"Funding Community-led harm reduction is not optional to end AIDS” - An interview with Anton Basenko
UNAIDS sat down with Anton Basenko, Executive Director of International Network for People who Use Drugs (INPUD) during the latest coordinating board meeting where Member States and partners discussed how people who inject drugs are disproportionately impacted by the HIV epidemic worldwide.
UNAIDS Brazil and Africa Creative win award at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
UNAIDS Brazil and Africa Creative have been awarded a Bronze Lion in the Social & Creator category at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for the Cover It campaign (Proibidão Protegidão, in Brazilian Portuguese), which uses the popularity of Brazilian funk music to expand the conversation on HIV prevention.
Brazilian LGBTQIA+ organizations demand equitable access to lenacapavir
Brazilian LGBTQIA+ organizations participating in the Pride Parade, led by the São Paulo LGBT Pride Association (APOLGBT-SP), have called for universal access to lenacapavir. The twice yearly long-acting injectable medication is considered one of the most significant innovations in HIV prevention and treatment. Lenacapavir has demonstrated nearly 100% efficacy in preventing HIV.
Haves and have nots: Combating health disparities in Morocco
Despite more than two decades of medical practice under her belt, Bouchra Assarag still revels going out in the field.
"I am excited": 21-year-old Jane Mndebele becomes the first South African to receive lenacapavir
History was made in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa on Friday, 5 June, as 21-year-old Jane Mndebele became the first person to receive lenacapavir, the twice-yearly HIV prevention injectable, as part of the country's new national prevention programme.
Western African youth living with HIV network hitting major roadblocks
Three years ago, Adjovi Husunukpe co-founded the Western and Central African HIV+ Youth Network (RAJ+AOC) to connect with her peers and strengthen youth-led advocacy in the HIV response. “We wanted to be heard at a national and international level as one,” she said.
Young people in Asia and the Pacific are helping shape a Prevention Revolution 2.0
When Jeremy Tan from Youth LEAD talks about HIV prevention among young people, he starts with where you can actually find them: online, in private messages, on dating apps and in community spaces.
UNAIDS applauds Botswana on fully repealing anti-LGBTQ+ law
More than six years after Botswana’s courts struck down a ban on same-sex intimacy, the government has now formally removed the discriminatory provisions from the law.
Achieving and sustaining viral suppression among people living with HIV in Trinidad & Tobago
Civil society organisations play a critical role in the AIDS response, including facilitating access to HIV prevention and treatment services. The Medical Research Foundation (MRF), based in Trinidad & Tobago, is a perfect example of this.
