Lorena Castillo de Varela, First Lady of Panama, visited UNAIDS on Tuesday 24 May. This was her first visit to headquarters since her appointment as UNAIDS Special Ambassador for AIDS in Latin America.

At a high-level side event held during the 69th session of the World Health Assembly, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, delegates have urged countries to end gender inequity in the response to HIV by putting women and adolescent girls on the Fast-Track to ending the AIDS epidemic.

Dominique Ouattara, First Lady of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, visited UNAIDS on 25 April 2016.

The Civil Society Hearing, which was convened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York by the President of the United Nations General Assembly, is part of the groundwork for the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS, which will take place from 8 to 10 June 2016 in New York.

Press release: Investing in community-led action will be critical to ending the AIDS epidemic

Update: Uniting communities to end the epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis

UNAIDS is hosting several special sessions at the 18th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), including one to discuss its new Fast-Track Strategy. The conference is taking place against a backdrop of great progress in the response to HIV, even though many challenges remain. Worldwide, 15.8 million people now have access to life-saving antiretroviral medicines, with more than 10 million people in sub-Saharan Africa accessing treatment. More on ICASA

World AIDS Day is commemorated every year on 1st December. Here are some photos from across the globe capturing the spirit of this year’s events.

Special interactive page

Fact sheet 2015

Postcards, posters, logos

Statements by cosponsors and partners

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World leaders call for accelerated action and smarter investments to Fast-Track the end of the AIDS epidemic. Learn more about this event

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On the eve of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly, world leaders attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit from 25-27 September at UN headquarters in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda. The annual general debate is in progress (28 September-3 October).

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The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, and the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, have launched an innovative new tool to track progress and identify gaps in HIV programming in Kenya. The Kenya HIV Situation Room brings together logistics and service delivery data to produce a more comprehensive picture and understanding of Kenya’s epidemic. Read more

We present here the stories of women in six countries in eastern and southern Africa—Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia—joining them in their journey to motherhood. Their tales demonstrate the courage, tenacity and support that is needed to ensure children remain free from HIV infection and that their mothers stay alive and well.