UNAIDS Asia-Pacific

On an early Fijian morning, Marlene Dutta, coffee cup in hand, is sitting on her back deck surrounded by greenery. Not even the sound of birds in the background can peel...

In Asia and the Pacific 300 000 people were newly infected with HIV and 160 000 died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2019. Key populations and their partners accounted for an estimated...

JOINT PRESS STATEMENT UNAIDS, APCASO, APN+ Bangkok, Thailand, 26/06/2020: In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, UNAIDS, APCASO and APN+ issued a joint statement to emphasize the key role that the...

JOINT STATEMENT  UNAIDS, APCASO and APN+  Bangkok, Thailand; June 26, 2020 Globally, almost half a million people have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the number of infections grows daily....

The experience of the UNAIDS Country Director for El Salvador, Celina Miranda, a trained medical doctor, has been very useful during the COVID-19 outbreak. When the United Nations Resident Coordinator nominated...

When the Thai government ordered the closure of entertainment venues in the country in March, it didn’t just signal an end to pulsating music and rounds of drinks shared with friends....

JOINT STATEMENT June 1, 2020 Against the backdrop of COVID-19, recalling the 2012 Joint Statement on compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres and the 2020 Joint Statement on COVID-19 in prisons...

As the coronavirus pandemic has unfurled across the world, the public health crisis has brought with it considerable social and economic aftershocks, which may be felt disproportionately by populations which are...