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Em Ra disappears into the house twice, slipping past the shrine of flowers and incense by the front door. First, she brings out an old HIV magazine. She flips to a page of a small child, sitting on the back seat of a bike, looking straight into the camera. Next, she emerges with two framed photographs from a recent university graduation.
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.
BANGKOK, 10 April, 2025—Every child deserves the best start to a healthy life, free from preventable diseases and infections. To this end, today the WHO, UNICEF and UNAIDS launched the Regional Roadmap for the Triple Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission (EMTCT) of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B in the Asia and Pacific Region (2024–2030). This resource offers guidance to strengthen national strategies and operational plans to end these three diseases among children in… Read More
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
Adrian Lindayag, a Philippines actor, learned he was living with HIV in 2017. But even before then, he’d felt the weight of the disease.
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
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