Transgender people, many of whom live a marginal existence, are expected to be hard hit by the COVID-19 epidemic
China: The volunteer driver in Wuhan
On the day of China’s Lantern Festival, 8 February, Shen Ming was making sweet dumplings, the traditional festival delicacy, at his home in Wuhan in China’s Hubei Province. From time to time, he would raise his head to watch the local news on the television to get the latest on the COVID-19 outbreak.
UNAIDS: Addressing Coronavirus in African Countries With High HIV Rates: An Interview With UNAIDS Head Winnie Byanyima
US: 'Unresolved grief': coronavirus presents eerie parallels for many AIDS advocates
Philippines: DOH ensures access of ARV drugs to PLHIV during enhanced community quarantine
Do you need to take PrEP every day if you’re self-isolating because of coronavirus?
UNAIDS: Rights in the time of COVID-19. Lessons from HIV for an effective, community-led response.
COVID-19: 10 Tips for LGBTI Advocates Worldwide
UNAIDS: What people living with HIV need to know about HIV and COVID-19
COVID-19 is a serious disease and all people living with HIV should take all recommended preventive measures to minimize exposure to, and prevent infection by, the virus that causes COVID-19. As in the general population, older people living with HIV or people living with HIV with heart or lung problems may be at a higher risk of becoming infected with the virus and of suffering more serious symptoms.
Ireland: ‘This is the calm before the storm’ - Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s address to the nation
Norway’s community organizations ensuring health, dignity and rights
It was a very different morning bus ride for UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima as she boarded the hepatitis bus in Oslo, Norway, to hear more about the work of ProLAR, an organization that supports people who use drugs.
UNAIDS welcomes government’s decision to make PrEP routinely available across England
UNAIDS warmly welcomes the decision made to make pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) available to everyone who needs it in England. Activists and advocates have been campaigning for a number of years to make the life-saving preventative HIV medicine available to people at higher risk of HIV and on 15 March the government announced that PrEP will be made available across the country as part of the government’s efforts to end HIV transmission by 2030.