Unaids Rwanda

09/03/2017

The 2017 International Women's Day was also celebrated in Rwanda yesterday, and the One UN Rwanda was honored to take part in it.

09/03/2017

A new UNAIDS report shows there is an urgent need to scale up HIV prevention and treatment services for women and girls.

08/02/2017

We are proud to announce that the One UN Rwanda is launching , a campaign meant to help you better understand what the SDGs are and mean to us as Rwandans. Make sure to like One UN Rwanda or follow the updates here!

02/02/2017

“In partnership with the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS will continue to push for an accelerated HIV response for adolescent girls and young women from all over Africa.” —Michel Sidibé, UNAIDS Executive Director

31/01/2017

The 18th General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) took place during the 28th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

24/01/2017

Watch this video to see how One UN Rwanda staff and their family members celebrated World AIDS Day. AIDS is not over, but it can be!

No More HIV Infections: AHF Rwanda with 2016 UN World AIDS Day Celebration

21/01/2017

Yesterday, the One UN Rwanda staff and their families gathered to learn more about HIV, how to prevent it, how to access care and treatment, and how to end HIV-related stigma and discrimination. A successful event organised by the team of UN Plus and UN Cares - The UN system-wide workplace programme on HIV!

“"We stand in solidarity with the 78 million people who have become infected with HIV" ”

04/01/2017

We welcome the new United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.

22/12/2016

UNAIDS Rwanda would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look forward to working together in 2017. AIDS is not over, but it can be.

21/12/2016

The UNAIDS Board stressed the need for sustained investment, strengthened commitment, partnerships and innovation to enable more countries to accelerate the delivery of services to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

14/12/2016

Let's all join our friends of IOM Rwanda at the "I am Kigali Festival" to celebrate International Migrants Day and Kigali's rich cultural diversity. This Saturday at RRA HQ, doors open at 3 p.m. Free entry!

12/12/2016

Congratulations, UNICEF, Unicef Rwanda, on your 70th anniversary!

12/12/2016

Meet the next Secretary-General of the United Nations!

12/12/2016

The Rwandan NGO WE-ACTx for Hope is training adolescents and young people living with HIV as peer educators so that they can reach out to their peers on issues to do with HIV prevention, care and treatment and to tackle HIV-related stigma and discrimination.

To increase awareness amongst the youth in the fight against AIDS, We act for Hope, a local Non-Government Organization has trained youths in preventative and treatment skills that can contribute t…

09/12/2016

On Human Rights Day, UNAIDS calls for the world to stand up for the rights of the most discriminated against and marginalised and for an end to stigma, discrimination and human rights violations against everyone.

The communities most affected by HIV must be meaningfully involved in the AIDS response if we are to overcome the stigma, discrimination and denial of human rights that continue to put people at risk of HIV and deny them access to HIV prevention and treatment services.

06/12/2016

Read more about how our colleagues of Unicef Rwanda support Rwanda's programme for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Bugesera District, 9 November 2016 – Founded in 1974, Ruhuha Health Centre in the Southern Province serves over 32,000 villages. Driving south on the main road from Kigali, then turning onto a dusty unpaved track for another hour, Ruhuha town appears as the road widens into a central village square....

06/12/2016

Protect yourself from HIV - you choose how! Hands up for !

Male or Female condoms, medicine to prevent and treat, harm reduction, zero discrimination... check out the HIV prevention methods: unaids.org

06/12/2016

Protect yourself from HIV - you choose how! Hands up for !

at unaids.org

06/12/2016

This is how Rwanda observed this year's World AIDS Day. Find out more in the article!

The Ministry of Health, through the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), has launched a new anti-HIV/AIDS drive that will see people living with the virus get a 3-month dosage of anti-retro viral drugs (ARVs) in order to cut monthly movements to get the drugs.

05/12/2016

The Resident Coordinator of the One UN Rwanda, Mr Lamin M. Manneh, wrote an interesting opinion piece on this year's World AIDS Day and why we should focus on reducing new HIV infections.

Every year on December 1, the world observes World AIDS Day. On this Day, the global community pays tribute to all those who have lost their lives to AIDS, applauds progress made in responding to the epidemic and recommits to ending it definitively.

25/11/2016

Educated young women have more opportunities in the labour market and are more likely to be financially independent.

In support of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, which begins on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and ends on 10 December, Human Rights Day, UNAIDS is calling for urgent action to keep girls in school, end gender-based viole...

24/11/2016

"Urgent action is needed to help and protect girls and young women from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, thousands of whom are still being infected with HIV every week, the UN says."
Read more in this article of The Guardian.

UNAids chief says thousands of girls and young women are still being infected with HIV every week

23/11/2016

“Young women are facing a triple threat. They are at high risk of HIV infection, have low rates of HIV testing, and have poor adherence to treatment. The world is failing young women and we urgently need to do more.” UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé

There are millions of women in the 15 to 24 year old age group that are caught in a highly dangerous HIV/AIDS trap, but 18.2 million people are on antiretroviral therapy. A new UNAIDS report…

16/11/2016

Knowing your HIV status can help you make informed choices about HIV prevention methods.

03/11/2016

The UNAIDS Country Office in Rwanda was happy to receive a visit from Kigali HOPE, an association of young people living with HIV, for a briefing on the participation of one of its members in the International AIDS Conference in Durban earlier this year as a youth advocate.

02/11/2016

During his 2-day working visit to Rwanda, the United Nations Deputy Secretary General Mr. Jan Eliasson was received by President Kagame. He also conducted field visits to One UN Rwanda project sites in Rwamagana and met with the UN Country Team.

Today at Urugwiro Village,President Kagame received Deputy UNSG Jan Eliasson.

For more pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/paulkagame/albums/72157674538717632

02/11/2016

Did you know that women living with HIV are up to five times more likely to develop cervical cancer than other women? That is why we need to break down the silos, unite and ensure that services for HIV, HPV and cervical cancer are integrated and accessible.

Over 3500 leaders, cancer experts and activists are in Paris France leveraging synergies that will help deliver comprehensive sexual and health services to women and girls around the world.

02/11/2016

Only 1 in 10 girls in low- and middle-income countries have access to the HPV vaccine, compared with 9 in 10 girls in high-income countries.

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé delivered keynote remarks at the opening of the World Cancer Congress in Paris, France, on 31 October. This year more than 3500 leaders, cancer experts and activists gathered together under the theme “Mobilize action—inspire change”.

25/10/2016

A total of 600 dignity kits were handed over during a ceremony at Gakenke District. The dignity kits contain a number of basic hygiene items for vulnerable pregnant women who have been victims of the floods and landslides that occurred in Gakenke earlier this year. The purchase of dignity kits was financially supported by UNFPA Rwanda and Unaids Rwanda and is part of the One UN Rwanda's disaster response.

24/10/2016

In the lead-up to World AIDS Day 2016, the Hands Up for campaign explores different aspects of HIV prevention and how they relate to specific groups of people, such as adolescent girls and young women, key populations and people living with HIV. Just take a look at our UNAIDS campaign website!

18/10/2016

With the support of eannaso.org, Rwandan civil society held a priorities setting workshop in Kigali that was officially opened by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health. Opening remarks were also made by Rwanda NGOs Forum on AIDS and Health Promotion, eannaso.org and Unaids Rwanda. The UNAIDS Country Director, Dr Sibongile Dludlu, called for strong partnerships, the meaningful engagement of all stakeholders and the use of evidence-based strategies in order to sustain the gains and leave no one behind.

15/10/2016

At UNAIDS, we look forward to working with Mr Guterres towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

14/10/2016

Rwandan civil society is keen to be involved in strategic planning and implementation of the country's HIV response to end AIDS by 2030, together with the government. Read more in this article about the fruitful discussions that were had with the support of EANNASO (eannaso.org) this week in Kigali!

Today Rwanda Civil Society and partners including EANNASO, Members of Rwanda NGO Forum on HIV/AIDS and Health promotion, UNAIDS, and various stakeholders laid using evidence to inform long term str…

12/10/2016

This short American documentary looks at the successes of Rwanda's HIV response and highlights the power of peer education and support.

Rwanda emerged from its 1994 genocide to build one of the most successful AIDS responses in Africa and is working mightily to halt mother-to-child HIV transm...

11/10/2016

Our colleagues at United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme in Rwanda are advertising two interesting positions.

05/10/2016

Today and yesterday, local leaders and other stakeholders are discussing how to fast-track the HIV response in the City of Kigali, with a special focus on children and adolescents and how to reach them with HIV testing services as well as care and treatment. This meeting has been organised by the Rwandan NGO WE-ACTx for Hope.

05/10/2016

Dr Diane Gashumba is Rwanda's new Minister of Health.

President Paul Kagame has named Dr Diane Gashumba as new Minister of Health in the latest cabinet reshuffle.

30/09/2016

Yesterday, Rwandan civil society organisations held a successful meeting supported by UNAIDS and PEPFAR to discuss the importance of their meaningful involvement in Rwanda's HIV response.

29/09/2016

Take a look at this informative piece written by One UN Rwanda Resident Coordinator Lamin M. Manneh to learn more about what has been achieved one year into the ambitious Global Goals, an agenda grounded on the unfinished business of the MDGs and the renewed resolve to rise up to the emerging development challenges of our times.

New Yorkers will tell you that for as far as they could remember, one month in each year that does not leave them indifferent is September. This is the month during which the world’s leaders and their entourages, some quite big, descend on New York, Manhattan to be precise, to attend the UN General...

29/09/2016

At its Fifth Replenishment Conference in Canada, donors pledged US$ 12.9 billion of the US$ 13 billion called for by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for the three-year period 2017-2019. A special thanks to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF Rwanda) and all Rwandan civil society organisations for their successful advocacy to "Fund the Fund".

UNAIDS applauds all donors and partners for their demonstration of a strong commitment to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund).