Lors de cette Journée mondiale contre le SIDA, la riposte mondiale au VIH est au bord du précipice

L’ONUSIDA appelle à définir de nouveaux objectifs ambitieux pour s’assurer que la communauté internationale atteigne les objectifs internationaux, y compris la dérogation aux lois qui criminalisent les populations clés. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By Winnie Byanyima & Matthew Kavanagh / The Guardian

In a pandemic, when policy falls short, people die. Amid the growing Covid-19 pandemic and the continuing HIV pandemic, this is clearer today than ever before. From rules on access to testing to the distribution of new medical technologies or the use of criminal law in public health, policymaking is fraught. This World Aids Day, the global Aids response stands on a precipice.

Actions in the next few years will either tip us towards halting HIV, making deaths and new infections rare, or towards a resurgent virus thriving on social faultlines.

However, science means little when laws and policies drive inequality and stop the benefits being reaped.

A new report from the HIV Policy Lab shows the disconnect between what we know and how that is translated into policy. The 2020 Global HIV Policy Report shows that only a handful of countries have aligned even 80% of policies with international standards. Only a third make HIV prevention medicines available to everyone who is at substantial risk. Without that, they cannot put the new evidence on long-acting drugs to work.