‘How can we explain to young people today that we could not prevent them from becoming infected?'

11/12/2019

World Aids Day Seminar in the Belgian Senate. Copyright Sensoa.

For World Aids Day, the ‘Parliamentarians for the 2030 Agenda’ invited UNAIDS Brussels Representative Dr. Jantine Jacobi, Burundian youth representative Fabien Ndikuriyo, Stéphanie Drèze of MSF and Dr. Gert Scheerder of Sensoa to discuss the HIV epidemic worldwide, in Belgium and in Belgium’s partner countries.

Belgium in UNAIDS Governance Board

18/2/2019

HIV mural in Antwerp. Copyright: Sensoa

This year Belgium will preside the UNAIDS constituency with Portugal, Luxemburg and the Netherlands in the Programme Coordination Board (PCB) of UNAIDS, the governing board of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV. The UNAIDS PCB sets the overall policies and priorities for UNAIDS and decides on the organisation’s planning and execution. Challenges discussed within the board include how to keep up international support for HIV response, but can also include discussions on the impact of big donor countries’ policies on the HIV/AIDS response, think of the detrimental effect of the reinstatement of the Mexico City Policy (or Global Gag Rule) by the US on integrated SRHR-HIV service delivery in countries in the Global South.

Intensified HIV testing and treatment efforts are reaching more people than ever but persistent barriers remain

29/11/2018

75% of all people living with HIV know their HIV status, but increased efforts are needed to reach the 9.4 million people living with HIV who are not aware that they are living with the virus, UNAIDS 2018 reports shows.

‘How can we explain to young people today that we could not prevent them from becoming infected?'

Belgium in UNAIDS Governance Board

Intensified HIV testing and treatment efforts are reaching more people than ever but persistent barriers remain

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