Know your epidemic
The scales have tipped—UNAIDS announces 19.5 million people on life-saving treatment and AIDS-related deaths halved since 2005
What's on track, what's off track.
Accurate and credible UNAIDS data on the HIV epidemic: the cornerstone of the AIDS response
How we collect and interpret HIV data has huge consequences.
UN-Habitat and UNAIDS call for renewed efforts to address HIV in urban areas
A new report by UN-Habitat and UNAIDS urges cities to do more to respond to HIV epidemics in urban areas.
UNAIDS and Kenya launch data and technology partnership to Fast-Track progress towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030
Kenya HIV Situation Room centralizes HIV data to ensure more effective and precise programming and reach more people with life-saving services.
UNAIDS announces that the goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met nine months ahead of schedule
The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Mayors from around the world sign Paris Declaration to end the AIDS epidemic
On World AIDS Day, mayors meet in Paris as UNAIDS releases a new report on the huge potential of fast-tracking the AIDS response in cities
President of South Africa and UNAIDS Executive Director discuss HIV and the Ebola outbreak
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé met with the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, on 4 September at the President’s official residence in Pretoria, South Africa. During the meeting, Mr Sidibé congratulated the President on his re-election and praised the government’s leadership in the country’s HIV response.
UNAIDS report shows that 19 million of the 35 million people living with HIV today do not know that they have the virus
In sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 90% of people who know their HIV-positive status are on treatment—ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 will require smart scale-up to close the gap
Guidelines for 2014 Global AIDS response progress reporting released
The 2014 Global AIDS response progress reporting (GARPR) guidelines were released on 24 January. The guidelines provide countries with technical guidance on how to measure progress towards the ten targets set in the 2011 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS. They include the detailed specifications of the core indicators, the data required, and how data will be interpreted.
New HIV report finds big drop in new HIV infections in South Africa
New data show that new HIV infections have been reduced by about a third from 2004 and 2012. The South Africa 2012 HIV Estimates and Projections at-a-glance report was launched in Durban, South Africa on 10 January by the Deputy President of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe and UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé.
