stated in a recent report, released in preparation for an upcoming UN General Assembly meeting on AIDS. UN officials still believe the world can eradicate HIV and AIDS by the end of the decade, setting goals of 370,000 new infections and 250,000 AIDS-related deaths in 2025.
Winnie Byanyima, executive director of UNAIDS, cited a need for "evidence-informed strategies and human rights-based approaches."Secretary-general Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal, said in his report that gender norms are complicating their targets, with stigma discouraging women from accessing prevention tools and HIV care.
Vulnerable communites, like LGBTQ+ people, migrants, and sex workers, are also not receiving adequate information on HIV facts and how.