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From violence to funding cuts, Asia Pacific women living with HIV face old and new challenges

“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

Category: Feature Tags: AIDS, Asia-Pacific, GBV, gender-based violence, health, HIV, ICW, ICWAP, International Women's Day, IWD, PMTCT, US funding freeze, Women

Asia Pacific countries risk rising HIV infections following United States development aid funding freeze

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

Category: News Tags: AIDS, Asia, Community, foreign aid, HIV, Pacific, PEPFAR, treatment, United States, US funding freeze, USAID, waiver