May

UNAIDS calls for the protection of human rights on the International Day to End Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT)

Ahead of IDAHOBIT, commemorated worldwide on 17 May, UNAIDS is calling on governments...

15 May 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

April

UNAIDS expresses deep concern over the passing of new anti-LGBT legislation in Iraq

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is deeply concerned about the...

30 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS – planning for sustainability of the HIV response up to and beyond 2030

To support countries and partners in implementing the Sustainability Framework as...

30 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

How communities led in the HIV response, saving lives in Eswatini at the peak of a crippling AIDS epidemic

Eswatini is one of the countries which has been most affected by HIV. At the peak of the...

25 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes Court’s ruling to protect the rights of LGBTQ people in Dominica

UNAIDS welcomes the decision of the High Court of Dominica to protect the rights of LGBTQ...

22 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Navigating HIV services during migration crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Countries affected by the migration crisis in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, prompted...

17 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS calls for sustained and expanded health and HIV investments at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank

Debt restructuring and reforms to the global tax system are urgently required to finance...

16 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Expand HIV services to power gains across health, urges new report

A new report released today by UNAIDS and Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS,...

15 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Sudan’s unsung heroes: Protecting people living with and affected by HIV amidst conflict and famine

One year ago, on 15 April 2023, armed conflict broke out in Sudan between the Sudanese...

15 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Monaco Principality renews its collaboration with UNAIDS

Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director of UNAIDS—the organization leading the global...

11 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS notes the judgment of the Constitutional Court of Uganda which has struck down certain parts of the Anti-Homosexuality Act, 2023

The Constitutional Court of Uganda has today struck down certain sections of the Anti-...

3 April 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

March

With a modest increase in investment UNAIDS can get 35 countries over the line to end their AIDS pandemics by 2025

UNAIDS is urging donors for a modest increase in funding to ensure that 35 countries can...

28 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Haiti’s crisis exacerbates vulnerability of people living with and affected by HIV. UNAIDS committed to continuing to provide support to people in need.

The humanitarian crisis in Haiti is exacerbating the vulnerability of people living with...

27 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS urges Indian Ocean Island countries to strengthen HIV prevention to end AIDS

Despite progress across most of sub-Saharan Africa, UNAIDS warns that gaps in HIV...

27 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes governments’ commitment to end AIDS, tackle gender-based violence, discrimination and inequalities

On 22 March, governments attending the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of...

25 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes the adoption of a crucial resolution recognizing harm reduction measures at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs

UNAIDS welcomes the adoption of a key resolution today at the 67th session of the United...

22 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Guayaquil joins the worldwide group of cities committed to ending the HIV epidemic

Mayor Aquiles Alvarez Henriques of Guayaquil, Ecuador's largest city and the nation's...

15 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS urges scaling up of evidence-based services to address the transmission of HIV and viral hepatitis among people who use drugs

At the 67th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs taking place in...

14 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Reductions in new HIV infections in several Global HIV Prevention Coalition countries, but global progress needs to be accelerated

A new report, HIV Prevention: From Crisis to Opportunity shows that HIV infections...

13 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Invest in women and girls’ education and health rights to end AIDS in Africa

Despite substantial declines in new HIV infections globally, the HIV/AIDS epidemic...

11 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

At the 68th Commission on Status of Women UNAIDS calls for action to achieve gender equality and end AIDS

UNAIDS is gearing up for the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (#...

11 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Asia Pacific women living with HIV build their power through Feminist School

One-third of people living with HIV in Asia and the Pacific are women. But their issues...

8 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Community leadership driving progress to eliminate mother-to-child HIV transmission in Indonesia

In June 2023 Indonesia established the National Alliance to End AIDS in Children. This...

7 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

On International Women’s Day, UNAIDS calls for protecting women’s rights to protect their health

Ahead of International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March, UNAIDS is calling for the...

6 March 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

February

UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima responds to the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill in Ghana’s parliament

Responding to the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill in...

28 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Expertise France partners with UNAIDS to fight HIV stigma and discrimination in western and central Africa

The French public international cooperation agency ‘Expertise France’ and UNAIDS have...

28 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

On the 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day UNAIDS calls for the protection of human rights as a path to protecting health for all

On this Zero Discrimination Day (1 March), and across the whole month of March, events...

27 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Statement from UNAIDS on the decision of the High Court of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to uphold discriminatory and harmful laws

UNAIDS is concerned about the impact on peoples’ health and rights following the decision...

25 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Two years on: UNAIDS supports Ukraine’s commitment to the HIV response

Two years of war in Ukraine have resulted in significant humanitarian consequences. Forty...

23 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Member States negotiating the pandemic instrument have an opportunity to save lives and keep the world safe, says UNAIDS

As Member States enter the next stage of drafting and negotiating a new Pandemics...

18 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Countries take practical steps forward towards eliminating discrimination

Countries from across the world who have taken practical steps forward towards...

9 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Young people’s inspirational leadership role in India’s HIV response

Divyanshi is an enthusiastic 18-year-old Indian girl with an inspiring personal story of...

6 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS mourns the passing of Hage Geingob, President of Namibia

It is with profound sadness that UNAIDS learns of the passing of Dr Hage G. Geingob,...

5 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS Executive Director: let women and girls lead to protect and advance human rights globally

At a conference hosted in Oslo by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad...

1 February 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

January

Tajikistan takes a positive step towards decriminalization of HIV exposure and transmission

​In an important decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court on December 26, 2023,...

30 January 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS welcomes Jamaica’s expansion of protections against gender-based violence

UNAIDS welcomes Jamaica’s expansion of protections against gender-based violence as the...

22 January 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS launches new approach to ensure the long-term sustainability of the HIV response

As countries work to reach the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030,...

19 January 2024   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

December

UNAIDS Board calls on member states to resource and tailor HIV response that integrates diverse needs of transgender people

During the 53rd meeting of UNAIDS’ Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) held in Geneva,...

19 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS supports China to play a bigger role to end AIDS at home and globally

The collaboration between UNAIDS and China was the focus of a consultation that took...

19 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Seeking justice for HIV-related discrimination in the workplace in Guatemala

In Guatemala, 31,000 people are estimated to be living with HIV. HIV-related stigma and...

18 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Cambodia social protection for people living with HIV

With support from UNAIDS and UNDP, Cambodia’s Ministry of Planning launched a web-based...

15 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Responding to gender-based violence through sorority and information

With support from UNAIDS, Latiendo Juntas coordinates a project to improve access to...

15 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Governments commit to step up the global HIV response to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030

The 53rd meeting of UNAIDS’ Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) concluded today in Geneva...

14 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

To protect everyone’s health, protect everyone’s rights

UNAIDS Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

10 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

To end AIDS in Africa, UNAIDS urges governments and partners to ramp up the response to HIV

Africa can end AIDS as a public threat, but to do so governments and international...

9 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Executive Director of UNAIDS awarded ‘Most outspoken Ally of the Year’ for her work supporting the rights of marginalized communities

The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima has been recognized as the ‘Most...

8 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Australian Government enters new partnership with UNAIDS to let communities lead in ending AIDS in Asia Pacific

As part of its ongoing support for ending AIDS in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the...

5 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

UNAIDS calls for accelerated political and financial support for communities to lead in the response to HIV

The world can end AIDS as a public health threat if communities on the frontlines of the...

4 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

Members of United States Congress and global leaders commemorate World AIDS Day in Washington D.C.

UNAIDS hosts bipartisan event on Capitol Hill to highlight the importance of global HIV...

1 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |    

On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS, the European Union and partners call for an end to HIV-related stigma and discrimination

On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS, Spain, as President of the Council of the European Union, and...

1 December 2023   |   Read more   |   Email this link to me   |