#WorldHumanitarianDay 45 MM people in East and Southern Africa urgently need humanitarian aid, as they face a storm of challenges: • Increasing climate disasters • Ongoing conflicts • Forced displacement • Widespread food insecurity • Public health emergencies A thread👇🏿

Preventing HIV & gender-based violence in fragile settings is vital as conflicts rise. UNAIDS' new report shows the challenges & the need for integrated, multisectoral responses to protect vulnerable populations. 🔗unaids.org/sites/default/… #ActForHumanity

To #endAIDS we need to: √ increase funding √ eliminate stigma and discrimination √ empower women and girls √ make prevention technologies available √ protect human rights Read latest #GlobalAIDSUpdate2024 report: crossroads.unaids.org

"We won't have prevention without inclusion." Karl J Schmid sits down with Ben Phillips (Ben Phillips), Director of Communications UNAIDS Global to discuss their plan forward for achieving universal access to #HIV services 🙌

We recognize heroes like Mrs. Thaung, who work tirelessly to ensure that people living with HIV in conflict-affected areas of Myanmar receive the care they need. Read more: crossroads.unaids.org/story/myanmar #ActForHumanity

🔁Last month @ #AIDS2024⬇️ The #GlobalAllianceEndAIDS launched its Progress Report: Transforming Vision into Reality ⭐ Read all about the progress, challenges & opportunities that will keep the promise of ending AIDS in children by 2030 👉 bit.ly/3WzdBkn #EndAIDS2030

Thanks to the progress made in expanding access to treatment, AIDS-related deaths are at the lowest level since the peak in 2004. World leaders can fulfil their promise to #endAIDS as a public health threat by 2030, if they act boldly to ensure resourcing and rights.

Read Andrii’s story from #Ukraine on why LGBTQ+ rights advocacy must continue during wartime. His org, ALLIANCE.GLOBAL , has shifted efforts to urgent humanitarian needs while still pushing for access to healthcare and upholding human rights. Read more: crossroads.unaids.org/story/ukraine

If you’re failing on justice, you’re failing on health, and if you’re failing on the most marginalised people in your society, you’re failing on every person in your society. There is no success without equity.

Over 1/3 of people living with HIV said they felt ashamed of their HIV status, with Internalized stigma being prevalent among young people. Beyond Stigma is working to change this. Hear from Moud Chinembiri on how they are helping young people go from self-stigma to self-love👇

HIV services can only reach those in need if human rights are upheld, unfair laws are abolished, discrimination and violence are tackled, funding is increased and equitable access to medicines is ensured.​ Read the latest #GlobalAIDSUpdate2024: crossroads.unaids.org

#DidYouKnow that Colombia, Netherlands, Uruguay and Venezuela are the only countries in the world which do not have laws criminalizing any of the key populations or HIV? Protecting human rights protects public health. Find out more: crossroads.unaids.org

Aid to support the #HIVresponse in developing countries has been critical, with more than 3/4 of all people living with HIV accessing treatment. My call to world leaders: increase it, sustain it. Fund the frontline heroes and all the HIV activists out there in the communities!

BREAKING: The Lancet backs UNAIDS call on Gilead to drop the price & share the tech for the new HIV prevention medicine that only needs two injections a year. Their Editorial demands “the price will need to be a lot lower” and warns “the world is watching to see how Gilead acts.”

In response to the resurgence of mpox in several African countries and the reclassification of #Mpox as a PHEIC by World Health Organization (WHO), an Information/Guidance Note on the #Mpox response has been published by the UN Joint Programme on HIV. Access the guidance note here: unaids.org/en/resources/d…

Across the world, spikes in instability, displacement, and conflict are exacerbating people’s vulnerability to gender-based violence and HIV. Our new report, The Missing Link, explores these connections. Read: unaids.org/en/resources/p…

The #GlobalAIDSUpdate2024 report shows that 39.9 million people were living with HIV globally in 2023. Watch this video to see the numbers by region 👇 More data: crossroads.unaids.org

Discrimination towards people living with HIV remain alarmingly high, discouraging people from seeking HIV prevention services, testing for HIV, and starting and staying on HIV treatment. unaids.org/sites/default/…

In the neighborhood of Bangui, Central African Republic’s capital city, Gniwali Ndangou is rushing to work. She’s a peer educator and community health worker at a youth sexual education centre, CISJEU. The same centre that saved her life. Read her story: unaids.org/en/resources/p…

Our joint (UNAIDS, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and World Food Programme) HIV in emergencies website is live! A knowledge hub for resources, guidance, and more on HIV in emergencies. Have resources to share? Submit them through this form here: hivinemergencies.org/library