HIV

Malawi teen, Martha, was born with HIV. Now a mother herself, she has defied the odds and her son, Rahim Idriss, is part of Malawis AIDS-free generation. In this picture, she awaits the results of Rahmins HIV test. After two months of waiting, she finds out the Rahmin, now 8-months old, is HIV negative.
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UN launches innovative plan to significantly cut new HIV infections

11 October 2017
Despite a 50 per cent drop in AIDS-related deaths since the peak of the epidemic, new HIV infection declines among adults are lagging, prompting the United Nations to launch a 10-point plan that lays out immediate, concrete steps countries can take to accelerate progress.
AIDS hospice patients at the Shekhina Clinic for the Poor and Destitute in Tamale, Ghana.
World Bank/Jonathan Ernst

HIV-related stigma, discrimination prevent people from accessing health services – UN

3 October 2017
People living with HIV who experience high levels of stigma are more than twice as likely to delay enrolment into care than people who do not perceive such stigma, a United Nations report released today reveals.
Two daughters look at their mother who is dying from HIV/AIDS. Cambodia. 2002.
© Masaru Goto / World Bank

Deal to reduce price of HIV treatment aims to save more lives

23 September 2017
General News

A life-saving medicine to treat HIV will now be made more widely available to millions of people in developing countries.

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Two daughters look at their mother who is dying from HIV/AIDS. Cambodia. 2002.
© Masaru Goto / World Bank

UN hails landmark pricing deal for faster rollout of ‘game-changing’ HIV treatment

21 September 2017
Senior United Nations officials today welcomed a breakthrough pricing agreement by global partners to accelerate the availability in low- and middle-income countries of the first affordable, generic, single-pill HIV treatment regimen
A teenager with HIV in Côte d’Ivoire gets advice on taking his antiretroviral (ARV) medication correctly.
UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

“Scales have tipped” in fight against HIV

20 July 2017
General News

A key milestone has been reached in the fight against HIV, according to UN health experts, who say that more than half of all sufferers now have access to treatment.

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Children at play at Christ the King Primary School in the South Sudanese town of Yei.
UNIFEED

UN Gender Focus: South Sudan, young women's rights and religion

20 July 2017
UN Gender Focus

Women and children plead for peace in South Sudan ‘ghost town’

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In Côte d’Ivoire, a counsellor from UNICEF partner NGO Femme Active, instructs an adolescent boy, diagnosed with HIV in 2012, on how to take his antiretroviral (ARV) medication correctly.
UNICEF/Olivier Asselin

UN chief says “no time for complacency” in global AIDS fight

1 June 2017
General News

There is no time for complacency” in the fight against AIDS, the UN Secretary-General warned in his latest report on halting and reversing the global epidemic.

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This year, on 1 March, Zero Discrimination Day, UNAIDS is urging people to make some noise around zero discrimination, to speak up and prevent discrimination from standing in the way of achieving ambitions, goals and dreams. Image: Poster #ZERODISCRIMINAT

UNAIDS says “make some noise” for #zerodiscrimination

1 March 2017
General News

Discrimination in health care settings is forcing people with HIV and AIDS to “go underground,” causing them to miss out on the essential medical services they need.

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Hayley Gleeson  (
UN News/ J.Sambira)

Youth must have a say in decisions about their sexual health: advocate

2 February 2017
General News

Stigma around sexuality in young people can hinder conversations with policy makers, but young people have a “right to participate” in decisions about their sexual health, a youth advocate says.

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Lakshmi Puri.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

UN Gender Focus: gender equality, Somalia and youth

2 February 2017
UN Gender Focus

Women should be able to “leapfrog” into evolving world of work

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