UNAIDS — leads the international response to HIV/AIDS, reported 18% decline in global HIV funding in 2025.
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Audio By Vocalize A health worker administers Ebola virus vaccine at the Provincial Laboratory of Ituri in the DRC on September 19, 2026. [AFP] Governments are rallying behind UNAIDS as the global HIV response faces a funding squeeze, even as the United States commits millions of …
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Winnie Byanyima defends meeting with Ruto amid backlash over husband Besigye's abduction By Kenneth Gachie September 24, 2026 12:46 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize UNAIDS Executive Directo …
Winnie Byanyima defends meeting with Ruto amid backlash over husband Besigye's abductionCitizen Digital
… Decades of progress are being put at risk, UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima told AFP. …
US aid cuts are killing Kenyan sex workersThe Standard
… Decades of progress are being put at risk, UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima told AFP."This is the most serious disruption in the HIV response since the world came together to fight this disease," she said. …
US aid cuts are killing Kenyan sex workersCitizen Digital
… Among HIV cases with a known mode of transmission, more than half were linked to sexual transmission and more than 42 percent to injecting drug use, UNAIDS said. …
Fiji declares national HIV crisisCitizen Digital
… warn that if Kenya does not invest adequately in sexual and reproductive health, the country could lose an estimated 1.1 per cent of its gross domestic product. “From the United Nations point of view, we have taken the triple threat as a priority,” Dr Richard Amenyah, the UNAIDS …
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… UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima, whose husband is the longtime opposition leader Kizza Besigye, now on trial for treason, told AFP earlier this year that Uganda had become "a military state". …
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… UNAIDS chief Winnie Byanyima, whose husband is the longtime opposition leader Kizza Besigye, now on trial for treason, told AFP earlier this year that Uganda had become "a military state". …
Palace intrigue in Uganda as succession battle heats upCitizen Digital
… His wife Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of Geneva-based UNAIDS, condemned the continuation of the trial when Besigye was unable to attend. …
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… "My first impression was shock," Winnie Byanyima, executive director of UNAIDS, told reporters outside Mulago Hospital in Kampala, where her husband is admitted. …
Uganda opposition leader Besigye 'very weak' and unable to speak: wifeInternational resources for HIV fell by 18 per cent in 2025, the largest decline in almost two decades. At the end of the year, US$17.6 billion was available for the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries, about 20 per cent below the US$21.9 billion needed annually by 2030.
27 September 2026 · The Standard →
International resources for HIV fell by 18 per cent in 2025, the largest decline in almost two decades. At the end of the year, US$17.6 billion was available for the AIDS response in low- and middle-income countries, about 20 per cent below the US$21.9 billion needed annually by 2030.
27 September 2026 · The Standard →
Winnie Byanyima has publicly defended meeting with Kenyan President William Ruto at the UN General Assembly, saying she raised the abduction and detention of her husband, Ugandan opposition figure Dr. Kizza Besigye, during their discussion. Byanyima framed the meeting around continental healthcare initiatives while addressing criticism over security forces' alleged involvement in her partner's captivity.
24 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
AFP has confirmed at least 24 deaths of HIV-positive Kenyan sex workers following US aid cuts in early 2025, with health staff and NGOs warning of a spike in HIV infections among sex workers and a potential rise in cases among the general population.
23 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Trump administration's restructuring of US aid has forced 73 percent of US-funded organisations to end services to sex workers, LGBTQ communities, and drug users in Kenya. Most of the dozens of clinics that provided antiretroviral drugs, condoms, and preventive treatment specifically to sex workers have now closed, and health staff confirm at least 24 HIV-positive sex workers have died since aid was slashed in early 2025.
18 September 2026 · The Standard →
Fiji has declared a national HIV crisis, with new diagnoses surging to 2,016 cases in 2025—16 times the level in 2019—and an estimated one in 60 adults now infected. The government said it would expand access to free HIV testing, prevention services, and treatment.
17 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kenya's adolescents face a growing crisis of HIV infections, teenage pregnancy, and sexual and gender-based violence. State and non-state actors gathered at a National Round Table Forum in Nairobi to address the interconnected challenges, warning that urgent and targeted interventions are needed to prevent the situation from spiralling out of control.
9 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Uganda's army chief and son of President Yoweri Museveni, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has vowed again to run for president as speculation grows over succession after Museveni's four-decade rule. The 52-year-old faces a challenge from a brother-in-law amid growing palace intrigue.
27 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Uganda's army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, has vowed to run for president in 2031, but faces competition from his brother-in-law Odrek Rwabwogo, who is quietly gathering support within the bureaucracy as a reformer candidate.
27 August 2026 · The Standard →
Winnie Byanyima, wife of jailed Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, condemned the continuation of his treason trial while he was bedridden and unable to attend, calling it a "farce." Besigye, 70, was abducted in Kenya in 2024 and has been in custody facing charges over an alleged plot against President Yoweri Museveni.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who is on trial for treason, collapsed during a court hearing on July 30 and was admitted to intensive care in Kampala. His wife said he is conscious but "very weak" and unable to speak.
4 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Kizza Besigye, a 70-year-old Ugandan opposition leader who has been in detention since November 2024, collapsed and lost consciousness during his treason trial in Kampala. He was rushed to an intensive care unit, where his wife reports he is unconscious and unresponsive.
30 July 2026 · Capital News →
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, 70, who has been in custody facing treason charges, collapsed during a court appearance on Wednesday and was admitted to intensive care at Mulago Hospital in Kampala. His wife said he is unconscious and unresponsive.
30 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Jailed opposition figure Kizza Besigye collapsed in court on Wednesday and was taken to hospital in Kampala, according to his wife. Besigye, 70, faces treason charges over an alleged plot against President Museveni and has now been hospitalised three times since his detention.
30 July 2026 · The Standard →
Global international financing for HIV in developing countries fell by 18 percent in 2025, the largest decline in decades, according to UNAIDS. The United States and European nations including France, Germany and the UK have dramatically slashed foreign aid contributions.
28 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Around 77,000 fewer children worldwide received US-supported HIV treatment in the year to October 2025 compared to the previous fiscal year, following cuts and changes to foreign aid by the Trump administration. The analysis found US-supported pediatric HIV treatment fell by approximately 14% year-on-year, though researchers noted that some children may have received treatment through national governments or other donors.
21 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Health experts are calling for greater inclusion of young people in policies and conversations addressing HIV, teenage pregnancy, and gender-based violence, which disproportionately affect adolescents and youth across Kenya and the wider African continent. The calls come amid a contraceptive shortage in counties such as Mandera and Wajir, with experts warning that access to sexual and reproductive health services remains a major challenge contributing to rising mental health concerns among young people.
24 May 2026 · The Standard →
Fiji recorded over 2,000 new HIV cases last year, a 26 percent increase from 2024, prompting the government to declare an HIV outbreak and national crisis. Mobile testing clinics are being deployed to neighbourhoods to expand access to testing in the South Pacific nation of just under a million people.
6 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Health experts at a World Health Summit Regional Meeting in Nairobi argue that HIV among adolescents is fundamentally a power problem rooted in structural inequalities, not merely a biomedical crisis, as new infections persist despite years of programmes and funding.
4 May 2026 · The Standard →