NEW YORK/GENEVA, 28 September 2022—During the high-level week of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly leading African Ministers of Health joined UNAIDS, PEPFAR, global health...
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 19 September 2022—At the Transforming Education Summit in New York it was announced that 12 African countries* have committed to Education Plus, a bold initiative to prevent HIV...
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 18 September 2022—UNAIDS is calling on countries and donors to fully fund the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria by pledging a total of at least US$ 18 billion at...
Despite decades of advances in prevention and treatment, stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV and key populations are a persistent barrier to addressing the epidemic. To encourage...
The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) is meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany, from August 31 to September 8, 2022. The WCC brings together delegates and participants from 345...
While the number of new HIV infections in Indonesia decreased by 3.6% in 2021 to around 27 000, the country remains one of the countries with the highest number of new infections in the Asia and the...
Responding to the news that the European Commission has approved an HIV treatment option designed for twice-yearly dosing, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said: ‘It is great news that a...
Dr Leo Zekeng, UNAIDS Country Director and Representative in Nigeria, has shared how lessons from the AIDS response apply to the Monkeypox response. Dr Zekeng said: “Monkeypox is endemic in Nigeria,...
In December 2021, Botswana became the first high HIV burden country to be certified by the WHO Global Validation Advisory Committee (GVAC) as having achieved a critical milestone along the path to...
En todo el mundo, solo la mitad (52%) de los niños con VIH reciben un tratamiento que puede salvarles la vida. El ONUSIDA, el UNICEF y la OMS han formado una nueva alianza para corregir una de las...