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New United Nations Programme on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) report shows that the debt crisis is choking sub-Saharan Africa, leaving health and HIV services chronically underfunded

In 2024 alone, Eastern and Southern Africa will need to mobilize almost US$ 12 billion to fully fund the HIV response

Growing public debt is choking sub-Saharan African countries, leaving them with little fiscal room to finance health and critical HIV services. A new report by UNAIDS, Domestic revenues, debt relief and development aid: Transformative pathways for ending AIDS by 2030 Eastern and Southern Africa | Western and Central Africa , shows that the debt crisis is…

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Young people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) urge world leaders to partner with them in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) response

Every week 4000 young women and girls around the world are infected with HIV—3100 are in sub-Saharan Africa

With support from UNAIDS, two young social media influencers living with HIV are on their way to the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future in New York to urge world leaders to partner with them in the response to HIV. Ibanomonde Ngema from South Africa and Jerop Limo from Kenya will call on leaders…

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United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) calls for a rapid international response to mpox based on rights and an equitable access to vaccines and treatments

UNAIDS urges all media covering the crisis to follow the regular updates being issued by WHO and Africa CDC

UNAIDS is calling on the international community to respond swiftly and decisively to the World Health Organization’s declaration of the mpox outbreak in several African countries as a public health emergency of international concern. The move came after the Africa Centre for Disease Control made a similar declaration for the…

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United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) notes the judgment of the Constitutional Court of Uganda which has struck down certain parts of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023

To achieve the goal of ending the AIDS pandemic by 2030, it is vital to ensure that everyone has equal access to health services without fear

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has today struck down certain sections of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023. “The Constitutional Court of Uganda made a judgment today to strike down certain sections of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023. Evidence shows that criminalizing populations most at risk of HIV, such as the LGBTQ+ communities, obstructs…

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Government leaders reaffirm their commitment to accelerate HIV prevention efforts to reduce new HIV infections

During the meeting, each country identified commitments that they will drive and will be held accountable for in 2024 as well as technical level actions necessary for programme optimization

With just two years left to attain the 2025 HIV prevention target of fewer than 370 000 new HIV infections annually, the world is not on track. In 2022, 1.3 million people became infected with HIV – the urgency to accelerate progress cannot be overemphasized. The Global HIV Prevention Coalition…

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A call to action to save Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10: reduce inequalities

H.E. the President of Namibia, Hage Gottfried Geingob, and H.E. the President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio, have expressed their support and willingness to co-sponsor this call to action to Save SDG10 and fight inequality

The Centre for International Cooperation at the University of New York, Development Finance International, Oxfam and UNAIDS are calling for urgent action to save Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10: Reduced Inequality. COVID-19 caused the largest rise in income inequality in three decades, as poorer countries lacked financing to support the…

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New report from United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) shows that Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) can be ended by 2030 and outlines the path to get there

Progress has been strongest in the countries and regions that have the most financial investments, such as in eastern and southern Africa where new HIV infections have been reduced by 57% since 2010

A new report released today by UNAIDS shows that there is a clear path that ends AIDS. This path will also help prepare for and tackle future pandemics and advance progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The report, ‘The Path that Ends AIDS’, contains data and case studies which…

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Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) receives prestigious award for activism

This year’s event shone a spotlight on work for women by women and highlighted the disproportionate impact HIV is having on women and girls

The Executive Director of UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima has been presented with the prestigious Amsterdam Dinner Award 2023 for her activism and work to end stigma and discrimination around HIV. The annual Amsterdam Diner, initiated in 1992, is the Netherlands largest fundraising event for HIV and has raised millions of euros…

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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 advocate for the adoption of multisectoral approaches to strengthen the response to AIDS and other pandemics

Brazil is hosting the announcement of the new Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics chaired by The First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos, the Director of the University College London Institute for Health Equity, Sir Michael Marmot and the Nobel prize winning economist, Joseph E. Stiglitz. Brazil’s Minister of…

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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) alerts countries to an unprecedented opportunity to stop new HIV infections, end AIDS and prepare for future pandemics

Hosted by UNAIDS, the event was called to increase political commitment, address policies and laws that drive inequalities and pandemics

UNAIDS urges countries to take full advantage of new opportunities to step up funding, expand new and proven HIV prevention technologies and remove barriers to HIV services. Taking action today will boost progress to end AIDS and respond to current pandemics and pandemics of the future.    On the side-lines of the 76th World…