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Published on April 18, 2023 - 23:13 GMT

The power of visibility — My story as the first person who came out as a person living with HIV in...

Jokapeci Cati is the Program Manager and founder of the Fiji Network for Positive People (FNP+). This is her self-told story of how she became the first person living openly with HIV in Fiji. I grew up in the harbour town of Suva. I was brought up in the …

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Published on April 15, 2023 - 19:33 GMT

UNAIDS welcomes the decriminalisation of same-sex relations by the Cook Islands parliament

BANGKOK, 15 April 2023—UNAIDS applauds today’s decision by Cook Islands lawmakers to remove laws prohibiting consensual sexual acts between men from the Crimes Act. By decriminalising sex between same-sex partners, the Pacific nation joins a global …

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Published on April 13, 2023 - 10:18 GMT

New UNAIDS Collaborating Center at Georgetown leverages strengths in HIV/AIDS law, policy and...

WASHINGTON DC, 12 April 2023 — The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today designated the Global Health Policy and Politics Initiative at Georgetown as a United Nations Collaborating Center to support and advance policy and laws impacting …

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Published on April 13, 2023 - 00:35 GMT

A triple dividend: The health, social and economic gains from financing...

Fully financing the HIV response to get back on track to achieve the 2030 goals will produce substantial health, social and economic gains in African countries. These findings are highlighted in a new report, A Triple Dividend: The health, social and …

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Published on April 13, 2023 - 00:35 GMT

A Triple Dividend: Fully financing the HIV response in Africa

Fully financing the HIV response to get back on track to achieve the 2030 goals will produce substantial health, social and economic gains in African countries. These findings are highlighted in a new report, A Triple Dividend: The health, social and …

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Published on April 3, 2023 - 20:32 GMT

In Northeast Brazil, civil society and local government collaborate to increase HIV treatment...

In 1988, a group of activists came together in Fortaleza, the fifth largest city in Brazil and capital of Northeastern state of Ceará, to create the local chapter of the National Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (RNP+CE). The aim was to ensure …

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Published on March 31, 2023 - 21:34 GMT

UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and ViiV of three licenses signed...

GENEVA, 31 March 2023 — UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and ViiV of three licenses signed with generic manufacturers Aurobindo, Cipla and Viatris for long-acting Cabotegravir for PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis.) PrEP reduces …

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Published on March 31, 2023 - 09:03 GMT

Beyond transgender visibility: India works toward employment equity

Ratrish Saha is a transgender woman from Kolkata, India. Even with seven years’ work experience, she was anxious about applying for a new job last year. “Finding a job is never easy being a transgender woman. I would get rejected with statements like ‘ …

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Published on March 31, 2023 - 09:03 GMT

Healthcare access is fraught for trans people in Asia and the Pacific. Communities are working to...

Zara Fauziah is a transgender woman from Indonesia. She learned she was living with HIV in 2017, but for four years coped with her diagnosis alone. The hospital where she could receive treatment wasn’t welcoming. Rere Agistya, another Indonesian …

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Published on March 29, 2023 - 16:59 GMT

Improving data collection to improve national AIDS’ responses

During a regional UNAIDS HIV estimates workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, groups gathered around laptops to discuss national insights, including the growing HIV infections among gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Philippines, the high mother-to …

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Published on March 24, 2023 - 01:26 GMT

UNAIDS Executive Director Message on World TB Day – Yes, we shall and we can end TB among people...

Today, on World TB Day, we must recognize the urgent need to end the TB epidemic around the world, especially among people living with HIV. TB remains a leading cause of severe illness and death among people with HIV. According to the World Health …

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Published on March 23, 2023 - 03:14 GMT

UNAIDS urges the Government of Uganda to not enact harmful law that threatens public health

GENEVA/JOHANNESBURG, 22 March 2023 — Responding to the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill by the Ugandan Parliament, UNAIDS has warned that, if the Bill is enacted into law, it will have extremely damaging consequences for public health, by curtailing …

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Published on March 8, 2023 - 23:59 GMT

New legal principles launched on International Women’s Day to advance decriminalization efforts

The International Committee of Jurists (ICJ) along with UNAIDS and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) officially launched a new set of expert jurist legal principles to guide the application of international human rights law to …

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Published on March 8, 2023 - 13:13 GMT

Asia Pacific women living with HIV speak out about rights violations

Nirmala Singh (not her real name) found out she was HIV positive after being tested during pregnancy. It was a surprise diagnosis, but she immediately knew how she had been infected. Before getting married she was raped. Nurses informed Nirmala’s husband …

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Published on March 2, 2023 - 03:26 GMT

How harsh drug laws undermine health and human rights in Asia Pacific

Rosma Karlina and Bambang Yulistyo Dwi live with their two young children in the rainy hillside town of Bogor, south of Jakarta. “Sometimes we go to museums to introduce the children to history or feed the deer at the Presidential Palace. It’s simple …

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Published on March 1, 2023 - 06:30 GMT

On Zero Discrimination Day, countries urged to decriminalise To save lives

On Zero Discrimination Day 2023, commemorated on March 1, UNAIDS highlights the need to remove laws that criminalize people living with HIV and key populations.* The 2023 theme, “Save lives: Decriminalize”, points to the positive impact on health and life …

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Published on March 1, 2023 - 06:07 GMT

“Silence is better” — How the criminalisation of sex workers keeps exploitation in the shadows

As a girl Ikka dreamed of becoming an accountant. She knew her parents could not afford to send her to university, so she resolved to pay for university herself by moving into a brothel. For almost three years she lived and worked there while studying. …

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Published on February 27, 2023 - 15:21 GMT

LGBTQ+ shelter in Lviv provides lifeline to displaced Ukrainians

Oleg Kucherenko (not his real name) traveled from the eastern part of Ukraine to Lviv, in the western part of the country when his city, Kherson, was occupied by Russian forces. He like many other representatives of the LGBTQ+ community was desperately …

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Published on February 25, 2023 - 03:39 GMT

Upholding UNAIDS responsibility to communities

UNAIDS holds a duty to serve and safeguard people in need. We are a Joint Programme which works on the frontlines, in partnership with civil society, to protect and promote the human rights of people living with, affected by, and at risk of HIV. We place …

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Published on February 23, 2023 - 14:03 GMT

One year on: We must sustain the HIV response in Ukraine

One year on, the war in Ukraine continues to inflict massive suffering and destruction. Since the start of the war on 24 February 2022, more than 13.5 million people have been internally displaced or forced to flee to neighboring countries as refugees, …

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