UNAIDS released a special report for the 26th International AIDS Conference reviewing the impact of funding disruptions on the HIV response. It acknowledges the persistence of gender inequalities in the HIV response and how ongoing backsliding of gender equality and human rights negatively impacts health outcomes.
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The WHO launched a new report on the implementation of the Global Health Sector Strategies (GHSS) on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections for 2022-2030. The report discusses the impact of restrictive national policies related to gender, sexuality, reproductive rights and key populations that hinder the accessibility of health services, among other benchmarks of the HIV response.
UNAIDS releases its 2026 Global Brief on the global fight against HIV and AIDS: Progress made to date on the HIV response is real and fragile. Without renewed commitment and action, we risk a resurgence of the epidemic. In 2025, HIV responses around the world were disrupted by shifts in funding that threatened to stall years of progress in the HIV response. In 2025, external financing for all development sectors fell by 23% compared with…
Zimbabwe, where HIV has led to tens of thousands of deaths over the past two decades, is one of the first countries to roll out lenacapavir, a long-acting drug that authorities hope will slow new infections. Read the full article here.
The actress and singer discusses what her work as a sexual health advocate has taught her about helping to improve health outcomes in Black communities. Read the full article here.
World Aids Day is an opportunity to reflect on how to reduce the inequalities, stigma and healthcare barriers that people living with HIV often face. More importantly, the Day highlights community-led efforts that empower people living with HIV so that no one is left behind. This story was first published in the …
This World AIDS Day reminds us that we have the power to transform lives and futures, and end the AIDS epidemic once and for all.
Read the UN Secretary General World AIDS Day message here.
This World AIDS Day comes amid deep uncertainty, and this year’s theme, “Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response”, is a clear call to action: the world must step up, not step back.
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UNAIDS releases its 2025 World AIDS Day report: Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response: The 2025 funding crisis has thrown the AIDS response into turmoil with massive disruptions to HIV prevention and community led services, particularly for the most vulnerable. However, the new report by UNAIDS shows evidence that resilience, investment and innovation combined with global solidarity still offer a path to end AIDS. …
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The United Kingdom has made significant strides in tackling HIV, however a gender gap in care still exists. Women make up a third of the people living with HIV in the UK, yet they’re often overlooked in testing, prevention and care – which can lead to late diagnoses and poorer health outcomes. Read the full article here.
2025 marks a turning point in the HIV response. Experts are suggesting a projected 24% decrease in HIV funding over the next year in the context of reductions to international aid by several governments, extensive cuts to the US Agency for International Development, and withheld funds for the US President's Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Read…
Women and girls in Africa are at escalated risk of violence, exploitation, poverty, and HIV infection, due to the Trump administration’s abrupt shuttering of more than 80 percent of the United States Agency for International Development and…
HIV-blocking prophylactic antivirals in vaginal-ring and injectable form are not only longer-acting than daily pills, they’re also more discreet. Read the full article here.
According to a study from McGill University researchers, women who experience recent intimate partner violence (IPV) are three times more likely to contract HIV. In Sub-Saharan Africa, women face an intersecting epidemic of IPV and HIV.
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A new UNAIDS report delineates a clear path that ends AIDS, and helps prepare for and tackle future pandemics. The report cautions, however, that ending AIDS will not come automatically. Women and girls are still disproportionately affected, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Globally, 4,000 young women and girls became infected with HIV every week in 2022.
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Recent data gathered from the People Living with HIV Stigma Index 2.0 indicates that women living with HIV are at an increased risk of reproductive coercion by healthcare professionals across sub-Saharan Africa, eastern Europe, and central Asia. HIV positive women who are sex workers, use drugs and/or are migrants are more likely to receive poor quality and stigmatising reproductive care.
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This living report details the various global responses of organisations providing harm reduction and auxiliary services to women who use drugs. Responses to COVID restrictions for WUD have been mapped and are presented here.
The individual campaigns led by women who use drugs from all regions, converge into this energetic and engaging call for equal access to health and human rights. In addition, this film summary of some of the campaign actions was launched on International Drug User’s Day 1st November.
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Interview research in Kisarawe, Tanzania has found that heterosexual, serodiscordant couples (where one partner has HIV and the other does not) tend to make joint decisions about HIV prevention and treatment, suggesting that pairs often make decisions about HIV-prevention together and that working with both partners could increase PrEP and ART access.
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