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PAHO and UNAIDS highlight key role of communities in advancing towards the elimination of AIDS as a public health problem

December 5, 2023

Washington, DC./Panama City, (PAHO) – On World AIDS Day (December 1), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlight the key role of communities and civil society in the provision of HIV information and services, such as testing, prevention and treatment, in Latin America and the Caribbean. “We must recognize the […]

Forty Years On, New UNAIDS Report Gives Evidence That We Can End AIDS

June 4, 2021

UNAIDS urges world leaders to adopt a bold political declaration on HIV at the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS, being held in New York and online next week, and to commit to achieving a new set of targets for 2025 to end AIDS by 2030 NEW YORK/GENEVA/KINGSTON, 3 June 2021—Four decades after […]

UNAIDS report on the AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met in the Caribbean

July 8, 2020

Regional governments asked to ensure the response is not set back further due to the COVID19 pandemic KINGSTON, 7 July 2020—A new report by UNAIDS shows that despite individual country successes, overall progress in the Caribbean to expand access to HIV services has slowed. Because of this, HIV targets set for 2020 will not be […]

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UNAIDS Calls for Greater Urgency as Global Gains Slow and Countries Show Mixed Results Towards 2020 HIV Targets

July 17, 2019

Impressive advances in some countries, troubling failures in others as available resources for HIV fall by nearly US$ 1 billion ESHOWE/GENEVA, 16 July 2019—The pace of progress in reducing new HIV infections, increasing access to treatment and ending AIDS-related deaths is slowing down according to a new report released today by UNAIDS. UNAIDS’ Global AIDS […]

UNAIDS Urges Action to Change Discriminatory Laws in Order to Restore Dignity and Respect and Save Lives

March 1, 2019

On Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS calls on countries to examine discriminatory provisions in their laws and policies and make positive changes to ensure equality, inclusion and protection GENEVA, 1 March 2019—In 2018, a number of countries made landmark decisions to change discriminatory laws and bills. The Supreme Court of India struck down Section 377 of […]

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