AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) welcomed the engagement of Member States at the 2026 United Nations High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, while emphasizing that millions of people living with HIV still do not have access to lifesaving treatment, and an estimated 1.2 million people acquire HIV each year. As governments reaffirm their commitment to ending AIDS as a public health threat, AHF urged that political promises be matched by the resources needed to turn commitments into results.

For nearly four decades, AHF has worked on the front lines of the epidemic and today provides care and treatment services to more than 3 million people in 50 countries. The discussions at the United Nations highlighted several priorities for the years ahead, including treatment access, sustained investment in prevention, country ownership, and strong community leadership.

While new prevention tools offer important opportunities, no single intervention can end the epidemic on its own. Lasting progress will require continued investment across the full continuum of proven HIV responses, including testing, condoms, treatment as prevention, and community-led services.

“The history of HIV/AIDS offers reasons for both realism and optimism. AHF has witnessed some of the epidemic’s darkest years, when effective treatment did not exist and millions of lives were being lost,” said AHF President Michael Weinstein. “We have also seen what is possible when governments, communities, civil society, and international institutions work together toward a common goal. The progress made against HIV over the past four decades stands as one of the great public health achievements of our time. Yet millions of people around the world still do not have access to lifesaving treatment. The work of expanding access to prevention, treatment, and care must continue.”

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 3 million people across 50 countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. In January 2025, AHF received the MLK, Jr. Social Justice Award, The King Center’s highest recognition for an organization leading work in the social justice arena. To learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.

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The progress made against HIV over the past four decades stands as one of the great public health achievements of our time. Yet millions of people around the world still do not have access to lifesaving treatment.