For Immediate Release
Date: 1st December, 2025.
Alliances for Africa Commemorates World AIDS Day 2025
Behind every statistic is a life, a family, and a community striving for dignity and health. This year, Alliances for Africa joins millions around the world to commemorate World AIDS Day 2025 with the theme “Solidarity in Action: Revitalising the AIDS Response in a Time of Challenge”. At a time when social and economic pressures threaten to widen access gaps, we stand in solidarity with all individuals affected by HIV and call for renewed commitment to equity, inclusion, and community-led solutions.
According to the most recent data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), an estimated 40.8 million people worldwide were living with HIV in 2024. In the same year, approximately 1.3 million people became newly infected, and around 630,000 lives were lost to AIDS-related causes.
Africa still bears the heaviest burden of HIV. Despite significant progress over the decades, with treatment turning HIV into a manageable chronic condition for many, the epidemic remains far from over. Reduced funding, service disruptions, inequities in access, and persistent stigma threaten to erase the progress that has been achieved.
Many of the 40.8 million people living with HIV still face barriers to diagnosis, treatment, and care, and a substantial number remain undiagnosed or untreated, leaving them and their communities at risk. Vulnerable groups, including women and girls, young people, and people in marginalised communities, often face disproportionate challenges in accessing services and may miss opportunities for prevention or treatment. In regions with a high burden, social inequalities, stigma, gender-based violence, lack of rights protections, and access barriers prevent countless individuals from obtaining essential HIV services. Without urgent and collective action, progress risks stagnating or being reversed.
Solidarity is more than a word; it is a commitment to action. Alliances for Africa believes every person has the right to health, dignity, and equitable access to prevention, testing, treatment, and care. Governments, civil societies, communities, donors, and the private sectors must collaborate to sustain and accelerate HIV responses. Community-led initiatives and long-term investment are critical to reaching those most in need. Combating stigma and discrimination is as important as medical interventions in achieving sustainable results.
On this 2025 World AIDS Day, Alliances for Africa urges renewed commitment to a revitalised, rights-centred HIV response. Governments and the international communities must step up to bridge the financing gap and ensure continuous support for HIV prevention, care, and treatment services. Global solidarity and cooperation are essential, as we cannot rely solely on domestic resources. Community-led organisations are often best placed to reach and support marginalised groups, so they must be recognised, funded, and equipped to scale up their work. The participation of people living with HIV, affected communities, civil society, faith-based groups, health providers, and youth networks is vital.
Political leaders must show urgency and commitment by prioritising HIV in national health agendas and dedicating adequate resources, with transparent monitoring and reporting mechanisms established to track progress. Despite setbacks, ending AIDS as a public health threat must remain a shared global goal, and countries, partners, and communities must adopt innovative, sustainable, rights-based responses before the crisis deepens.
Alliances for Africa invites governments, donors, civil societies, community-based organisations, faith leaders, youth groups, and all concerned citizens to stand in solidarity and take action. On this World AIDS Day, let us not retreat, but renew our resolve. Let us unite in action, protect the vulnerable, restore services, and reclaim progress. Millions are benefiting from treatment and prevention, but many more are left behind. World AIDS Day 2025 reminds us that without renewed solidarity, lives and communities remain at risk. With collective commitment, determination, and action, we can revitalise the HIV response, protect futures, and move closer to an AIDS-free generation.
Together, we can still eradicate AIDS as a public health threat if we act with unity and unwavering commitment.
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