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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
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
For the first time, UNAIDS staff from Asia Pacific (AP) and Eastern Europe Central Asia (EECA) came together for a joint Regional Cluster Meeting (RCM), held from June 12 – 14 in Bangkok, Thailand.
“Out in Japan” is an ambitious photography project which aims to take photographs of 10 000 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Japan by 2020, when Tokyo will garner global attention as the host of the Olympic Games. The photographer, Leslie Kee from Singapore is directing the project, which is sponsored by the non-profit, Good Aging Yells. Gon Matsunaka, the founder of Good Aging Yells says “LGBT people in Japan… Read More
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