Around the world, communities are powerful leaders in the fight against AIDS.
People living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV, are critical to delivering HIV care and prevention programs, identifying and removing human rights-related and gender-related barriers to care, and ensuring that no one is left behind.
Community leadership is at the center of the Global Fund partnership. Working together, we have made extraordinary progress in the fight to end AIDS. In countries where the Global Fund invests, AIDS-related deaths have fallen by 72% since 2002 and new HIV infections have gone down by 61%.
Of the 39 million people living with HIV, 29.8 million are on antiretroviral therapy today – 24.5 million in the countries where the Global Fund invests.
But our fight isn’t over. Today, our progress remains fragile and must be reinforced. New health crises are occurring at increasing frequency, human rights are under attack and health inequities are starkly apparent.
This World AIDS Day it is time to get back on track to end AIDS as a public health threat once and for all. By letting communities lead, we can build a truly global approach in the fight against HIV that leaves no one behind.
#WorldAIDSDay #LetCommunitiesLead
Table of Contents
State of the Fight Against HIV - Key Results
Key Messages
Faces of the fight
- Malawi | Meet Innocent
- Vietnam | Meet Anh
- Colombia | Meet Miller
- Burkina Faso | Meet Farida
Multimedia Resources
Social Media Messages
ICASA: International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa
Data Explorer
Information Resources
"Ending the HIV epidemic isn’t just about infections averted, it’s about potential unleashed."
Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund
State of the Fight: HIV
Key Results for 2022 in countries where the Global Fund invests:
24.5 million people were on antiretroviral therapy.
53.1 million HIV tests were taken, including 12.2 million tests taken by priority and key populations.
710,000 mothers living with HIV received medicine to keep them alive and prevent transmission of HIV to their babies.
670,000 mothers living with HIV received medicine to keep them alive and prevent transmitting HIV to their babies.
15.3 million people were reached with HIV prevention services, including 6.8 million members of key and vulnerable populations.
831,000 voluntary medical male circumcisions were conducted for HIV prevention.
338,000 people initiated oral antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
"To get back on track and end AIDS as a public health threat once and for all will take more money and better science, but above all, it will take unswerving commitment to tackle the inequalities that fuel the epidemic. That’s a challenge we can and must rise to.”
Peter Sands, Executive Director of the Global Fund
Key Messages
HIV remains a major public health threat. Multiple challenges, including stark inequalities and growing threats to human rights and gender equality, are keeping us off track to end AIDS as an epidemic by 2030.
39 million people were living with HIV in 2022, and new infections have risen in some parts of the world, particularly among key and vulnerable populations.
Around the world, communities are leading the fight against HIV. People living with HIV, including key and vulnerable populations, are at the forefront of delivering HIV care and prevention programs, as well as programs to remove human rights-related and gender-related barriers to accessing health services.
We must remove the barriers holding communities back from playing leadership roles in the fight against HIV. This includes remunerating community health workers and peer educators, and protecting them from stigma, discrimination, violence, and criminalization.
No one should die because of discrimination. We cannot end AIDS as an epidemic without ensuring that communities’ human rights are protected. When the rights of communities at the center of the fight against HIV are denied, it hurts the whole AIDS response.
Stark inequities, both within and between countries, fuel HIV and AIDS. The epidemic cannot be ended without equitable access to lifesaving care, testing and prevention services. We have the knowledge and tools to prevent every new HIV infection and each AIDS-related death, but these tools need to be accessible to everyone.
By taking bold action now, we can get back on track to end AIDS by 2030. The global health community must increase investments and accelerate efforts to ensure equitable access to treatment and prevention services for all people affected by HIV and to remove barriers harmful to the communities at the center of the fight.
This World AIDS Day it is time to get back on track to end AIDS as a public health threat once and for all. Working together, we must build a truly global approach in the fight against HIV that leaves no one behind.
Innocent’s Fight: Putting Children First in the Fight Against HIV in Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi
As a child, Innocent tested positive for HIV and was put on lifesaving antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) at Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Malawi.
Over the next 13 years the care he received at the clinic transformed his life. But the support Innocent received is out of reach for millions of other children.
One of the most glaring inequities in the fight against HIV is the failure to provide lifesaving treatment and support to the world’s youngest citizens.
In response, the Global Fund and partners are working together to reach young people, like Innocent, with the care and support they need to thrive in life.
Tweet: As a child, Innocent tested positive for HIV and quickly received lifesaving medicine, care & support. But for millions of other children, that same support is out of reach. On #WorldAIDSDay, we must commit to helping young people access the health services & care they need to thrive. https://ow.ly/vn8s50Q8H4C
Anh’s Fight: Delivering Community-Friendly Services in Vietnam
Vinh City, Viet Nam
The G-Link Community Clinic in Vinh City, Viet Nam has conducted thousands of HIV tests and connected over 2,100 people to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
Meet Cao Văn Minh, better known as Anh, a Program Officer for HIV and the third client to undergo HIV testing at the G-Link Clinic.
G-Link is a "community-friendly clinic" with a focus on community engagement and mobile testing services that reach key populations, especially people who identify as LGBTQI+ and men who have sex with men.
Tweet: Meet Anh, an HIV Program Officer at the G-Link clinic in Vietnam, a “community-friendly clinic” focused on engagement & mobile testing services for under-served communities, especially LGBTQI+ people and men who have sex with men. #WorldAIDSDay http://ow.ly/MZwS50K5j2I
Miller’s Fight: Defending Human Rights in Colombia
Antioquia, Colombia
Meet Miller, a peer educator from Antioquia, Colombia. Miller supports people living with HIV to navigate the legal system and helps link people from the LGBTQI+ community to HIV testing, treatment and psychological support.
Through her work with human rights organizations, Miller is an advocate for her community and is working to break down barriers to lifesaving treatment and care.
Tweet: Meet Miller, a peer educator from Antioquia, Colombia. Miller helps people living with #HIV to navigate the legal system, and links people from the LGBTQI+ community to HIV testing, treatment and psychological support. @RED #WorldAIDSDay https://ow.ly/IvBI50Q8Msz
Farida’s Fight: Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Meet Farida, the co-founder of Les Héroïnes du Faso (The Heroines of Faso), an organization fighting gender inequality in Burkina Faso.
Working with her team, Farida advocates for girls’ education, fights against gender-based violence, campaigns for women in leadership positions, and supports women’s right to health – including sexual and reproductive health services.
“Héroïnes du Faso has the same aims as I do – that is, to fight for the rights and autonomy of women... I hope I can continue to help others. I hope to feel fulfilled professionally. I hope to be in a community where I can help vulnerable people even more."
Tweet: Meet Farida, the co-founder of Les Héroïnes du Faso, an organization fighting gender inequality in Burkina Faso. Farida advocates and campaigns for girls’ education, women in leadership roles, and women’s right to health. #WorldAIDSDay https://ow.ly/73WP50Q8MMV
Multimedia Content and Social Media Messages
Multimedia Content
Social Media Messages
Tweet: Today is #WorldAIDSDay. It’s time to get back on track to end AIDS as a public health threat once and for all. Working together, we must double-down on our commitment to tackle the inequalities that fuel the epidemic.
Tweet: Community-led organizations are powerful leaders in the fight to promote gender equality, human rights, and challenge harmful and discriminatory laws, policies and practices that keep people from lifesaving services. On #WorldAIDSDay and every day, we must #LetCommunitiesLead.
Tweet: By taking bold action now, we can get back on track to end AIDS by 2030. Working together, we must increase investments and accelerate efforts to ensure equitable access to treatment and prevention services for all people affected by HIV. #WorldAIDSDay
Tweet: No one should die because of discrimination. We cannot end AIDS as an epidemic without ensuring that human rights are protected. In the fight to #EndAIDS, we must #LeaveNoOneBehind. #WorldAIDSDay
Tweet: Efforts by communities, activists, governments & global health partners have resulted in extraordinary progress in the fight against HIV. In countries where @GlobalFund invests, AIDS-related deaths have dropped by 72% since 2002. #WorldAIDSDay
Tweet: In 2022, 24.5 MILLION people received lifesaving HIV medicine. But growing threats to human rights and gender equality are keeping us off track to end AIDS as an epidemic by 2030. We cannot lose ground. #WorldAIDSDay
ICASA: International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa
The International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) is the most important international AIDS conference happening in Africa. The conference brings together scientists, leaders and community groups to exchange experiences and lessons learnt in Africa and around the globe in responding to HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
The 22nd ICASA will attract more than 6,000 participants from 4-9 December 2023 in Harare, Zimbabwe around the theme: “AIDS IS NOT OVER: Address inequalities, accelerate inclusion and innovation”.
To learn more, visit: http://icasa2023.saafrica.org/
Data Explorer
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The Global Fund invests in smart, effective health programs to end HIV, tuberculosis and malaria as epidemics. The Data Explorer visualizes where our investments come from, where they are and what they achieve by providing pledge and contribution data, grant financial data, and results data at global, regional and country levels.