"I am excited": 21-year-old Jane Mndebele becomes the first South African to receive lenacapavir
History was made in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa on Friday, 5 June, as 21-year-old Jane Mndebele became the first person to receive lenacapavir, the twice-yearly HIV prevention injectable, as part of the country's new national prevention programme.
Western African youth living with HIV network hitting major roadblocks
Three years ago, Adjovi Husunukpe co-founded the Western and Central African HIV+ Youth Network (RAJ+AOC) to connect with her peers and strengthen youth-led advocacy in the HIV response. “We wanted to be heard at a national and international level as one,” she said.
Young people in Asia and the Pacific are helping shape a Prevention Revolution 2.0
When Jeremy Tan from Youth LEAD talks about HIV prevention among young people, he starts with where you can actually find them: online, in private messages, on dating apps and in community spaces.
UNAIDS applauds Botswana on fully repealing anti-LGBTQ+ law
More than six years after Botswana’s courts struck down a ban on same-sex intimacy, the government has now formally removed the discriminatory provisions from the law.
Achieving and sustaining viral suppression among people living with HIV in Trinidad & Tobago
Civil society organisations play a critical role in the AIDS response, including facilitating access to HIV prevention and treatment services. The Medical Research Foundation (MRF), based in Trinidad & Tobago, is a perfect example of this.
UNAIDS welcomes expanded rollout of HIV prevention medicine and calls for urgent action to ensure equitable and affordable global access
GENEVA, 15 April 2026—UNAIDS commends the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the United States for their commitment to further increase access to long-acting HIV prevention medication. In a recent statement they pledged to increase their initial ambition of reaching 2 million with lenacapavir, twice yearly injections which prevent HIV, to reach 3 million people by 2028.
New Access Framework for the new era of HIV prevention calls for scaled-up investments, expanded choice and sustainability to achieve 2030 targets
The HIV response is at a tipping point. If HIV prevention is deprioritized and defunded, gains made in stopping new HIV infections could be reversed.
Unlocking community actions in Uzbekistan
Civil society organizations in Uzbekistan help deliver peer-to-peer outreach, HIV testing, awareness-raising and prevention. As external funding for HIV declines in the land-locked country in Central Asia, it now faces a critical task: ensuring that prevention and community-led services are sustained.
HIV ‘Prevention Hangout’ expands information and HIV services at Brazil’s 2026 Salvador Carnival
During the 2026 Carnival in Salvador de Bahia—one of the largest street festivals in Brazil, which gathered around 12 million people—UNAIDS, the Municipal Health Secretariat of Salvador, Bahia, and the non-governmental organization Motirô BA provided HIV information, testing and prevention services to its participants through the “Rolê da Prevenção” initiative.
