UNAIDS Asia-Pacific

Episode 2: On understanding community needs In this second episode, we talk with Thomas Cai about his experience working with people who use drugs in Asia to help provide treatment and...

When the COVID-19 pandemic began to spread across the globe, it became clear that fears of contracting COVID-19, misinformation and subsequent stigma were major factors deterring people seeking HIV prevention and...

“There were no such diseases back in the day! AIDS came into being only because of college kids like you messing around,” shouted an old man at a group of students...

The Ashodaya pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project for female sex workers in south India has shown how PrEP and HIV prevention programmes can be strengthened and their implementation accelerated beyond pilot...

While pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been shown to be highly efficacious, with up to 99% protection if the drug is taken as directed, delivering a successful PrEP program is challenging. A...

“I cannot provide my family with sufficient food as my earnings have gone down. I feel depressed seeing my family going through economic pain and hunger,” says Kamal Hossain (not his...

Episode 1: On women who use drugs In this first episode, we talk with Rosma about her experiences going through over 17 different types of drug treatment and rehabilitation programmes in...

The Interagency Task Team on Young Key Populations (IATT on YKPs) in Asia Pacific, with support from Youth LEAD, UNAIDS, UNICEF East Asia and Pacific Regional Office and UNDP, is delighted...