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Zambian football star Racheal Kundananji named UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Education Plus in Zambia
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First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire sponsors national consultation on paediatric HIV and tuberculosis
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Pia Wurtzbach on how she is helping the response to COVID-19
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Victoria Beckham looks forward to an AIDS-free generation
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Victoria Beckham visits UNAIDS in Geneva to lend her support to the AIDS response ahead of World AIDS Day
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Monaco becomes a Fast-Track city
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UNAIDS ambassadors speak out to stop discrimination
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UNAIDS Special Ambassador receives UNWDPA Leadership Award
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Chinese audio version of award-winning children’s book The bravest boy I know launched
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Victoria Lopyreva appointed as a UNAIDS Special Ambassador for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
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Goodwill Ambassadors
Her Serene Highness Princess Stephanie of Monaco, passionate in the fight against AIDS and mother of three, has been President of ‘Fight AIDS Monaco’ since 2004. The organization has three focus areas: information, prevention and support to people living with and affected by HIV.

Princess Stephanie of Monaco UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha of Thailand, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for HIV Prevention for the Asia Pacific

Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsawali Krom Muen Suddhanarinatha of Thailand UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for HIV Prevention for the Asia Pacific

King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukiidi IV of the Tooro Kingdom in Uganda

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific

Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Asia and the Pacific

Actress Jenna Ortega has spoken about her work with UNAIDS and encouraged young people to get involved in ending the AIDS epidemic.

Jenna Ortega

Racheal Kundananji is a professional footballer who is currently playing with Bay FC and the Zambian National Women’s Football Team; the Copper Queens. As a UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, she focuses on promoting HIV prevention and empowering youth, especially adolescent girls and young women.

Racheal Kundananji UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Zambia

UNAIDS appoints the artist OUM as National Goodwill Ambassador in Morocco. Credit: Lamia Lahbabi

Oum UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Morocco

Funke Akindele, UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador for Nigeria

Funke Akindele UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador for Nigeria

His Majesty Ronald Edward Frederick Kimera Muwenda Mutebi II the 36th Kabaka (King) of Buganda and UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for ending AIDS among men in East and Southern Africa.

King of Buganda UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for ending AIDS among men in East and Southern Africa

King William Gabula Nadiope

King William Nadiope IV of the Busoga region UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador

First Ladies

First Lady of Cameroon Chantal Biya UNAIDS Special Ambassador

First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire Dominique Ouattara UNAIDS Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission and the Promotion of Paediatric Treatment for HIV

First Lady of Rwanda Jeannette Kagame, UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Adolescent Health and Well-being

First Lady of Rwanda Jeannette Kagame UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Adolescent Health and Well-being

UNAIDS has named the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Fatima Maada Bio, as a UNAIDS champion for the empowerment and engagement of adolescent girls and young women in Sierra Leone. UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, confirmed the appointment during a meeting with Mrs Maada Bio and her husband President Julius Maada Bio at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly taking place in New York.

First Lady of Sierra Leone Fatima Maada Bio

Emeritus

Victoria Beckham UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Kenneth Cole UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Korean football star, Myung-Bo Hong, was named International Goodwill Ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) during a press conference held at Yonsei University in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 28 November 2011.

Myung-Bo Hong UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Quarraisha Abdool Karim UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV

Gervinho, UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Youth and China-Africa Collaboration

Gervinho UNAIDS Special Ambassador for Youth

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Vera Brezhneva UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Alejandra Oraa UNAIDS Regional Goodwill Ambassador for Latin America and the Caribbean

Yousra Goodwill Ambassador for the Middle East and North Africa

Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for the Pacific

Ratu Epeli Nailatikau UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for the Pacific

TV presenter and actress Svetlana Borovskaya became UNAIDS national Goodwill Ambassador for Belarus in November 2015. In her role, Ms Borovskaya champions the 90–90–90 targets, whereby, by 2020, 90% of people living with HIV know their HIV status, 90% of

Svetlana Borovskaya UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Belarus

Erkin Ryzkullbekov UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Kyrgyzstan

Yola Semedo UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Angola

Singer and television presenter Lulu Haangala Wood was appointed as a UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Zambia in May 2017.

Lulu Haangala Wood UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Zambia

Naomi Watts UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Huang Xiaoming

Huang Xiaoming UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for China

Atiqah Hasiholan UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador for Indonesia

Toumani Diabaté UNAIDS International Goodwill Ambassador

Emeritus First Ladies
First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, UNAIDS Special Advocate for Young Women and Adolescent Girls

First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos UNAIDS Special Advocate for Young Women and Adolescent Girls

First Lady of Chad Hinda Deby Itno UNAIDS Special Ambassador for the Prevention of HIV and the Protection and Health of Adolescents

First Lady Neo Jane Masisi champion for adolescent girls and young women

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