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UNAIDS

UNAIDS — UN agency tracking global HIV funding and progress toward ending AIDS, warning of resurgence risk after 18% funding decline in 2025.

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  1. August 2026
  2. Joy Online

    Mr Kwao said improved data would also help Ghana monitor its progress towards the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets.

    Ghana AIDS Commission strengthens community-level HIV data collection to track 2030 target
  3. Joy Online

    One broken link can affect the entire chain The importance of reducing stigma becomes clearer when viewed against the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets.

    HIV stigma could derail Ghana’s 2030 target – AHF Ghana
  4. July 2026
  5. Joy Online

    to state lawyers being appointed to represent him when he collapsed, prompting prison guards to rush him to hospital. “He is unconscious, unable to speak, and unresponsive even to a pain stimulus,” his wife, Winnie Byanyima, who heads the UN’s agency tackling HIV and Aids (UNAids

    Veteran Ugandan opposition politician collapses in court and in ICU, his wife says
  6. Joy Online

    l HIV-related ​funding before restoring life-saving HIV work days later, although most prevention efforts were curtailed. “The ⁠international community has entered a period of profound political and financial upheaval that threatens decades ​of hard-won gains against HIV,” UNAIDS

    World risks HIV resurgence as funding falls 18%, UNAIDS says
  7. Daily Guide

    Through joint programmes led by agencies such as UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP, WHO and others, the United Nations in Ghana continues to support the delivery of accessible, equitable and sustainable social services.

    A Healthier Africa Begins In Accra – UN Supports AU Summit On Health
  8. Joy Online

    Other studies, including ⁠by UNAIDS, have also shown gaps in the HIV response since the cuts.

    Fewer children got US-backed HIV treatment after aid cuts, study finds
  9. Joy Online

    President John Dramani Mahama has held separate talks with the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Winnie Byanyima, and the Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), Joy Phumaphi, on strengthening public health systems across Africa.

    Photos: Mahama meets global health leaders to discuss Africa’s health sovereignty
  10. Joy Online

    The delegation included UN Under-Secretary-General and UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, alongside Joy Phumaphi, Executive Secretary of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA).

    President Mahama discusses health-related matters with top UN officials
  11. Joy Online

    The programme also includes a meeting with Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and participation in a joint reception hosted with the Executive Director of UNAIDS.

    UNFPA Regional Director begins five-day visit to Ghana ahead of AU Health Summit
  12. Joy Online

    This development, he said, would threaten Ghana’s progress towards achieving the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets, which aim to ensure that 95% of people living with HIV are diagnosed, 95% t are on treatment, and 95% achieve viral suppression.

    Ghana risks potential shortage of HIV testing kits by end of July

Yesterday

  1. Ghana AIDS Commission trains partners on HIV data collection systems

    The Ghana AIDS Commission has launched a nationwide training programme to improve HIV data collection, analysis and reporting at community level among civil society organisations and partners. The initiative aims to strengthen data quality and reliability to guide policy decisions and measure progress towards ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030.

    11 hours ago · Joy Online

Tuesday 25 August

  1. HIV stigma threatens Ghana's goal to end epidemic by 2030

    HIV stigma risks derailing Ghana's 2030 target to end HIV as a public health threat, as negative attitudes and discrimination discourage people from testing, seeking treatment, and remaining in care, according to AIDS Healthcare Foundation Ghana's Country Programme Manager.

    25 August 2026 · Joy Online

Thursday 30 July

  1. Ugandan opposition leader Besigye collapses in court, admitted to ICU

    Kizza Besigye, a 70-year-old Ugandan opposition politician, collapsed unconscious during his treason trial in Kampala and was admitted to an intensive care unit. His wife reported he is unconscious and unresponsive; Besigye has been detained since November 2024 and faces capital charges of plotting to overthrow President Museveni.

    30 July 2026 · Joy Online

Monday 27 July

  1. Global HIV funding drops 18%, UNAIDS warns of resurgence risk

    Global HIV funding fell by 18% to $7.3 billion in 2025, the lowest level in nearly two decades, according to UNAIDS, which warned that without renewed commitment the world risks reversing progress that has driven new infections and AIDS-related deaths to their lowest level in over 30 years.

    27 July 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 22 July

  1. UN backs AU health summit in Accra on equity and disease control

    Ghana is hosting an African Union Extraordinary Summit on Health on July 21–22, 2026, focused on ending AIDS and tuberculosis by 2030, reducing maternal deaths, and addressing communicable and non-communicable diseases across the continent. The United Nations supports the initiative and frames health as foundational to sustainable development and social justice.

    22 July 2026 · Daily Guide

  2. Study: 77,000 fewer children received US HIV treatment

    Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received U.S.-supported HIV treatment in the year to October 2025 than in the previous fiscal year, according to a study that attributed the decline to Trump administration cuts and changes to foreign aid. The analysis found U.S.-supported pediatric HIV treatment fell by around 14% year-on-year, though the U.S. State Department disputed the methodology and said the decline reflects the program's success in preventing new infections.

    22 July 2026 · Joy Online

Tuesday 21 July

  1. Mahama discusses Africa's health sovereignty with global leaders

    President Mahama held talks with UNAIDS and African Leaders Malaria Alliance leaders on strengthening African public health systems. He outlined the Accra Reset initiative, aimed at enabling African countries to produce their own vaccines and advance healthcare self-reliance, and highlighted Ghana's Free Primary Healthcare programme providing free basic services at CHPS compounds and polyclinics.

    21 July 2026 · Joy Online

  2. Mahama meets UN health leaders on vaccine production and health programs

    President Mahama hosted UN and African health officials at Jubilee House to discuss public health cooperation, immunisation, HIV/AIDS, and malaria across Africa. He briefed them on Ghana's Accra Reset initiative, local vaccine production ambitions, and the launch of a Free Primary Health Care programme aimed at Universal Health Coverage.

    21 July 2026 · Joy Online

Sunday 19 July

  1. UNFPA Regional Director visits Ghana for AU Health Summit

    The United Nations Population Fund Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Dr Sennen Hounton, has arrived in Ghana for a five-day official visit (19–23 July 2026) combining bilateral engagements with participation in the African Union Extraordinary Health Summit in Accra. The visit aims to strengthen collaboration on reproductive health, gender equality, youth empowerment and universal health coverage.

    19 July 2026 · Joy Online

Wednesday 1 July

  1. Ghana faces potential HIV testing kit shortage by July

    Ghana risks a nationwide shortage of HIV testing kits—both oral and blood-based—by the end of July, which could disrupt early diagnosis and treatment programmes. The Ghana HIV and AIDS Network warns that without urgent intervention, the shortage could delay diagnosis, restrict access to antiretroviral therapy, and jeopardise progress toward global UNAIDS targets.

    1 July 2026 · Joy Online

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