UNAIDS Board concludes with key decisions taken related to the colliding epidemics of HIV and COVID-19
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GENEVA, 23 December 2020 The virtual 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) has concluded with important decisions relating to the HIV response, the COVID-19 epidemic, and the ongoing transformation of UNAIDS.
In her opening remarks to the PCB, UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, thanked the United States of America for chairing the meeting and for its continued leadership in the AIDS response. In her report to the PCB on the state of the HIV epidemic, Ms Byanyima described a mixed picture of progress for some and inequality, stalled or growing danger from HIV for others. With the UNAIDS 2020 targets unmet, she warned that COVID-19 threatened to blow the HIV response even further off-track and called on the world to tackle the long-term fragilities, inequalities and injustices which continue to drive the HIV epidemic.
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The virtual 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) has concluded with important decisions relating to the HIV response, the COVID-19 epidemic, and the ongoing transformation of UNAIDS.
In her opening remarks to the PCB, UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, thanked the United States of America for chairing the meeting and for its continued leadership in the AIDS response. In her report to the PCB on the state of the HIV epidemic, Ms Byanyima described a mixed picture of progress for some and inequality, stalled or growing danger from HIV for others. With the UNAIDS 2020 targets unmet, she warned that COVID-19 threatened to blow the HIV response even further off-track and called on the world to tackle the long-term fragilities, inequalities and injustices which continue to drive the HIV epidemic.
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Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director, addressing the 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, 15 December 2020. Credit: UNAIDS
47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, 15 December 2020. Credit: UNAIDS
Chair of the 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, 15 December 2020. Credit: UNAIDS
Press release
UNAIDS Board concludes with key decisions taken related to the colliding epidemics of HIV and COVID-19 23 December 202023 December 2020
GENEVA, 23 December 2020 The virtual 47th meeting
GENEVA, 23 December 2020 The virtual 47th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) has concluded with important decisions relating to the HIV response, the COVID-19 epidemic, and the ongoing transformation of UNAIDS.
Paediatric hospital in Kalembelembe, Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: UNAIDS
An HIV test strip being used at a mobile clinic in Zimbabwe, November 2020. Credit: UNAIDS
Skyline Kudzuramoto receives birth control pills from a mobile clinic. Zimbabwe, November 2020. Credit: UNAIDS
Press statement
UNAIDS welcomes investments from Sweden and Germany for the responses to HIV and COVID-19 18 December 202018 December 2020
GENEVA, 18 December 2020 UNAIDS strongly welcomes the announcement by Sweden at
GENEVA, 18 December 2020 UNAIDS strongly welcomes the announcement by Sweden at the 47
th meeting of UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board to renew its annual funding commitment to UNAIDS of SEK300 million in core funding for 2021, equivalent to 36 million USD, demonstrating the country’s continued leadership in the global AIDS response. In making the announcement, Sweden underscored UNAIDS role in working for sexual and reproductive health and rights.