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The webinar brought together humanitarian actors, technical experts, and community leaders to confront a stark reality: as humanitarian needs surge and funding declines, the space for essential HIV services is rapidly narrowing. The session explored the critical interface between HIV and humanitarian emergencies, introduced key updates on the revision of the IASC Guidelines for Addressing HIV in Humanitarian Settings, and featured a panel with speakers from MSF, FHI 360, 100% Life Ukraine and Young Positive South Sudan sharing concrete approaches for safeguarding, sustaining and expanding HIV services in the harshest conditions despite shrinking resources.

The global HIV response is at a pivotal moment: while we are closer than ever to ending AIDS as a public health threat, progress is increasingly at risk due to converging crises, volatility, and widening inequalities. The Strategy integrates HIV in humanitarian settings , calling for HIV to be embedded in security, disaster preparedness, and humanitarian response plans, and emphasizing the need to maintain HIV and SRHR services — including for survivors of SGBV — during emergencies. It also underscores the essential role of community‑led organizations, which often sustain access to services when formal systems are disrupted, facilitating uninterrupted access to treatment.

The action brief is summarizing key findings, lessons learnt and recommendations from the The El Niño comparative study, jointly commissioned by UNAIDS, WFP, and UNHCR to examine the impacts of the 2015/2016 and 2023/2024 El Niño events on HIV in Southern Africa within in the context of access to HIV-related services, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), genderbased violence (GBV), food insecurity, and displacement. The full report can be found in the library.

This report compares the impact of El Niño-induced climate events in Southern Africa during the 2015/2016 and 2023/2024 cycles, with a focused lens on HIV, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and related vulnerabilities including gender-based violence (GBV), food insecurity and displacement. The analysis highlights how climate shocks intensified existing HIV and SRHR challenges, despite specific improvements and applied learnings between the two time periods.

The retention in care of patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a cornerstone for preventing AIDS-associated morbidity and mortality, as well as further transmission of HIV. Adherence to ART poses particular challenges in conflict-affected settings like the Central African Republic (CAR). The study objective was to estimate the rate of lost-to-follow-up (LTFU) and determine factors associated with LTFU among patients living with HIV under ART in CAR.