"HIV"

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

In Kazakhstan, new HIV infections have risen recently among people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men. Recognizing the urgency, community members took action. Because of stigma in the country, accessing PrEP- a preventive treatment for people at risk of HIV- has been a challenge. UNAIDS

A new UNAIDS report Let Communities Lead, shows that AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030, but only if communities on the frontlines get the full support they need from governments and donors. UNIFEED

As World AIDS Day approaches, UNAIDS urges governments to empower grassroots communities worldwide to lead the fight to end AIDS. A new report by UNAIDS, Let Communities Lead, shows that AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030, but only if communities on the frontlines get the full support they need from governments and donors. UNAIDS

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A conference on protection of women was held in Juba, the capital city of South Sudan, aiming to set a nationally led task force on ending sexual and gender-based violence. UNMISS

Cancer medicines have been added to the latest version of the World Health Organization Essential Medicines List and the Essential Medicines List for Children. WHO

The Management Segment of ECOSOC will take place on 25-26 July 2023. The programme of the Management Segment meetings is structured around action that ECOSOC is expected to take on economic, social, environmental, health and related matters, including by recommendation of its subsidiary and related bodies.

Press Conference by Angeli Achrekar, the UN Assistant Secretary General and Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), on the Global AIDS Update report 2023.  

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has launched a new global report. “With this release, we also have hopeful optimism, and also a clarion call for urgency,” Assistant Secretary-General Angeli Achrekar said. UNIFEED