On 25 July, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) adopted its 2023 resolution on the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS by consensus, at a meeting presided over by the Vice-President of ECOSOC, Ambassador Paula Narváez, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations in New York.
UNAIDS welcomes the launch of the new U.S. Bureau for Global Health Security and Diplomacy which aims to strengthen the global health security architecture to effectively prevent, detect, control, and respond to infectious diseases, including HIV.
Although great strides have been made in tackling HIV in recent years, Africa remains the continent most affected by HIV and progress towards ending AIDS is stalling. The COVID-19 pandemic, global inflation, growing debt levels, and a retreat from overseas development assistance by some donors are hampering Africa’s efforts to ramp up national HIV responses and are
Just one day after record resources were pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, Ministers of Health of Africa, global health leaders and partners were united by UNAIDS and PEPFAR to sustain their commitment to end AIDS and accelerate their response to current and future pandemics.
UNAIDS congratulates donors for increasing their contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). Donors pledged US$ 14.25 billion to support efforts to end the three pandemics with more funding set to come. Donors made their pledges at the Global Fund’s Seventh Replenishment Conference hosted by the President of the United States Joe