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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.
Life became chaotic for Poon early. (Not his real name.) As a gay teenager he was bullied at school by students and teachers. He moved in with his grandparents when his parents separated, but eventually left northern Thailand for Bangkok. There he survived through sex work.
Partners explore more effective responses to sexualized drug-use at Asia Pacific Chemsex Symposium BANGKOK, November 8, 2024—UNAIDS and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have launched a first of its kind regional chemsex toolkit. Developed by the Australian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM), the toolkit is geared toward clinical service providers in Asia and the Pacific working with men who have sex with men… Read More
Teams from Botswana, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Mozambique, South Africa, Thailand and Zambia have shared pathways to lowering HIV-related stigma and discrimination as part of a novel learning exchange. From September 17 to 20 in Bangkok, Thailand, community and government partners, together with UN and development partners from each country traded notes on their work to tackle prejudice and rights violations in healthcare, community, education, employment, justice and emergency settings. The teams… Read More
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