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AIDS is not over, but it can be, Huge progress has been made since 2000 and millions of lives have been saved. But there are still important milestones to reach, barriers to break and frontiers to cross. The world has agreed to meet a set of global targets by 2020 as part of UNAIDS Fast-Track strategy to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat.
World AIDS Day 2016
In the lead-up to World AIDS Day 2016, the hands up for #HIVprevention campaign will explore different aspects of HIV prevention and how they relate to specific groups of people, such as adolescent girls and young women, key populations and people living with HIV.
Prevention gap report
Globally, new HIV infections among adults and children were reduced by 40% since the peak in 1997. However, new analysis from UNAIDS shows that new HIV infections among adults have stalled, failing to decline for at least five years. The report outlines what is needed to step up prevention efforts
2016 HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON ENDING AIDS
One hundred reasons why ending the AIDS epidemic is important. Join the countdown to #HLM2016AIDS.
Cities ending the AIDS epidemic
Cities have inherent advantages in responding to complex health problems such as HIV.
On the fast-track to ending the AIDS epidemic
Report of the United Nations Secretary General for the High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS
Global AIDS Update 2016
New report from UNAIDS shows that the number of people accessing antiretroviral medicines has more than doubled since 2010
HIGHLIGHTS
Feature StoryViet Nam opens its first opioid substitution therapy service for prisoners
“In 2010, I participated in a study visit to learn about prison-based methadone programmes in Spain. Witnessing the positive impacts of the programme on prisoners as individuals and prisons as a whole, I reported the results and recommendations of the visit to the Ministry of Public Security,” said Nguyen Xuan Truong, Chief Prison Officer at Phu Son Prison. “It has been quite a wait since then, but I am happy that Phu Son is the first prison in Viet Nam to provide methadone services for prisoners.”
Press StatementWorld AIDS Day message 2016
Today, we commemorate World AIDS Day—we stand in solidarity with the 78 million people who have become infected with HIV and remember the 35 million who have died from AIDS-related illnesses since the first cases of HIV were reported.
Press Statement16 Days of Activism: UNAIDS calls for action to keep girls in school and eliminate gender-based violence
In support of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day, UNAIDS is calling for urgent action to keep girls in school, end gender-based violence and reduce girls’ vulnerability to HIV.
UpdateTajikistan joins “Hands up for #HIVprevention”
The Minister of Health of Tajikistan, Nusratullo Salimzoda, called for people to know their HIV status during the first ever public event on HIV prevention in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 15 November.
UpdatePreventing HIV among transgender women in Lima
Transgender women face significant barriers that limit their access to health services and/or increase their vulnerability to HIV: stigma and discrimination, gender-based violence and gender inequities. As a result, the percentage of transgender women reached with HIV prevention and treatment services is very low.
Feature StoryProtecting the confidentiality and security of personal health information
Health services are being scaled up in many low- and middle-income countries. This has resulted in a substantial increase in the amount of personal health information collected in order to develop and maintain comprehensive health records of a person’s use of the services and to monitor and evaluate the use, cost, outcomes and impacts of programmes or services. Detailed personal health information is also needed to evaluate success towards achieving, for example, the 90–90–90 targets, universal health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Feature StoryImplementing comprehensive HIV and STI programmes with men who have sex with men in Kyrgyzstan
Working on HIV and STI prevention, treatment, care and support is deeply challenging in much of eastern Europe and central Asia. Gay men and other men who have sex with men are subjected to considerable harassment, violence, stigma and discrimination. Most men who have sex with men are socially and culturally forced to marry women and face social exclusion and family rejection if they choose to be open about their sexuality. Sex between men is clandestine and opportunities to meet, socialize and love are limited. Empowering all men who have sex with men to live with dignity, free from violence and with affordable and accessible HIV and STI prevention and treatment services is at the heart of the guidance.
Feature StoryHIV prevention among key populations
Since 2010, the annual global number of new HIV infections among adults (15 years and older) has remained static, at an estimated 1.9 million. Members of key populations, including sex workers, people who inject drugs, transgender people, prisoners and gay men and other men who have sex with men, and their sexual partners accounted for 45% of all new HIV infections in 2015.
Press ReleaseUNAIDS announces 18.2 million people on antiretroviral therapy, but warns that 15–24 years of age is a highly dangerous time for young women
New UNAIDS report shows that people are particularly vulnerable to HIV at certain points in their lives and calls for a life-cycle approach to find solutions for everyone at every stage of life
UpdateUNAIDS wins award for China–Africa health cooperation
The UNAIDS Country Director for China, Catherine Sozi, has received an award for her exceptional contribution to health cooperation between China and Africa. The China Alliance for South–South Health Cooperation Research presented Ms Sozi with the special award during the 6th International Roundtable of China–Africa Health Cooperation on 22 November in Shanghai, China.Insight into...
Strategy
At the end of 2015, the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board adopted a new strategy to end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030.
UN Declarations
Information about United Nations Declarations since the General Assembly convened a special session on HIV/AIDS in June 2001.
Goals
The Fast-Track Commitments are drawn from the 2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS, which was adopted by United Nations Member States at the 2016 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS and the UNAIDS 2016–2021 Strategy.
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Special pages created to provide information about topic-based campaigns, events and international days.
Global Goals
On September 25th 2015, countries adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all as part of a new sustainable development agenda.
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World AIDS Day 2016: The life-cycle approach to HIV
UNAIDS Executive Director UNAIDS announces 18.2 million people are on antiretroviral treatment but warns that the ages between 15-24 years are a highly dangerous time for young women.
Choose your options for HIV prevention
What is your prevention method?
One-Stop Shop For Truckers Health
Owing to their erratic schedules and mobility, truckers face many challenges accessing basic health services. To respond to these needs Trucking Wellness set up clinics along major routes in South Africa.
Is a cure for HIV possible?
UNAIDS Senior Science Adviser, Peter Godfrey Faussett, says we need to take stock of the various announcements regarding a cure for HIV emphasizing it is much too early to announce a breakthrough.
2016 High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS
Kenneth Cole named UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador
Fast-Track to end the AIDS epidemic
Fast-Track Cities: Ending the AIDS Epidemic
Global AIDS update
Zero discrimination highlights
Victoria Beckham in Ethiopia
