This Strategy is being developed at a time when people living with HIV and key and vulnerable populations face profound challenges, first and foremost a deepening funding crisis, requiring immediate steps to safeguard lifesaving services, and ambitious action to ensure sustainable HIV responses for the long term.  This is also an era of shrinking civic space and rising political resistance to human rights and gender equality, with direct impacts on people living with and affected by HIV, and an erosion of public trust driven by disinformation. These pressures threaten hard-won progress over the past decades to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Yet, this is also a time when communities continue to demonstrate unwavering leadership, resilience, and collaboration in the HIV response. 

We are pleased to introduce Amrita Sarkar, a dedicated and experienced change-maker in the field of transgender persons’ wellbeing and HIV advocacy, as the newly selected NGO Delegate to participate in the upcoming PCB

Are you committed to advancing community-led solutions, human rights, and sustainability in the global HIV response? The NGO Delegation is seeking an experienced and passionate NGO Report Consultant for this year’s report,  « Community-led Integrated Services: A Path to a Sustainable HIV Response. »

The world is at a pivotal point in the fight to end AIDS. As we work toward the 2030 goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat, UNAIDS is developing the Global AIDS Strategy 2026–2031—and your voice is needed to help shape its direction.

UNAIDS has launched a global survey to gather insights from communities, civil society, and other key stakeholders. This is a critical opportunity to ensure the next phase of the HIV response is inclusive, grounded in lived experience, and informed by those most affected.

As Sonal Giani steps down as an NGO Delegate to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), we recognize her significant contributions and acknowledge the unfortunate reality that her departure is happening amid an increasingly difficult political climate. Her tenure was marked by firm advocacy for LGBTQIA+ rights, gender equality, and inclusive global health policies—work that remains urgent as challenges to these issues grow.

To people living with and affected by HIV around the world, and our civil society and community-led partners and allies,

We recognize the difficulties many of you may be facing due to the US funding freeze and the extreme uncertainty surrounding the HIV response – and indeed, we are experiencing these same challenges in our organizations, and in our lives. As the NGO Delegation, our aim is to provide an update on recent engagement efforts with UNAIDS leadership since the stop-work orders and spending freeze took effect.

UPDATE: The thematic segment of the 56th PCB Meeting, originally set for 26 June 2025, has been postponed to the 58th PCB Meeting on 1 July 2026. This decision follows the PCB Bureau’s determination that additional budget-related agenda items require the full three days of the 56th meeting. The postponement is pending formal approval by PCB Member States.

We mourn the loss of Jacqueline Rocha Côrtes, a trailblazing activist whose life was dedicated to fighting for the rights of people living with HIV, particularly those in the transgender community. Jacqueline passed away on 14 August 2024, in São Paulo.

The NGO Delegation to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board is gathering input for our 2024 report on Community Leadership in the HIV response, and we need your voice!

We are excited to announce the call for case studies for this year’s NGO report, which will focus on Community Leadership. This annual report sheds light on critical issues relevant to the global HIV response. This year, we’re spotlighting the indispensable role of community-led activities in achieving the goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.