Ministers and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans, to end AIDS in children by 2030. International partners have set out how they would...
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Ministers and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans, to end AIDS in children by 2030. International partners have set out how they would...
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NEW YORK/GENEVA, 19 September 2022—At the Transforming Education Summit in New York it was announced that 12 African countries* have committed to Education Plus, a bold initiative to prevent HIV...
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FOREWORD Over the last two years, the multiple and overlapping crises that have rocked the world have had a devastating impact on people living with and affected by HIV, and they have knocked back...
23 APRIL 2022 Since floods killed 440 people and left many thousands more homeless last week in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, UNAIDS has been working with communities, civil society and...
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This report summarises the key accomplishments of the 2gether 4 SRHR Programme at regional and country levels. Activities in 2020 built on those undertaken in the period 2018-2019, and documented in...
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08 MARCH 2021 Treatment coverage among children living with HIV lags behind adult treatment coverage in most of the sub-Saharan African countries with large HIV epidemics. Across all countries,...
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This article was first published on 19 May 2020 here In much of the global COVID-19 conversation, Africa is barely mentioned. But the risks which the COVID-19 crisis brings are even greater in Africa...
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The high possible cost of COVID-19 on new HIV infections among children New modelling has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic could have a major impact on new HIV infections among children in...
Emihle Dlamini (not her real name) lost both her parents to AIDS-related illnesses when she was young, so she was raised by her grandmother. For years, Ms Dlamini didn’t know that she was born with...
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I am humbled and excited to be with you in Orkney, in the North West Province of South Africa, to commemorate my first World AIDS Day as the UNAIDS Executive Director. Thank you for the warm welcome...
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Pace of decline in new adult HIV infections remains short of ambition The co-conveners of the Global HIV Prevention Coalition, UNAIDS and the United Nations Population Fund, have launched a new...
South Africa is making strong progress in scaling up HIV testing and increasing viral suppression in patients receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), but is not yet reaching its targets for treatment...
South Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerate the pace of its response to HIV in order to reach the 2020 Fast-Track targets and end the AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030. ...
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During a visit to South Africa, UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibé, has warned that the global AIDS response is at an inflection point, at which gains to date could easily be reversed unless...
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Rise clubs are helping adolescent girls and young women start conversations about HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights. Khayelitsha is one of South Africa’s largest townships, situated...
On World AIDS Day, South Africa launched a multipronged national wellness campaign to accelerate screening and testing for HIV/tuberculosis and noncommunicable diseases, including high blood...
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The Paris Declaration to end the AIDS epidemic in cities has gained political momentum among city leaders to commit to ending AIDS and to address disparities in access to health and social services...
Ahead of its 43rd meeting in December, the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) conducted a four-day visit to South Africa between 15 and 18 October. During the visit, the delegates met with a...
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UNICEF and UNAIDS launch report on ending adolescent AIDS in Eastern and Southern Africa Report details huge strides made in adolescent programming in Eastern and Southern Africa 23 July 2018—Today...
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The youth bulge is not new. Younger generations have almost always been larger than the previous generation. However, before the twentieth century, high child mortality meant that a large proportion...