Africa: UNAIDS Welcomes South Africa's Call to End Criminalisation of Sex Work

Responding to the decision of South Africa's Cabinet to propose a Bill that will repeal criminalisation of sex work, UNAIDS Country Director Eva Kiwango said: Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: UNAIDS Is Deeply Concerned That Rising Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo Threatens HIV Treatment and Prevention Services

UNAIDS is alarmed that fighting between government forces and rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing serious disruption and harm to treatment, prevention… Read more »

Africa: Communities of Faith Unite With Health Leaders to Reach All Children Affected By HIV

Only half (52%) of the 1.7 million children living with HIV around the world had access to life-saving treatment in 2021, compared to 76% of adults. A recent report by UNAIDS, In… Read more »

Africa: World Leaders Urged to Act With Courage to End Aids as AIDS2022 Closes

As AIDS2022 in Montreal comes to a close, UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima said: Read more »

Africa: Aids Leaders Raise Alarm On the Danger of Millions of Preventable Deaths

At the launch of UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2022 global AIDS leaders united in a call to prevent millions of new HIV infections and millions of AIDS-related deaths. Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Welcomes the Life-Saving Results of PEPFAR Funding and Programmes

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) welcomes the latest data released by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which demonstrate the… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Welcomes ViiV's Agreement to Enable Generic Production of Long Acting PrEP to 90 Countries

UNAIDS welcomes the agreement between ViiV and the Medicines Patent Pool to enable access to generic formulation of long acting Cabotegravir for PrEP to 90 low- and lower-middle… Read more »

Africa: Millions of Lives At Risk As Progress Against AIDS Falters - United Nations

Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Calls for Urgent Global Response to Monkeypox Public Health Emergency

UNAIDS today called on governments to respond urgently to the World Health Organization declaration of Monkey Pox as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. WHO has… Read more »

Africa: Performance Report Demonstrates How the UN Joint Programme On HIV and Aids Has Helped Save Lives

This year's UNAIDS performance report demonstrates how the UN Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS has critically contributed to key areas of the global HIV response and to saving… Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Warns That Stigmatizing Language On Monkeypox Jeopardises Public Health

UNAIDS has expressed concern that some public reporting and commentary on Monkeypox has used language and imagery, particularly portrayals of LGBTI and African people, that… Read more »

Africa: Around 10 Million People Living With HIV are Still Not on Antiretroviral Therapy

Identification of fast-spreading HIV variant provides evidence of urgency to halt the pandemic and reach all with testing and treatment Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS welcomes President Biden's Intent to Nominate John Nkengasong as U.S.Global AIDS Coordinator

UNAIDS warmly welcomes the intent of the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, to nominate John Nkengasong as Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator of United States… Read more »

Africa: Fund to Help Key Populations During Covid-19 Launched

UNAIDS announces the launch of its Solidarity Fund, which will support social entrepreneurs and micro-business owned by key populations facing special hardship during the COVID-19… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: UNAIDS Calls On More to Be Done for Paediatric HIV Treatment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

On World AIDS Day, the UNAIDS Executive Director visited an HIV community village and a children's hospital Read more »

Africa: UNAIDS Issues Guidance On Reducing Stigma and Discrimination During Covid-19 Responses

Drawing on 40 years of experience from the AIDS response, UNAIDS is issuing new guidance on how to reduce stigma and discrimination in the context of COVID-19. The guidance is… Read more »

Africa: World Leaders Unite in Call for a People's Vaccine Against COVID-19

More than 140 world leaders, experts and elders have made an unprecedented call for guarantees that COVID-19 vaccines, diagnostics, tests and treatments will be provided free of… Read more »

South Africa: Death of Pioneering HIV Scientist an Immense Loss - UNAids

UNAIDS is shocked and saddened by the sudden death of Gita Ramjee, who died of COVID-19 related complications on 31 March 2020. Her death is an immense loss to the HIV prevention… Read more »