Nigeria: UNAIDS Appoints Artist Funke Akindele As National Goodwill Ambassador for Nigeria

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Funke Akindele, a multiple award-winning actress, movie producer and director, as… Read more »

Africa: Global Celebrities Unite Behind UNAIDS' Call for World Leaders to 'Take the Rights Path to End Aids'

This World AIDS Day (1 December), sixteen global celebrities, including Hollywood film star Luke Evans and singer-songwriter Sia of the Unstoppable hit song, are uniting behind… Read more »

Africa: Academy Award-Winning Actress and Philanthropist Charlize Theron Hands Over Her Instagram Account to 21-Year-Old HIV Activist

A 21-year-old South African HIV activist, Ibanomonde Ngema, will take over the global Instagram account of Academy Award-winner and UN Messenger of Peace, Charlize Theron, on World… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Report Shows That Upholding Human Rights Is Vital for Ending the Aids Pandemic

Ahead of World AIDS Day (1 December), a new report by UNAIDS shows that the world can meet the agreed goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 - but only if leaders… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Calls for an End to Violence Against Women and Girls. No Excuses

Gender-based violence persists as one of the most appalling violations of human rights. It also thwarts efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat because intimate partner… Read more »

Africa: Climate Emergency Risks Worsening Aids Epidemic, UN Warns At COP29

Countries facing "triple funding crisis" of insufficient climate finance, insufficient HIV funding, and crippling debt Read more »

Madagascar: UNAIDS Calls for Global Solidarity to Strengthen Madagascar's HIV Response to End Aids As a Public Health Threat

The Executive Director of UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima is calling for accelerated global solidarity to strengthen Madagascar's response to HIV, including preventing new HIV infections… Read more »

Africa: New UNAIDS Report Shows That the Debt Crisis Is Choking Sub-Saharan Africa, Leaving Health and HIV Services Chronically Underfunded

Growing public debt is choking sub-Saharan African countries, leaving them with little fiscal room to finance health and critical HIV services. A new report by UNAIDS, Domestic… Read more »

Africa: Young People Living With HIV Urge World Leaders to Partner With Them in the Aids Response

With support from UNAIDS, two young social media influencers living with HIV are on their way to the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future in New York to… Read more »

Africa: JOINT STATEMENT - Decriminalization of LGBTQ+ People Saves Lives

Joint Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima Read more »

Africa: New HIV Drug Can Only Offer Hope of Ending Aids If All Have Access, UNAIDS Says

UNAIDS has welcomed the release of Gilead Sciences' trial results on the injectable long-acting HIV medicine Lenacapavir for Pre-Exposure Prevention (PrEP). The result "provides… Read more »

Namibia: UNAIDS Applauds Namibian Constitutional Court's Decision to Declare Unconstitutional The Law That Had Criminalised Same-Sex Relationships

UNAIDS applauds the judgement by the Constitutional Court of Namibia, striking out as unconstitutional the law which had criminalised same-sex relationships.  The court found… Read more »

Africa: Govts, Civil Society and United Nations Agencies Join Together to 'Accelerate and Sustain' a Resilient HIV Response

At the 54th meeting of UNAIDS' Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) which concluded today in Geneva, Switzerland, governments, civil society and United Nations agencies united in a… Read more »

Africa: To Help Ensure the End of Aids, Leaders Need to Move Away From Punitive Approaches to People Who Use Drugs

UNAIDS welcomes the recent report by Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng, Special Rapporteur on the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health, which was presented to the 56th… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS and Global Fund Sign a New Strategic Framework for Their Collaboration to End Aids

UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, and Executive Director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund), Peter Sands, signed a new strategic… Read more »

Africa: 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 everywhere to protect the human rights of LGBTQ+ people. Protecting the human rights of every… Read more »

Uganda: 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-Homosexuality Act, 2023. Read more »

Africa: 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 continue to decline in countries that are part of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition (GPC)… Read more »

Africa: 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 (#CSW68) which begins today and will run until 22 March 2024. #CSW68, the United Nations largest… Read more »

Mauritius: UN Welcomes the Supreme Court's Decision to Decriminalize Same Sex Relations

The United Nations in Mauritius—which includes UNAIDS, UNFPA, OHCHR, UNDP and WHO—welcome today's ruling by the Supreme Court of Mauritius that a discriminatory law… Read more »

Sierra Leone: UNAIDS Appoints the First Lady of Sierra Leone As a Champion for Adolescent Girls and Young Women

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.… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Urges All Countries to Decriminalise Homosexuality As a Vital Step in Ensuring Health for All

Released ahead of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia - 17 May 2023 Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Calls for Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment and Care in Prisons, Including Access to Life Saving Harm Reduction Services

Harm reduction policies and practices help people who are using drugs to stay alive and protect them from HIV and Hepatitis C Read more »

Africa: Ministers of Finance Join Forces to Highlight the Importance of Financial Sustainability in the Response to HIV

Although great strides have been made in tackling HIV in recent years, Africa remains the continent most affected by HIV and progress towards ending AIDS is stalling. The COVID-19… Read more »

Africa: A Triple Dividend - Fully Financing the HIV Response in Africa

Fully financing the HIV response to get back on track to achieve the 2030 goals will produce substantial health, social and economic gains in African countries. These findings are… Read more »