On 1st December, WHO, along with communities and companions will commemorate World AIDS Day 2023, underneath the theme “Let communities lead”.

Communities residing with, and affected by, HIV, networks of individuals from key populations and youth leaders have been, and proceed to be, important for progress within the HIV response. They present important prevention, testing and remedy help companies, construct belief, generate progressive options, promote well being, monitor the implementation of insurance policies and programmes, and maintain suppliers accountable.

The world can finish AIDS with communities main the best way. That is why the theme for World AIDS Day this yr is ‘Let communities lead’, and way more than a celebration of the achievements of communities, it’s a name to motion to allow and help communities of their management roles.

On World AIDS Day 2023, WHO celebrates and acknowledges the invaluable contributions of communities in main the response to HIV.

10:00–11:00 | Commemoration occasion: Celebrating the ability of communities main the response to HIV

Red Ribbon Café, UNAIDS (WHO D constructing)

• Opening and candlelight ceremony
• World AIDS Day message: Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
• Public Health Milestones on HIV & AIDS within the context of the WHO seventy fifth Anniversary: Dr Jérôme Salomon, Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage/Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases
• Presentation of the WAD2023 video: “Communities leading the HIV response”
• Voice of communities: of group representatives

14:30–16:00 | Visit to Checkpoint Genève: a community-led initiative enabling key populations to entry HIV companies

Field go to to community-led service by Dr Jérôme Salomon (this occasion isn’t open to the general public).

Victoria Falls and Harare, Zimbabwe
1 December and past

On World AIDS Day 2023, WHO Regional Office for Africa will likely be becoming a member of Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director, in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in addition to authorities officers and leaders of the HIV response in Zimbabwe to commemorate the various lives misplaced to AIDS. In the afternoon, they’ll pay a go to to a group led initiative enabling key populations to entry companies.

Activities for World AIDS Day in Zimbabwe will likely be adopted by ICASA, the twenty second version of the biggest HIV convention in Africa, from 4 – 9 December in Harare. WHO may have a number one function within the convention, together with the participation within the opening ceremony, convening 10 satellite tv for pc periods and interesting with communities and other people residing with or affected by HIV attending the convention.