discriminatory and punitive laws alarmingly common

Criminalization of same-sex sexual relations, sex work, drug possession and use, and HIV...

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

UNAIDS urges protection and continuity of health and HIV services for people living with and affected by HIV in Ukraine

Amidst the ongoing military offensive against Ukraine, UNAIDS is calling for the...

25 February 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Investment case for the Global Fund's seventh replenishment technical briefing and discussion

This year will be 41 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported, 26 years since...

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

“They [the transgender community] don’t have to be products. They can be producers too”

Nachbaja.com is one of the first transgender-led start-ups in India. One of seven...

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

What’s the impact of the new HIV variant on the HIV response?

In the light of the recent identification of a new variant of HIV, we spoke to Lycias...

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

Four years of the Fast-Track cities project—what have we achieved and learned, and what is next?

Implementation of the joint UNAIDS–International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (...

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

Many key populations avoid health services

Stigma and discrimination are among the many barriers separating key populations from the...

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

Stronger Africa–Europe partnerships key to advancing education and health rights of adolescent girls in Africa

Adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa continue to be disproportionately...

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

UNAIDS saddened by the death of Joe Muriuki

Joe Muriuki was a son of the African soil, born and raised in Kenya, a local, national...

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

UNAIDS saddened by the death of Leonora Mathe

Born and raised in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Ms Mathe was a phoenix who rose from the ashes...

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

Investments in HIV, health and pandemics are vital for economic recovery in Africa

Global health and financing leaders and experts have come together at a high-level...

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

Towards a life of dignity for people living with disabilities

Arriving at a health centre but not being able to physically access it. Needing...

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

Parental consent laws leave adolescents vulnerable to HIV

Sexual activity often starts during adolescence. Many countries have age of consent laws...

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

“Play with your heart”— Kazakh women living with HIV tell their stories from the stage

The ARTiSHOCK Theatre in Almaty, Kazakhstan, recently premiered an extraordinary...

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

Co-discoverer of HIV, Luc Montagnier, has died at the age of 89

The French virologist and co-discoverer of HIV, Luc Montagnier, sadly died this week....

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

Networks led by young people in Asia and the Pacific find ways to adapt to COVID-19 and deal with uncertain futures

Health systems and communities have been pushed to the breaking point by the COVID-19...

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

Fostering creativity to recover better from COVID-19

“Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, I started seeing people around me getting laid off and...

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

Identification of fast-spreading HIV variant provides evidence of urgency to halt the pandemic and reach all with testing and treatment

Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more...

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

Experience of childhood violence is high

Experiences of violence too often occur early in life. Violence in childhood has been...

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

UNAIDS Solidarity Fund helps female sex workers in Ghana

Growing up in Jamestown, one of the oldest districts of Accra, Ghana, Susana Dartey saw...

4 February 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Consultation calls for the global AIDS response to build on emergency adaptations to COVID-19, tackle structural barriers and ensure that country programmes fully recover from COVID-19 disruptions and end AIDS

As the Omicron variant surges through communities and health systems already stretched to...

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

The importance of engagement of community organizations to ensure the sustainability of HIV services in eastern Europe and central Asia

Participants from 21 countries in central and eastern Europe and central Asia and the...

2 February 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

January

One hundred and fifty thousand preventable new HIV infections among children in 2020

Most of the 150 000 new HIV infections among children in 2020 could have been prevented....

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

New report highlights vital role of community-led organizations in pandemic response and preparedness

In a new UNAIDS report, Holding the line: communities as first responders to COVID-19 and...

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

Missing men living with HIV

Globally, the testing and treatment targets for 2020 were almost reached among adult...

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

UNAIDS Director of Innovation receives prestigious Social Innovators of the Year award

The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship has announced that the Director of...

19 January 2022   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Empowering people who inject drugs in Uganda

The hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have magnified the challenges that people...

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

Pre-exposure prophylaxis use expands, but not fast enough

It has been more than a decade since the first evidence of the efficacy of daily oral pre...

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

New indicators added to Key Populations Atlas

The UNAIDS Key Populations Atlas is an online tool that provides a range of information...

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

Love and condoms: broadcast on the importance of condoms in eastern Europe and central Asia

On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Russian language social media network OK.RU hosted a...

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

December

The global AIDS response has lost a great champion

UNAIDS is deeply saddened at the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu who fought against...

26 December 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes the approval of long-acting injectable cabotegravir as a pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention

The United States Food and Drug Administration announced its first approval of a long-...

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

UNAIDS Health Innovation Exchange hosts dialogue to explore how to connect funding to the most critical innovations in health care

On the margins of a special session of the World Health Assembly on pandemic preparedness...

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

UNAIDS welcomes the appointment of Catherine Russell as the new Executive Director of UNICEF

UNAIDS welcomes the announcement from the United Nations Secretary-General António...

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

A song to stop discrimination

At the launch ceremony for Ozaguin's new song against discrimination, which took...

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

UNAIDS Board closes after making bold decisions on societal enablers and ending HIV-related stigma and discrimination as a pivotal part of ending inequalities and AIDS

The 49th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), which...

14 December 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Key population participation in HIV decision-making varies

Today, the active participation of community-led organizations in the governance,...

13 December 2021   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Addressing inequalities to ensure health and rights for all

As we commemorate Universal Health Coverage Day 2021, the world is entering year three of...

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

Co-creating a new global initiative to end AIDS among children, adolescents and their mothers

A global consultation process to co-create a new initiative to eliminate vertical (mother...

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

The need for wider implementation of people-centred differentiated service delivery for HIV testing and treatment in Africa

Despite the remarkable progress made in the AIDS response in Africa, considerable gaps...

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

International Human Rights Day: overcoming pandemics by respecting human rights for all

On International Human Rights Day, UNAIDS is calling for concrete action to prevent and...

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

High-level continental seminar on the right to health and social protection in Africa

Health is a right, but in Africa it is estimated that up to 38% of the population delay...

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

Social protection systems addressing inequalities

The COVID-19 pandemic has widened inequalities, claimed lives and disrupted HIV and...

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