Essay: Five things you should know about the HIV epidemic
In an article first published on The Conversation, AIDS researchers NOMATHEMBA CHANDIWANA AND LINDA-GAIL BEKKER look at the state of play…
AIDS can be ended by 2030 with investments in prevention and treatment, UN says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discriminatory laws, the United Nations said on Thursday. In 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. […]
COVID-19 took toll on AIDS fight, UNAIDS chief says; Pope calls for solidarity with victims
Chicago, US Reuters New infections and deaths from HIV/AIDS may increase as the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted prevention measures, said UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima in an interview airing on Wednesday at the Reuters Next conference. Byanyima, who is also United Nations under-secretary-general, said that during the first pandemic phase in particular, fewer people opted […]
Time is running out, says UN, as HIV/AIDS targets missed
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation The world has missed ambitious goals to stem the spread of HIV and widen access to treatment, jeopardising a target to end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 unless global efforts are stepped up, the United Nations said on Thursday. Last year, 84 per cent of HIV-positive people knew they had […]
Coronavirus lockdowns seen increasing HIV risk to women and girls
Johannesburg, South Africa Thomson Reuters Foundation Coronavirus lockdowns have hindered the fight against HIV infection in women and girls globally by limiting their access to education and protection from sexual violence, the United Nations warned on Monday. Governments’ focus on tackling the pandemic has also shifted attention and resources away from protecting vulnerable populations from […]
UN wants more urgency in AIDS fight as gains and funding fade
London Reuters The global fight against AIDS is stalling due to lower investment, marginalised communities missing vital health services, and new HIV infections rising in some parts, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. More than half of all new HIV infections in 2018 were among sex workers, drug users, men who have sex with men, […]
Quick facts: Ten facts to mark the 30th World AIDS Day
Thomson Reuters Foundation The global campaign to end AIDS has made significant strides but the epidemic remains one of the world’s leading public health challenges, affecting almost 37 million people. Campaigners say one of the biggest challenges in the fight to end AIDS is encouraging people to get tested and making them aware of treatment […]
AIDS: FAITH GROUPS CHALLENGED TO OVERCOME WORLD’S HIV COMPLACENCY
PAUL JEFFREY, in an article first published on the World Council of Churches website, reports from this year’s International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam…
Essay: Faith communities offer a pathway to ending AIDS in Africa
MICHEL SIDIBÉ, executive director of UNAIDS, says faith communities continue to have an important role to play in responding to the HIV crisis, especially in the global south…
More than half people living with HIV now have access to treatment, says UNAIDS
More than half of all people living with HIV now have access to treatment while AIDS-related deaths have halved since 2005, according to a new UNAIDS report. The report, Ending AIDS: progress towards the 90–90–90 targets, shows that last year 19.5 million of the 36.7 million people living with HIV had access to treatment and that […]