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US aid funding cuts put HIV prevention at risk, warns UNAIDS

·February 9, 2025·2 min read

The waiver allows the continuation or resumption of “life-saving humanitarian assistance” including HIV treatment. That means 20 million people living with HIV and whose medication is funded by the US can continue to receive treatment. “That’s 20 million out of the 30 million people living with HIV in the world,” said...

UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment

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·January 29, 2025·2 min read

The move from the UN agency dedicated to ending the disease came in response to an immediate 90-day funding pause for all foreign assistance laid out in an executive order by President Trump, including the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR is the world’s leading HIV initiative...

UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives

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·September 19, 2024·2 min read

The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25.9 million people of the nearly 40 million total. If debt payments and stifled budgets are unaddressed in the...

UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide

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·June 2, 2023·2 min read

Pride Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the resilience, diversity, and achievements of LGBTQI individuals, UNAIDS said in a press release, while also reflecting on continuing struggle for full equality, dignity and recognition. This momentous occasion also serves as a reminder of the important collective commitment to human rights, equality,...

UNAIDS launches campaign to advocate for rights of transgender children

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·April 1, 2023·2 min read

“Many of us take our gender identity for granted, but for many children it is not so easy,” said Mahesh Mahalingam, the UNAIDS Director of Communications and Global Advocacy. “It’s a matter of daily survival, a daily struggle. Children all around the world must be supported in expressing their identity...

Community-led responses ‘essential for ending pandemics’ – UNAIDS

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·December 16, 2022·2 min read

“To be effective, pandemic responses need to move beyond one-way communications to bring communities into decision making at all levels”, said Matthew Kavanagh, UNAIDS Deputy Executive a.i for Policy, Advocacy and Knowledge. “Community leadership is not a mere nice-to-have. It is essential for ending pandemics”. Step in the right direction ...