New prevention tools, old barriers: Young people shaping the HIV response in Asia and the Pacific
Taking a pill every day may sound simple. But for a young person worried about stigma, privacy or how to explain the medication to their family, it can be anything but.
“I was in a cage. LEN gave me freedom”
After years of fear, a young trans woman in Gauteng found HIV protection that works for her: an injection she needs only twice a year.
UNAIDS works with partners and communities to support Zambia's rollout of Lenacapavir to prevent new HIV infections
With Zambia having received the delivery of the first US-funded HIV prevention medicine Lenacapavir, UNAIDS is now working in close partnership with the Zambian government, communities, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria and the US government to ensure that this new HIV prevention option reaches the people who need it the most to prevent new HIV infections in the country.
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.
"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.
