Experts worry that COVID-19 will affect progress in the fight against AIDS with great concerns about AIDS drugs shortage, reduced access to harm reduction and fewer people getting tested for HIV.
13 UN agencies from the region call on Member States to permanently close compulsory drug detention and rehabilitation centres to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Community-based organisations play a crucial role both in overcoming the fear of stigma and discrimination and in advocating for harm reduction and human rights.
The event will bring together scientists, policy makers, healthcare professionals, people most affected by COVID-19, funders, media and community to discuss breaking COVID-19 research, policy analysis and frontline experience
The Executive Director of UNAIDS releases a statement on the current state of HIV, human rights, and the stigma and discrimination resulting from criminal laws.
