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UNAIDS strongly supports calls for the rejection of draft law targeting LGBTI people in Ghana
17-08-2021
UNAIDS fully backs calls made by an eminent group of United Nations experts that Ghana should reject a proposed “family values bill”
NGOs, communities and UNDP support play a primary role in HIV control
04-08-2021
Gulipa Sabyrovna Sheishenova is the director of the Public Foundation “Health and education of the youth in the 21st century” (ZIOM21),
UNAIDS report shows that people living with HIV face a double jeopardy, HIV and COVID-19, while key populations and children...
14-07-2021
UNAIDS reports that people living with HIV have been unable to access COVID-19 vaccines and HIV services throughout the pandemic.
Forty years on and new UNAIDS report gives evidence that we can end AIDS
10-06-2021
New UNAIDS data show that dozens of countries achieved or exceeded 2020 targets set by the UN General Assembly in 2016.
How the LGBTI community is surviving the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
28-05-2021
For Vanessa Chaniago, a transgender woman in Jakarta, Indonesia, the first months of the pandemic were filled with fear.
New report shows massive disruption to HIV & other health services in Africa and Asia
23-04-2021
A new report by the Global Fund shows COVID-19 has massively disrupted health systems and health service delivery.
Global Partnership members commemorate Zero Discrimination Day around the world
17-03-2021
On Zero Discrimination Day governments, civil society organizations and communities highlighted the urgent need to end inequalities.
People living with HIV in Kyrgyzstan have won the right to adopt
23-02-2021
In January 2021, the Kyrgyzstan Constitutional Court decided to exclude HIV from the list of diseases that prevent people from
Legal and Policy Trends Impacting People Living with HIV and Key Populations in Asia and the Pacific 2014-2019
13-01-2021
New UNDP/UNAIDS report: reforming laws and policies is essential for an effective HIV response in Asia and the Pacific
UNAIDS update: COVID-19 should not be a reason to delay 2030 deadline to end AIDS as a public health threat
14-12-2020
Data reported to UNAIDS by countries have been used to project the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the
2020 Global HIV Policy Report: Policy Barriers to HIV Progress
30-11-2020
Not a single country has adopted all 33 recommended policies—policy change is needed everywhere in order to end AIDS.
UNAIDS hails new results showing that long-acting injectable medicines are highly effective in preventing HIV among women
09-11-2020
UNAIDS is strongly encouraged by new study results showing that the antiretroviral medicine cabotegravir, which is administered by injection every
UNDP and Supreme Court of Republic of Tajikistan hold international online Judges’ Forum on HIV, Human Rights and the Law
15-10-2020
Judges from across Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) today convened for the second EECA Regional Judges’ Forum on HIV, Human
Press Release – New HIV Policy Lab uses law and policy data in the HIV response
29-09-2020
Launched today, the HIV Policy Lab is a unique initiative to gather and monitor HIV-related laws and policies around the world. 
Opinion – Lessons from the HIV epidemic can teach us resilience in the face of COVID-19
19-08-2020
In many ways, COVID-19 is the newest iteration of a decades-long struggle for equality and justice.
Press Release – New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide support for global COVID-19 response
22-07-2020
Launching today, the COVID-19 Law Lab initiative gathers and shares legal documents from over 190 countries across the world.
The Global AIDS Update shows that 2020 targets will not be met
06-07-2020
The new UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply
US Supreme Court rules that civil rights protections are extended to gay and transgender workers
15-06-2020
In a 6-3 ruling, the US Supreme Court today declared that federal law bans employment discrimination based on sexual orientation and
Guidance for countries to implement effective programmes to eliminate HIV-related stigma and discrimination in six settings
24-04-2020
New UNAIDS report reviews the latest evidence on what works to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination through key programmes.
Press Release – Sex workers must not be left behind in the response to COVID-19
08-04-2020
GENEVA, 8 April 2020—The COVID-19 pandemic, as with other health crises, exposes existing inequalities and disproportionately affects people already criminalized, marginalized and
UNDP: making the law work for women and girls in the context of HIV
07-04-2020
This new publication proposes steps which stakeholders can take to make the law work for women and girls.