UNAIDS new Global AIDS Update report shows 29.8 million of the 39 million [33.1 million–45.7 million] people living with HIV globally are receiving life-saving treatment. An additional 1.6 million people received HIV treatment in each of 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Two decades ago, the global AIDS pandemic seemed unstoppable. More than 2.5 million people were acquiring HIV each year, and AIDS was claiming 2 million lives a year.
UNAIDS data show that today, 29.8 million of the 39 million [33.1 million–45.7 million] people living with HIV globally are receiving life-saving treatment. An additional 1.6 million people received HIV treatment in each of 2020, 2021 and 2022.
This report, which marks World AIDS Day 2022, unpacks the impact that gender inequalities, inequalities faced by key populations, and inequalities between children and adults have had on the AIDS response. It is not inevitable, however, that these inequalities will slow progress towards ending AIDS. We know what works—with courage and cooperation, political leaders can tackle them.
The “ENDING AIDS, ENDING INEQUALITIES FAST-TRACK CITIES” report presents recent good practices from the 15 cities included in the joint UNAIDS-IAPAC Fast-Track Cities project supported by PEFPAR/USAID. It shows how cities are responding to HIV and other global health threats, building municipal capacity and strengthening partnerships, using data and spearheading innovation to protect and support their citizens.
Data have long served as the bedrock of the global AIDS response. Timely, accurate data inform HIV policies and programmes, strategic planning and resource allocation in order to maximize the impact of the response.
As part of the UN’s data strategy — which seeks to nurture data as a strategic asset for insight, impact and integrity — UNAIDS plays an indispensable role in generating data for effective action against the AIDS pandemic.
Progress in prevention and treatment is faltering around the world, putting millions of people in grave danger. Eastern Europe and central Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa have all seen increases in annual HIV infections over several years. In Asia and the Pacific, UNAIDS data now show new HIV infections are rising where they had been falling. Action to tackle the inequalities driving AIDS is urgently required to prevent millions of new HIV infections this decade and to end the AIDS pandemic.
