Eva kiwango
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UNAIDS Country Director South Africa
Joined April 2015
Since the AIDS pandemic began more than four decades ago, the world has seen high and rising inequality. Wealth is increasing globally, but that wealth is more concentrated in the hands of a few—the rich, and the very rich. And pandemics are becoming more frequent. The new
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UNAIDS' @Winnie_Byanyima, with @JosephEStiglitz & @FirstLadyNam3, met President @CyrilRamaphosa to present the report on breaking the inequality-pandemics cycle. The G20 report, released today, reinforces the Global Council’s call to put equity at the center of our work.
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In an interview with @mailandguardian, Ms Monica Geingos, Co-Chair of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics, shares insights from the Council, calling for fairer access to health, technology and power. Read it here: https://t.co/bsEhdTeGE5
#EndInequalities
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Congratulations 🇿🇦 South Africa on introducing lenacapavir, the new long-acting injectable for HIV prevention! This is a major step forward in the country’s HIV response, ensuring equitable access to this innovative prevention option. Read more:
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In a new op-ed from @dailymaverick, @MMKavanagh and co-authors discuss the inequality-pandemic cycle, calling for investment in medicines, social protections, and global pandemic preparedness. Read more below ⬇️ https://t.co/psFCDLFlFp
@UNAIDS #Globalhealth
dailymaverick.co.za
Many who talk about stopping pandemics focus on more labs or faster vaccines, but a new report demonstrates that high inequality is fuelling pandemics and increasing vulnerability.
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Inequality fuels pandemics—and pandemics deepen inequality. We must break this deadly cycle. Health security is not about stockpiles, it’s about justice: debt relief, social protection, access to medicines & community power. @RichardLusimbo 🇺🇬 #EndAIDS
https://t.co/4pw2x125oH
allafrica.com
Guest Column - Every time the world faces a pandemic, we act surprised. But the truth is, pandemics do not come out of nowhere. They grow out of inequality, and unless we tackle that, we will keep...
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Today’s inequalities are not the result of the laws of nature, but the result of what we, as nations and the global community, have done. Inequality is a choice. It is not inevitable and can be reversed with political will. Honoured this week, as part of the G20 Extraordinary
President @CyrilRamaphosa earlier today received the Report of the #G20 Extraordinary Committee of Independent Experts on Global Inequality at Tuynhuys in Cape Town. The report highlights the state of wealth and income inequality, their impacts on growth, poverty, and
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My urgent call is that Lenacapavir must not become another breakthrough that goes out only after a decade to those who need it most. At @UNAIDS, we've been working to support governments to prepare and push for fair pricing and faster access. We've challenged industry, convened
Pleased to address the G20 High-Level Meeting “From Breakthrough to Access: Making #Lenacapavir Affordable for All” as part of the official G20 Health Ministers’ Meeting, co-hosted by @UNITAID & @HealthZA 🇿🇦. Lenacapavir is the closest thing to a vaccine against HIV we have ever
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🧵This week, Dutch Director-General4Public Health @MSonnema met w/ @TAC & @UNAIDS_ZAF, to hear community realities in 🇿🇦 HIV response ffg funding disruptions. Community-led monitoring shows: • Services cut to 16 districts • 48% clinics report reduced capacity • ⬆️waiting times
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“People cannot wait 7 hours for life-saving treatment, or face stigma at the clinic. Data tells a story, but lived experience speaks louder.” This message grounded our dialogue with @UNAIDS_SAfrica and TAC as the Dutch Director-General 4Public Health @MSonnema visited @TAC.
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@UNAIDS delighted to meet the Netherlands @MSonnema & discuss our common vision to end #inequalities that drive the pandemic cycle &undermine national and global responses. We can and must achieve the #SDGs #2gether4SRHR
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Watch @MMKavanagh on @NewzroomAfrika on the pandemic-inequality cycle. Inequality undermines trust, politics, and policy, making outbreaks more dangerous. His message: invest now in vaccine and medicine production. Link below ⤵️ https://t.co/aTVIu64HiO
@UNAIDS #globalhealth
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I commend 🇿🇦 on its leadership in advancing fair access to medicines, on debt & financing, and for its drive for universal health coverage through national health insurance. President @CyrilRamaphosa is lighting the way to a world that is both fairer and safer. Inequality is bad
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🌍At the G20 ministerial in Polokwane, leaders committed to breaking the “inequality-pandemic” cycle and pledged to act on access to medicines, debt reform & social protection. Crucial step for health security! 👉🏿 https://t.co/1HDGrQfBL8
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UNAIDS 🇿🇦 Country Director, @EvaKiwango shared the recently launched #inequalitypandemic report w/ Dutch Director-General4Public Health @MSonnema during her visit w/@TAC. The discussion aligned on pandemics&inequalities as TAC shared the impact of #HIV funding cuts in SA.
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Am so lucky to get to work with the inspirational Monica Geingos @KalondoMonica @FirstLadyNam3 in her drive for global action to tackle dangerous inequalities and secure a fairer, safer, world. Love her 🔥interview in this week’s @mailandguardian. 🗞️ https://t.co/n3ecdA8w06
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Inequality is a killer. Unequal access to housing, healthcare, education and employment leaves millions more exposed to disease. These findings from the new Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics report align with 🇿🇦’s #G20 theme of “Solidarity, Equality,
news.un.org
A new global report warns that inequality is increasing the world’s vulnerability to pandemics, making them more deadly, more costly and longer lasting – and where you live, could determine how badly...
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G20 health ministers take on dangerous inequalities – my latest article live from the G20 meetings in the Mail & Guardian. 🗞️ https://t.co/XHnJKDzxiD
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