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IAS statement on “In Danger: UNAIDS Global AIDS
Update 2022”
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The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
launched its annual report on the state of the global HIV response today
ahead of AIDS 2022, the 24th
International AIDS Conference, in Montreal, Canada, at a live
event also livestreamed at www.unaids.org.
“We cannot afford to lose more ground in the global response to HIV.
Seventy percent of new HIV infections in 2021 occurred among key
populations, which illustrates that the most marginalized are also the
hardest hit,” Adeeba
Kamarulzaman, President of the IAS – the International AIDS
Society – and AIDS 2022 International Co-Chair, said. “We urgently need to
make resources available, close research gaps, and eliminate the stigma
that still pervades thinking. Most crucially, we must ensure that
scientists, policy makers and activists come together to achieve progress.
It’s time to re-engage and follow the science.”
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IAC – the International AIDS
Conference – is the
premier global platform to advance the HIV response. As the world’s
largest conference on HIV and AIDS, it sits uniquely at the intersection of
science, advocacy and human rights, bringing together scientists, policy
makers, healthcare professionals, people living with HIV, funders, media and
community. Since its start in 1985, the conference continues to serve as an
opportunity to strengthen policies and programmes that ensure an
evidence-based response to HIV and related epidemics.
The 24th International AIDS Conference – known as AIDS 2022 – will be hosted
in Montreal, Canada, and virtually from 29 July to 2 August
2022.
For more information, visit www.aids2022.org.
IAS – the International AIDS Society – convenes, educates and
advocates for a world in which HIV no longer presents a threat to public
health and individual well-being. After the emergence of
HIV and AIDS, concerned scientists created the IAS to bring together experts
from across the world and disciplines to promote a concerted HIV response
Today, the IAS and its members unite scientists, policy makers and activists
to galvanize the scientific response, build global solidarity and enhance
human dignity for all those living with and affected by HIV.
The IAS also hosts the world’s most prestigious HIV conferences: the
International AIDS Conference, the IAS Conference on HIV Science and the HIV
Research for Prevention Conference.
For more information, visit www.iasociety.org.
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