Winnie Byanyima
@Winnie_Byanyima
Passionate about justice & human dignity. In the struggle to #endAIDS. Executive Director of @UNAIDS. Opinions are my own.
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Mrs Monica Geingos and fellow co-chairs of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Sir Sir Michael Marmot, have called on World Health Organization (WHO) member states to finalise the #PandemicAgreement as they met for the World Health Assembly.
🔗 inequalitycouncil.org/council-co-cha…
More than 4,300 men & women have lost their lives while #ServingForPeace with UN Peacekeeping since 1948.
We honour their sacrifice and pledge to carry on their work for a safer world.
The #PandemicAccord being negotiated now offers hope for a better, more equitable way forward. To succeed, it must include guarantees that the response to the next pandemic will reflect what we learned from AIDS & COVID-19.
My blog with Joseph E. Stiglitz
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Responsabilité des parents et des jeunes, avec L’ #EngagementAOC , c’est
🌍 impliquer les parents et les communautés dans l’éducation à la santé des jeunes.
🌍 impliquer les jeunes dans les
décisions les concernant 🗣️. #LéducationSauveDesVies #Anniversaire1an #EducationSavesLives
Time is running out for millions in #Sudan at imminent risk of famine.
Women & girls are disproportionately bearing the brunt of this conflict.
I join the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) principles in demanding unimpeded humanitarian access, urging donors to provide the necessary funds, & calling for
In this SDG Roundtable, I spoke with United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed, Sima Bahous Sima Bahous, and women’s advocates to spotlight what the #WeTheWomen Global Survey has taught us about women’s hopes and demands today.
Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=FSFyCf…
“By sharing the technology with the whole of the Global South, you (Gilead Sciences) will help save lives, prevent HIV infections, and advance the end of the world's deadliest pandemic. You can shape history.”
'What do we mean by HIV has had its day?”
Listen to our Deputy Executive Director, Christine Stegling speaking to A Shot In The Arm Podcast about why #HIV still matters in Global responses & how it must be put back into Pandemic Preparedness.
Ending the AIDS pandemic can be within our reach if companies like Gilead Sciences will take courageous leadership, says the former President of the Republic of Botswana H.E. Festus Mogae
Across Asia, Africa & Latin America, 1 million people become infected w/HIV every yr.
Imagine if we could prevent them all from becoming infected, delivering them from a lifetime of treatment & medical care.
Gilead Sciences has a chance to shape history.
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By licensing Lenacapavir through MedicinesPatentPool now, Gilead Sciences could help save lives, prevent HIV infections, and advance the end of the world’s deadliest pandemic.
Calling on #GileadForGood .
We can #endAIDS as a public health threat by 2030!
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Global leaders must include the perspectives of women everywhere to address today’s greatest challenges.
Our #WetheWomen global survey sheds light on the needs, demands & priorities of women worldwide, and underscores why their voices must be heard. wethewomencampaign.org
UNAIDS is pleased to sign a new partnership with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 on a AU$12 million project with Health Equity Matters to advance the HIV response in Asia-Pacific countries. Thanks Australia for your continuous support!
Read our press release: unaids.org/en/resources/p…
#InvestInUNAIDS #WHA77
Today world leaders, scientists, people living with HIV, artists & activists have launched an open letter to pharma firm Gilead Sciences, urging them to ensure equitable & affordable access to a new medicine, which can treat HIV via 2 injections a year.
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Across Asia, Africa & Latin America, around 1 million people newly acquire HIV every year; we ask Gilead to make HIV drug Lenacapivir, a twice a year injection, accessible to low- and middle-income countries & transform the HIV response. #GileadForGood
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