Press release HARARE/GENEVA, 9 December 2023—Africa can end AIDS as a public threat, but to do so governments and international partners need to increase actions to reach everyone in need. Actions include accelerating treatment for children living with HIV and HIV prevention for adolescent girls, young women and key populations....
Press release GENEVA/HARARE, 4 December 2023— The world can end AIDS as a public health threat if communities on the frontlines of the HIV response are fully engaged and supported to do their work. This was the important message UNAIDS brought today to the opening of the 22nd International Conference...
De la gauche (A l’avant): Dr. Bernard Madzima, Directeur Exécutif de la Commisssion Nationale contre le Sida assistant l’Hon. Dr. David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa, Président de la SAA/ICASA 2023, en compagnie de l’Honorable General Dr. C. G.D.N. Chiwenga, Vice Président et Ministre de la Santé et de la protection de...
From left(Front): Dr. Bernard Madzima, CEO of NAC assisting Hon. Dr. David Pagwesese Parirenyatwa, SAA/ICASA 2023 President, with H.E. Dr. C. G.D.N. Chiwenga, Vice President and Minister of Health and Childcare/ICASA 2023 Vice President, Zimbabwe, being assisted by Air Commodore (Dr.) Jasper Chimedza, Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Health...
The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) extends our appreciation to the 5 bidding countries for their interest in hosting the 22nd edition of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA). All submitted bids were very competitive. We are pleased to announce that Republic of Kenya and...
Identification of fast-spreading HIV variant provides evidence of urgency to halt the pandemic and reach all with testing and treatment Around 10 million people living with HIV are still not on antiretroviral therapy GENEVA, 7 February 2022—Newly published research from the Netherlands has revealed the existence of a more transmissible and...
Society for AIDS In Africa (SAA) wishes you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year The Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA), the organiser of the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) wishes you peace, joy, and well-being throughout the coming year (2022) while observing strictly...
UNAIDS welcomes ground-breaking decision by India’s Supreme Court that strikes down law criminalizing LGBTI people GENEVA, 6 September 2018—UNAIDS welcomes the decision of the Supreme Court of India to annul key provisions of Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. Section 377 criminalizes sexual relations between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI)...
The Society for AIDS in Africa was established in Kinshasa in October 1990 during the 5thInternational Conference on AIDS and Associated Cancers in Africa, a precursor to the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA). The formation of the Society for AIDS in Africa, which was facilitated by...
UNAIDS warns that progress is slowing and time is running out to reach the 2020 HIV targets New HIV infections are rising in around 50 countries, AIDS-related deaths are not falling fast enough and flat resources are threatening success. Half of all new HIV infections are among key populations and...
