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 congratulates the Bahamas on WHO certification of eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV and hepatitis B
UNAIDS congratulates the Bahamas on eliminating both mother-to-child transmission of HIV and hepatitis B. The certifications, awarded by the World Health Organization (WHO), with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), recognize sustained progress to ensure that pregnant women have access to quality antenatal care, get tested on time and start treatment early. The result has been that babies have been born free of preventable infections.
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.
‘Olimbi - Mother Courage’ HIV documentary wins Geneva film festival Impact Award
At the back of the reception hall, Olimbi Hoxhaj and Karlo Mlinar are standing in disbelief. They have just won the StoryBoard Impact Award at the Geneva Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH.)
New guidance note on decriminalizing drug use in the context of HIV
At the 69th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND), UNAIDS, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the International Network of People who Use Drugs (INPUD), together with partners, launched a new joint guidance note titled Decriminalization of drug use in the context of HIV.
UNAIDS strongly welcomes bold, new US funding package for HIV
UNAIDS welcomes the signing into law of a bipartisan US$ 5.88 billion spending package that reinforces the continued commitment and leadership of the United States in the global response to HIV.
