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“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.
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
BANGKOK, 23 September, 2024—Seventeen countries from the Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe Central Asia regions collaborated on a strategy to strengthen Community-led Monitoring (CLM) over the next year. The meeting facilitated learning exchanges between countries at different stages of implementation. The resulting strategy can improve HIV response results by sustainably addressing stigma, poor services standards and rights violations in healthcare settings.
ESCAP and UNAIDS welcome commitments by countries to accelerate efforts in response to HIV BANKGOK (ESCAP News) — Heads of government, ministers and other high-level officials from 50 countries and territories in Asia and the Pacific endorsed the Report of the Asia-Pacific Intergovernmental Meeting on HIV and AIDS, along with the Regional framework for action on HIV and AIDS beyond 2015 at the 71st session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia… Read More
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