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Communities of people living with HIV and community health workers have played a key role in the HIV response. Listen to their stories on making the difference and changing lives.
estimated number of people living with HIV at the end of 2018
people were newly infected with HIV in 2018
people died of HIV-related causes in 2018
target number of new cases and deaths per year by 2020
Communities are a unique force behind the success of the HIV response
Of the 37.9 million people living with HIV at the end of 2018, 79% received testing, 62% received treatment, and 53% had achieved suppression of the HIV virus with reduced risk of infecting others.
Thousands of community health workers and members of the HIV and key population networks – many of whom are living with HIV or affected by the epidemic – contributed to this success.
On World AIDS Day 2019, WHO is highlighting the difference these communities are making to end the HIV epidemic while drawing global attention to the need for their broader engagement in strengthening primary health care.
WHO is releasing new recommendations on HIV testing services on 27 November ahead of World AIDS and the International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA2019) taking place in Kigali, Rwanda on 2-7 December.
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will participate in events for World AIDS Day in Rwanda and deliver a keynote address at the opening of the ICASA2019.