World AIDS Day

Together for Girls was founded to address a disturbing trend: Girls and young women are disproportionately affected by HIV. They are up to 14 times more likely to have HIV than their male counterparts.

World AIDS Day is a global movement to unite people in the fight against HIV and AIDS. First celebrated in 1988, it is commemorated every 1 December.

World AIDS Day 2024 will be celebrated under the theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!”, with the aim of calling on global leaders and citizens to champion the right to health by addressing the inequalities that hinder progress in ending AIDS.

We are #ProudOfPEPFAR!

The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has saved millions of lives and made incredible progress in addressing the AIDS epidemic.

Yet, HIV/AIDS continues to extract an unacceptable cost; every single minute, someone dies from AIDS-related causes. The world cannot afford to slow down on efforts to end the epidemic as a public health threat. For that reason, continued support of PEPFAR is essential to meeting our collective goal of ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat.

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Learn more about the PEPFAR's impact

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Twenty years of impact: Funding the fight to end AIDS by 2030

Right now, the stakes could not be higher for millions of adolescent girls and young women. Sustained funding for PEPFAR means extending a lifeline by accessing services to help them heal and thrive, pursuing education while living HIV-free lives.

30th November 2023

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From DREAMS to reality: empowering adolescent girls in Kenya

Using data from Kenya's Violence Against Children & Youth Surveys (VACS), LVCT Health Kenya implemented local prevention programs to combat the cycle of HIV and violence for high-risk girls.

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Groundbreaking data tells a story of violence in Kenya, and leads to 7 acts that reduced it by half

In 2010, Kenya's first national Violence Against Children and Youth Survey revealed alarming statistics about the prevalence of physical, sexual, and emotional violence among boys and girls. A decade later the data told a different story. The power of data-driven action at a national level was proven for the first time, uncovering the efficacy of interventions to protect at-risk children.

4th December 2023

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Young Heroes of Eswatini: how parenting support is helping keep children safe

Young Heroes, an Eswatini-based organization working to protect vulnerable children, is contributing to reducing the prevalence of violence against children and adolescents in the country through their parenting program.