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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.
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
Access the presentation and video delivered by Eamonn Murphy, Regional Director of UNAIDS Asia Pacific and Eastern Europe Central Asia at the regional launch of the report, The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads.
With a new HIV infection every two minutes, Asia Pacific must urgently invest in prevention and community leadership GENEVA/MUNICH/BANGKOK, 22 July 2024—A new report released today by UNAIDS shows that the world is at a critical moment that will determine whether leaders meet their commitment to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. The report, ‘The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads’, offers new data and case studies which… Read More
Strategic, rapid expansion of non-discriminatory prevention, testing and treatment services required SUVA/BANGKOK, 12 March 2024—Available data suggest that the HIV epidemic in Fiji has been growing in recent years. As the country accelerates action to address the situation, the strategy should be evidence-driven, multisectoral and grounded in HIV response best practices. With political will and community leadership, Fiji can ensure that all people in need can safely access services to help them… Read More
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.
Imagine this: you’re a person living with HIV, and your household is facing financial hardship. You decide to run a small grocery business at home, keeping your status hidden. Despite accessing free HIV treatment, you cannot afford other essential health services. And when you need to buy medicine, you don’t have enough for your children’s school supplies or nutritious meals.
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
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