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In 2010, at age 23, Ayu Oktariani learned she was HIV positive. Not only did she lose her husband to AIDS, but during her pregnancy her daughter was infected.
A woman living with HIV shows up to her community clinic for antenatal care. The nurses ask why she got pregnant. A man living with HIV goes to his dental appointment. He arrives first, but the staff treat him last. A young transgender woman learns she is HIV positive. She was already scared about how she would be treated. Now she’s doubly terrified. A man living with HIV is hopeful when… Read More
“In our country we are not the priority,” Daisy Cruz says plainly. She is surrounded by other women living with HIV who agree. They share stories that are not often told about the epidemic in Asia and the Pacific. In a region where men living with the virus outnumber women roughly two to one, the issues of women and girls are often overlooked. They are all members of the International Community of… Read More
BANGKOK, February 28, 2025—Accurate, recent HIV data are especially critical as countries in Asia and the Pacific respond to rising new infections and mobilise funding. Teams from twenty-three Asia Pacific countries have been trained and supported to generate updated estimates of their HIV epidemics and responses. Held in Bangkok, Thailand from February 24th to 28th, the regional workshop was hosted by UNAIDS with support from the Australian Government.
Urgent action needed to restore essential community-led services BANGKOK, 13 February, 2025—While the United States’ 90-day pause on foreign assistance has impacted the global AIDS response, U.S. Department of State waivers have allowed the resumption of HIV treatment and prevention of mother to child transmission services. Treatment programs in a number of Asia Pacific countries have been affected, with a more widespread reduction of community-led HIV prevention, stigma and discrimination, adherence counselling,… Read More
Stigma-free HIV prevention, testing and treatment services required for an effective response SUVA/BANGKOK, 23 January 2025—The Government of Fiji has declared an HIV outbreak in response to a sharp increase in reported newly diagnosed cases during 2024.
Asia Pacific seeks to lower HIV-related stigma and rights violations through education about U=U BANGKOK/GENEVA, 27 November 2024— Ahead of World AIDS Day (1 December), UNAIDS urges leaders to protect the human rights of everyone living with, and at risk of, HIV. Only then can the world meet the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. A new report, “Take the rights path to end AIDS”, notes that… Read More
Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines prepare to introduce the DVR When Elena Felix contracted HIV the only prevention tools available were condoms. She didn’t think she needed them then. Thirty years after her diagnosis, she’s helped conduct research to determine whether women in the Philippines would use a new tool to lower their risk of HIV infection.
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