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UNAIDS joined the Asian Development Bank in January to hold a side meeting at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference (PMAC) on “Sustaining Equitable Universal Health Coverage for Key and Vulnerable Populations”. The meeting featured a panel of experts from government, civil society, ADB and UNAIDS and The participants explored the roles of government and development partners in ensuring adequate financing for Universal Health Coverage in the current era of poly-crises.

A new report by UNAIDS demonstrates the critical role communities play, and how underfunding and harmful barriers are holding back their lifesaving work and obstructing the end of AIDS. GENEVA/BANGKOK, 28 November 2023—As World AIDS Day (1 December) approaches, UNAIDS is urging governments to fully leverage the power of grassroots communities to help end AIDS as a public health threat. A new report launched today by UNAIDS, Let Communities Lead, shows that… Read More

Please invite communities of people living with HIV, key populations and other civil society organizations in your country to join our virtual World AIDS Day share fair. They will be briefed on the 2023 World AIDS Day report and learn from other community leaders about strategies for stronger social media and news media engagement to advance their advocacy agendas.

GENEVA/BANGKOK, 13 July 2023—A new report released today by UNAIDS shows that there is a clear path that ends AIDS. This path will also help prepare for and tackle future pandemics and advance progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The report, ‘The Path that Ends AIDS’, contains data and case studies which highlight that ending AIDS is a political and financial choice, and that the countries and leaders who are already… Read More

VIENTIANE/BANGKOK, June 13, 2023—ASEAN member states have taken a critical step forward in the implementation of the 2022 ASEAN Leaders’ Declaration on Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to end AIDS by 2030. During a two-day meeting hosted by Lao PDR in Vientiane, representatives from ten ASEAN member states recommended updates to the existing workplan to reflect the renewed commitment.

The global HIV response is in danger. Progress in prevention is faltering around the world.   Action to tackle the inequalities driving AIDS is urgently required to prevent millions of new HIV infections this decade and to end the AIDS pandemic.  Bangkok, 28 July 2022—New data from UNAIDS on the global HIV response reveals progress has faltered, resources have shrunk, and millions of lives are at risk as a result. The new report,… Read More

Veena has been living with HIV for more than 15 years and works as a community educator in Bangalore, India. But she still remembers the day she learned of her HIV-positive status.

UNAIDS and the World Health Organization welcome the swift response by Chinese health authorities and community based organizations to the suspected leak of confidential information about people living with HIV in China over the last week. The two organizations stress that the leak of personal information of people living with HIV is a violation of the fundamental right to patient confidentiality.