WHO chief lauds HIV treatment as ‘one of the defining public health successes’

06 march 2026 - 07:56:05

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Once a death sentence, HIV can now be controlled with safe and effective medication.As a result, the number of annual AIDS-related [...] Full text...

UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS

06 february 2026 - 06:33:48

New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide welcomed legislative approval from the United States on Thursday [...] Full text...

UN lauds $6 billion US funding approval towards ending HIV/AIDS

06 february 2026 - 06:33:48

New York, US (PANA) - The UN agency leading the global effort to end HIV/AIDS worldwide welcomed legislative approval from the United States on Thursday [...] Full text...

South Africa:'s Deputy President commemorates World AIDS Day

01 december 2025 - 07:36:57

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), is [...] Full text...

Children hit by HIV funding gaps

29 november 2025 - 06:35:28

New York, US (PANA) - Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early diagnosis, life-saving treatment and care, [...] Full text...

Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns

25 november 2025 - 17:46:03

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts [...] Full text...

Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns

25 november 2025 - 17:46:03

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The global response to HIV is facing its most serious setback in decades, UNAIDS warned on Tuesday, as abrupt funding cuts [...] Full text...

Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines

02 august 2025 - 05:34:52

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests [...] Full text...

Africa’s push for HIV independence advances with first procurement of locally made medicines

02 august 2025 - 05:34:52

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Sub-Saharan Africa has taken a cautious but critical step toward greater health self-reliance as locally produced HIV medicines and diagnostic tests [...] Full text...

DR Congo: US funding cut leaves rape victims without care

18 july 2025 - 07:03:28

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As sexual violence has increased this year in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the withdrawal of US funding is [...] Full text...

WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab

14 july 2025 - 13:08:26

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total protection from the virus and [...] Full text...

WHO urges roll-out of first long-acting HIV prevention jab

14 july 2025 - 13:08:26

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A breakthrough HIV drug that only needs to be injected twice a year to offer near-total protection from the virus and [...] Full text...

Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’

11 july 2025 - 05:41:31

New York, US (PANA) - Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest affected by HIV — but many are showing remarkable resilience [...] Full text...

Fight to end AIDS: ‘This is not just a funding gap – it’s a ticking time bomb’

11 july 2025 - 05:41:31

New York, US (PANA) - Devastating funding cuts from international donors are hitting countries hardest affected by HIV — but many are showing remarkable resilience [...] Full text...

DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’

30 june 2025 - 05:43:25

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by [...] Full text...

DR Congo: New initiative to eliminate HIV in children ‘a beacon of hope’

30 june 2025 - 05:43:25

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has launched a bold new national initiative aimed at eliminating AIDS among children by [...] Full text...

DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children

17 june 2025 - 08:10:11

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi has just launched an [...] Full text...

DRC launches plan to eliminate HIV among children

17 june 2025 - 08:10:11

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - As part of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), President Félix Tshisekedi has just launched an [...] Full text...

AIDS still killing one person every minute as funding cuts stall progress

06 june 2025 - 07:05:52

New York, US (PANA) - AIDS-related deaths have dropped to their lowest level since 2004, but progress remains precarious, with the disease still claiming one [...] Full text...

Botswana leads the way in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV

27 may 2025 - 07:36:59

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - In a historic global health milestone, Botswana has been validated as the first high HIV-burden country in the world, and the [...] Full text...

'Interruption of US aid to HIV response in DRC could cost thousands of lives'

13 march 2025 - 08:28:49

Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - The UN is concerned about the fate of thousands of citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) receiving HIV treatment amid [...] Full text...

Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

07 march 2025 - 10:34:20

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on [...] Full text...

Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

07 march 2025 - 10:34:20

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on [...] Full text...

Uncertainty around US aids freeze puts millions of people at risk: MSF

15 february 2025 - 08:32:18

Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) — The decision by the US government to temporarily freeze funding to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) alongside all [...] Full text...

World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030

02 december 2024 - 05:26:02

New York, US (PANA) - Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling [...] Full text...

World AIDS Day: UN urges leaders to ‘take the rights path to end AIDS’ by 2030

02 december 2024 - 05:26:02

New York, US (PANA) - Ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 is within reach, but only if global leaders commit to dismantling [...] Full text...

South African commemorates World Aids Day

01 december 2024 - 15:18:57

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile, in his capacity as the Chairperson of the National AIDS Council (SANAC), on Sunday [...] Full text...

Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030

27 november 2024 - 06:05:33

New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS DAy on 1 December, a new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlights [...] Full text...

Upholding human rights is key to ending AIDS by 2030

27 november 2024 - 06:05:33

New York, US (PANA) - Ahead of World AIDS DAy on 1 December, a new report by the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlights [...] Full text...

UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives

20 september 2024 - 06:05:03

New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, [...] Full text...

UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives

20 september 2024 - 06:05:03

New York, US (PANA) - A report by UNAIDS has detailed how debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, [...] Full text...

UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030

23 july 2024 - 06:39:23

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end AIDS by 2030, [...] Full text...

UN agencies urge immediate boost in HIV services to end AIDS by 2030

23 july 2024 - 06:39:23

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - An immediate increase in HIV services is needed in the countries most affected by the pandemic to end AIDS by 2030, [...] Full text...

Namibia earns praise for efforts to end mother-to-child transmission of HIV

07 may 2024 - 05:27:08

Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - Namibia has become the first country in Africa and the first high-burden country in the world to reach a key milestone [...] Full text...

French-speaking healthcare professionals on HIV/AIDS to meet in Cameroon on Tuesday

15 april 2024 - 11:19:07

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Alliance francophone des acteurs de santé contre le VIH et les infections virales chroniques ou émergentes (French-speaking alliance of healthcare [...] Full text...

US to launch Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African countries

25 march 2024 - 07:52:22

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African [...] Full text...

US to launch Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African countries

25 march 2024 - 07:52:22

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US will on Monday launch the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Nursing Leadership Initiative across seven African [...] Full text...

UNAIDS marks 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day

02 march 2024 - 05:56:17

New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, is in peril, the UN [...] Full text...

UNAIDS marks 10th anniversary of Zero Discrimination Day

02 march 2024 - 05:56:17

New York, US (PANA) - Progress on advancing equality and fairness for all, regardless of gender, sexuality or HIV status, is in peril, the UN [...] Full text...

Libyan Centre for Disease Control assists AIDS patients

03 december 2023 - 15:23:06

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Director-General of the Libyan National Centre for Disease Control, Haider El-Saieh, has praised the role played by the Centre in [...] Full text...

HIV/AIDS prevalence rate below 1% in Burundi

01 december 2023 - 16:28:41

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The national prevalence rate of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has fallen from 6% to 0.9% over the past 15 years [...] Full text...

Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic: UNICEF

01 december 2023 - 10:41:56

New York, US (PANA) – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week. This is according [...] Full text...

Despite progress, adolescent girls continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic: UNICEF

01 december 2023 - 10:41:56

New York, US (PANA) – Nearly 98,000 adolescent girls aged 10-19 were infected with HIV in 2022 – or 1,900 new infections every week. This is according [...] Full text...

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

01 december 2023 - 06:58:02

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

World AIDS Day celebrates communities working to end the disease

01 december 2023 - 06:58:02

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The leadership of communities affected by HIV has been vital in driving progress to end the epidemic, UN World Health Organisation [...] Full text...

Support communities that ‘light the way to the end of AIDS’ - UNAIDS

28 november 2023 - 20:07:38

New York, US (PANA) - AIDS can be ended as a public health threat by 2030 but only if governments and donors fully support grasstoots [...] Full text...

Faith leaders find ‘hidden’ children living with HIV (Feature by UN News)

06 august 2023 - 07:22:20

New York, US (PANA) - To find “hidden” children living with HIV around the world, you need to find their mothers. To do so, innovative [...] Full text...

Ending AIDS by 2030 a ‘political and financial choice’

13 july 2023 - 16:35:05

New York, US (PANA)  - There is a clear path to ending AIDS by 2030 and it requires strong political leadership, following the science, tackling [...] Full text...

'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'

01 march 2023 - 05:42:53

New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, the chief [...] Full text...

'Repealing laws targeting people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives'

01 march 2023 - 05:42:53

New York, US (PANA) - Repealing discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS saves lives and helps advance the end of the pandemic, the chief [...] Full text...