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Download logo UNAIDS urges countries to take full advantage of new opportunities to step up funding, expand new and proven HIV prevention technologies and

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) alerts countries to an unprecedented opportunity to stop new HIV infections, end AIDS and prepare for future pandemics

UNAIDS urges countries to take full advantage of new opportunities to step up funding, expand new and proven HIV prevention technologies and remove barriers to HIV services. Taking action today will boost progress to end AIDS and respond to current pandemics and pandemics of the future.

The recent signing of sub-licence agreements to manufacture generic versions of cabotegravir long-acting (CAB-LA) will contribute to reducing HIV transmission.

CAB-LA will be made at Indian drug company Cipla’s Benoni and Durban plants, but a starting date for production has not yet been announced

MIAMI — In 2018, Mike Ferraro was living on the street and sharing needles with other people who injected drugs when he found out he was HIV-positive.

The federal initiative aims to cut the number of new HIV infections nationwide by 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030. But people living with HIV, doctors, infectious disease experts, community groups and some of the nation’s top HIV officials say the initiative could miss its main 2030 goal.

MIAMI — In 2018, Mike Ferraro was living on the street and sharing needles with other people who injected drugs when he found out he was HIV-positive.

The federal government’s ambitious plan to end the HIV epidemic, launched in 2019, has generated new ways to reach at-risk populations in targeted communities across the South. But health officials, advocates, and people living with HIV worry significant headwinds will keep the program from reaching its goals.

The plan launched in 2019 has generated ways to reach at-risk populations across the South. But health officials, advocates and people living with HIV worry significant headwinds will keep the program from reaching its goals.