Christine Stegling retweeted
The global HIV response is a UN success: infections down 61%, deaths down 70%, millions of lives saved.
Yet at the High‑Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, I warned that progress is stalling. Funding is shrinking, prevention is being scaled back, and stigma is rising.
The end of AIDS is within reach. We cannot let it slip from our hands.
Christine Stegling retweeted
“25 years ago, world leaders gathered in this hall at the height of the AIDS pandemic and made a promise: that AIDS would be stopped, and that treatment and prevention would be accessible to all people in all countries.”
- @Winnie_Byanyima
Christine Stegling retweeted
Part 4 of 5!! As the #HLM2026AIDS kicks off today in New York, the Political Declaration must ensure communities are given the resources needed to sustain the #HIV response. Read more from @CsfSanac chairperson, Solly Nduku in the @mailandguardian ➡️mg.co.za/thought-leader/2026…
Christine Stegling retweeted
HIV thrives where gender inequality persists.
This #IWD2026, we join @UN_Women in calling for rights, justice, and action #ForAllWomenAndGirls, including women & girls living with and affected by HIV.
🔗UNAIDS statement unaids.org/en/resources/pres…
Christine Stegling retweeted
UNAIDS statement for International Women’s Day: Rights, justice, and action for women and girls. #IWD2026
unaids.org/en/resources/pres…
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Despite progress, millions still lack access to HIV prevention and treatment services.
Ending AIDS means empowering communities, investing in prevention and expanding access to treatment for all people.
We have the power to transform lives and #endAIDS once and for all.
Christine Stegling retweeted
Today is #WorldAIDSDay.
The HIV response has always shown what humanity can achieve when we stand united.
Global collective action has saved millions of lives, but shrinking funding now puts this progress at risk.
Leaders must recommit to ending AIDS and saving lives.
Christine Stegling retweeted
Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response - World AIDS Day 2025 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1ZkJzZVqg…
Christine Stegling retweeted
In 2025, sudden US funding cuts and reductions from key donors shocked the global AIDS response.
Today, we're releasing a new report showing how these disruptions unfolded & the resilience of communities and countries protecting progress.
Join live at 2pm CET on @UNWebTV ⤵️
Christine Stegling retweeted
On @dwnews: UNAIDS Deputy Executive Director @SteglingC on the question: Is HIV still a global threat?
Watch here: youtu.be/n5_7hjNZNl4
Christine Stegling retweeted
UNAIDS applauds Germany’s announcement of €1 billion for the @GlobalFund at #WHS2025 — a strong reaffirmation of the country’s leadership and commitment to global health and to ending AIDS.
Danke @BMZ_Bund 🇩🇪
Christine Stegling retweeted
#GlobalHealth has been very much anchored in global solidarity - countries agreeing to work together to deliver on health. And it's been driven very much by aid for the developing countries.
But now we're seeing that aid tumbling very fast — that suddenness, that rapid decline, is costing lives.
Let's be clear about that: people are dying.
So the first thing we need to do is to organize a planned, a responsible transition from a model of aid.
We've seen the vulnerabilities of aid, and now we want to go away from that. But we must do it in an orderly way that's not costing lives.
#WHS2025 @WorldHealthSmt @ONEcampaign @UNAIDS
Delighted to join the first keynote panel of #WHS2025, hosted by @ONEcampaign, on 'Transforming the Global Health Architecture'.
Thank you, Doctor Kofler, Parliamentary Secretary of Germany @BMG_Bund, for affirming what I believe:
Global health is a global public good!
And 🇩🇪 says it and does it with your resources. So thank you.
#GlobalHealth #WorldHealthSummit2025 @WorldHealthSmt
Watch the full panel discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=ppLs8LAr…
Christine Stegling retweeted
In those countries that were overdependent on aid, what happened in the area of HIV, was the creation of parallel structures where this money for HIV was driven, while the rest of the health systems were crumbling. We must solve that.
We must integrate, build one health system that addresses vertical diseases—one system that delivers cost effectively. These are things we are doing, we @UNAIDS are working with countries.
But first and foremost, we must do it with a plan that's orderly, that's responsible, and that doesn't cost lives. It shouldn't be a sudden retreat, it should be a planned transition.
#WHS2025 @WorldHealthSmt @ONEcampaign
Watch the full #WorldHealthSummit discussion here: youtube.com/watch?v=ppLs8LAr…
Aid needs to stay there to keep as a scaffolding as we as we transition. In transitioning, we must solve the problems of the old model — we must not bring back the problems of the old model. One of them was that overreliance on external assistance, and within that overreliance, on a handful of donors of aid.
In the area of HIV, when the US paused their development assistance in February, in the whole global response on the HIV/AIDS, the 🇺🇸 was shouldering 73% of the total burden of development assistance, just one country. The rest of the world was shouldering the 27%. That wasn't right.
So that overdependence on one country, in a few countries, an overdependence of the developing countries, we have to solve it.
#WHS2025 @WorldHealthSmt @ONEcampaign @UNAIDS
Christine Stegling retweeted
Aid needs to stay there to keep as a scaffolding as we as we transition. In transitioning, we must solve the problems of the old model — we must not bring back the problems of the old model. One of them was that overreliance on external assistance, and within that overreliance, on a handful of donors of aid.
In the area of HIV, when the US paused their development assistance in February, in the whole global response on the HIV/AIDS, the 🇺🇸 was shouldering 73% of the total burden of development assistance, just one country. The rest of the world was shouldering the 27%. That wasn't right.
So that overdependence on one country, in a few countries, an overdependence of the developing countries, we have to solve it.
#WHS2025 @WorldHealthSmt @ONEcampaign @UNAIDS
#GlobalHealth has been very much anchored in global solidarity - countries agreeing to work together to deliver on health. And it's been driven very much by aid for the developing countries.
But now we're seeing that aid tumbling very fast — that suddenness, that rapid decline, is costing lives.
Let's be clear about that: people are dying.
So the first thing we need to do is to organize a planned, a responsible transition from a model of aid.
We've seen the vulnerabilities of aid, and now we want to go away from that. But we must do it in an orderly way that's not costing lives.
#WHS2025 @WorldHealthSmt @ONEcampaign @UNAIDS
Christine Stegling retweeted
From addressing gender inequality to pioneering women-controlled HIV prevention, @ProfAbdoolKarim has transformed global health through her groundbreaking research.
At the @VirchowPrize ceremony, UNAIDS Executive Director @Winnie_Byanyima honoured her scientific journey. ⤵
Christine Stegling retweeted
In her speech, UNAIDS Executive Director @Winnie_Byanyima praised @ProfAbdoolKarim’s pioneering research behind today’s breakthrough HIV medicines.
She also affirmed that Africa is not just a mere importer of innovation but home to some of the world’s greatest scientific minds.
Christine Stegling retweeted
UNAIDS Exec Director @Winnie_Byanyima shared with parliamentarians the story of Lydia,a young Ugandan living with HIV. When US funding cuts ended her care worker’s job, Lydia stopped treatment and tragically died at 28.
"Global solidarity must remain,"urged Ms Byanyima
#WHS2025
Christine Stegling retweeted
UNAIDS Executive Director @Winnie_Byanyima joined parliamentarians on the sidelines of #WHS2025 to stress the urgent need for stronger political leadership to end AIDS.
She urged MPs to push their governments to prioritise health for all: "Health must assume a high priority".
Christine Stegling retweeted
"There is a need to reform the international financial architecture."
@Winnie_Byanyima urged parliamentarians from the global north and south to work together to address economic barriers that prevent countries from raising enough domestic revenue for development needs. #WHS2025
Christine Stegling retweeted
UNAIDS Executive Director @Winnie_Byanyima urged parliamentarians, from global north and south, to use their legislative, budgetary, and representative power to drive progress in global health and protect human rights— especially for people living with or at risk of HIV.
#WHS2025