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Asia and the Pacific must prioritise HIV prevention for key populations GENEVA/BANGKOK, 13 July 2023— A new report released today by UNAIDS shows that there is a clear path that ends AIDS. This path will also help prepare for and tackle future pandemics ...

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Only 78 per cent of people in the region living with HIV are estimated to know their status, report warns

Harm reduction policies and practices help people who are using drugs to stay alive and protect them from HIV and Hepatitis C

News and Press Release in English on World about HIV/Aids; published on 5 May 2023 by UNAIDS

On 14 April, members of the Cook Islands rainbow community assembled at parliament with colourful flags and cautious optimism. 

On April 14th members of the Cook Islands rainbow community assembled at parliament with colourful flags and cautious optimism. It turned out to be the day they’d been working toward for the last twelve years. Parliament removed laws prohibiting consensual sex between men, striking out sections of the Crimes Act that had been on the books since the turn of the 20th century.

Pride Cook Islands is elated to see the decade long active push for decriminalisation finally take place in Cook Islands Parliament. 

The Cook Islands’ LGBTIQ+ community is celebrating becoming the latest nation to repeal the criminalisation of homosexuality.

Changes to the Pacific island country’s Crimes Act also removed marriage as a defense in rape cases.