CHINA-BEIJING-UNAIDS CHIEF-INTERVIEW (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-UNAIDS CHIEF-INTERVIEW (CN)

(240715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Winnie Byanyima, executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), who also serves as the under-secretary-general of the United Nations, speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2024. TO GO WITH "Interview: UNAIDS chief applauds China's commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS" (UNAIDS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-UN-OFFICIAL-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-LIU GUOZHONG-UN-OFFICIAL-MEETING (CN)

(240712) -- BEIJING, July 12, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, meets with Winnie Byanyima, under-secretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Haitao)

CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-UNAIDS-WHO-OFFICIALS-MEETING (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-PENG LIYUAN-UNAIDS-WHO-OFFICIALS-MEETING (CN)

(240711) -- BEIJING, July 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping and a goodwill ambassador of the World Health Organization (WHO) for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, meets with Winnie Byanyima, under-secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) and executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Jerome Salomon, assistant director-general of WHO in Beijing, capital of China, July 11, 2024. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Ding Lin)

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNAIDS-REPORT

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-UNAIDS-REPORT

(221130) -- DAR ES SALAAM, Nov. 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), speaks during a conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Nov. 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "UNAIDS report says inequalities undermining AIDS response" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

World not on track to end AIDS pandemic, UNAIDS chief

STORY: World not on track to end AIDS pandemic, UNAIDS chief DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:33 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launching event of 2022 report 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WINNIE BYANYIMA, UNAIDS Executive Director 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BAHATI HAULE, HIV infected girl 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GEORGE SIMBACHAWENE, Tanzanian minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office responsible for Policy and Parliamentary Affairs STORYLINE: The world is not on track to end the AIDS pandemic as new infections are rising and AIDS deaths are continuing in too many communities, the UNAIDS executive director, Winnie Byanyima, said on Tuesday. "Inequalities are blocking the end of the AIDS pandemic," said Byanyima while launching a new UNAIDS report in Dar es Salaam ahead of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1. "But this is not a counsel of despair, it is a call to action. Through bold action to confront these inequalities, we can end AIDS," added Byanyima