Winnie Byanyima
@Winnie_Byanyima
Passionate about justice & human dignity. In the struggle to #endAIDS. Executive Director of @UNAIDS. Opinions are my own.
Happy International Day of Women and girls of African Descent. Still we Rise!👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
Women & girls of African descent continue to face multiple forms of discrimination. Greater efforts are needed to empower them & protect their rights. Friday is the first-ever International Day of Women & Girls of African Descent. un.org/en/observances…
Lenacapavir could change the history of the HIV response, but it must be delivered at speed, scale and at an affordable, transparent price. #EndAIDS2030 #IAS2025 aidsmap.com/news/jul-2025/…
With 2 in every 3 countries in Africa spending more on debt than on healthcare, this is a matter of life and death. The outcome of the #FFD4 conference was far from enough. Countries are suffering every day to pay back to rich countries, and investors in the global north are…
I congratulate 🇪🇸 for bringing countries together around the Sevilla Platform for Action earlier this month. It is a remarkable leap forward and brings actionable initiatives for the reform of global health architecture, debt restructuring at scale, & tax justice. @UNAIDS is…
I congratulate 🇪🇸 for bringing countries together around the Sevilla Platform for Action earlier this month. It is a remarkable leap forward and brings actionable initiatives for the reform of global health architecture, debt restructuring at scale, & tax justice. @UNAIDS is…
The #FFD4 Outcome document was a victory of #multilateralism, with 192 countries endorsing, pushing financing in the right direction. The call for progressive taxation, including the super rich, and the push to advance faster debt restructuring resonate. But the urgency of the…
The #FFD4 Outcome document was a victory of #multilateralism, with 192 countries endorsing, pushing financing in the right direction. The call for progressive taxation, including the super rich, and the push to advance faster debt restructuring resonate. But the urgency of the…
The Sevilla Commitment is a turning point. At the #FFD4 Conference in Spain, countries reached consensus on a new roadmap for financing sustainable development—fairer tax systems, debt relief, and investment in local solutions. Now, the focus is on implementation.
I was delighted to join Katrien de Pauw, @Flanders_DFA at #PCB56, in signing a new two-year agreement with @UNAIDS for €1.5 million contribution to help #endAIDS in Africa. I thank the Government of Flanders for its long-standing partnership with UNAIDS, dating back to the early…
Deep appreciation to the Government of Belgium 🇧🇪 for your €12 million pledge to @UNAIDS for 2025-2028. Thank you for recognising the Joint Programme's key role in the global #HIVresponse. It is through such support that we can #endAIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
#PCB56 | Belgium🇧🇪 announces €12 million to UNAIDS for 2025-2028. UNAIDS is immensely grateful to Belgium and thank the Government for prioritizing the HIV response and standing in solidarity with the joint programme and people living with HIV worldwide.
A pleasure to meet with @PaulZubeil, Deputy DG for European & International Health Politics at @BMG_Bund, during @UNAIDS #PCB56. Thank you 🇩🇪 for your continued support and for setting an example to other countries in this challenging funding environment.
#PCB56 | Germany 🇩🇪 announces an advance of €2 million to UNAIDS for 2025. Thank you Germany for being a strong ally to UNAIDS and for encouraging other donors to do the same.
The reality for too many women living with HIV is violence, stigma and HIV services divorced from other types of healthcare - @EamonnMurphy63 at HIV, #SRHR and justice #GlobalGoals dialogue A thread🧵
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Dear Boda-boda men, stop it. Our AI-powered MRI uses Powerful magnets (not witchcraft). And when we say it uses radio waves, we do not mean "FM station." Word is going around at boda stages that "Kisubi Hospital yaleese ekyuuma ekilimu eddogo lya bazungu, bakikonekitinga ne ku…
World leaders, powerful men who can stop this horror choose to look away. We look on helplessly as children are starved, Palestinians in Gaza are killed everyday. For how long will this go on? We’ve lost our humanity. #EndHungerInGaza #StopGazaWar
I have never felt so shaken. Children are dying of hunger. Falling one after another, like petals of a dying flower. Under our watch. How do you sleep, Presidents, Foreign Ministers, political leaders, diplomats, civil servants - doing nothing to stop Israel’s starvation…
This is not just a funding gap—it’s a ticking time bomb. If US-supported HIV treatment & prevention services collapse entirely, we could see an additional 6 million new HIV infections, and 4 million additional AIDS-related deaths by 2029. #endAIDS #PEPFAR healthpolicy-watch.news/us-officials-d…
As we launch the LeadHERship Digital Resource hub, we are making accessible a rich collection of resources including our training manuals and research focused on how women can effectively navigate the political terrain, claim leadership spaces, and influence decisions that impact…
Thk you for your voice against racism and misogyny @volker_turk #StillWeRise #AfricanDescent
On this first-ever Int'l Day of Women & Girls of #AfricanDescent, we honour generations whose courage & creativity has shaped our world. Yet this important community is still held back by systems that exclude. We must end systemic racism—& make equality a reality for all.
The communities that welcome migrants and refugees can be a living witness of a society where the dignity of all as children of God is recognised and in which all are brothers and sisters, part of the same family. #WDMR2025 @vaticanIHD vatican.va/content/leo-xi…
Just concluded a successful mission to Côte d’Ivoire. Inspired to see domestic resource mobilization is gaining momentum and 🇨🇮's progress in its #HIVresponse. Grateful to the @UNAIDS_CI team for their continued leadership & commitment, even as we go through deep changes at…
