MEDIA ADVISORY
July 16,2026
UNAIDS at the the African Union Extraordinary Summit in Accra, Ghana, calls for the protection of hard-won AIDS gains and strengthen Africa's global leadership on health
UNAIDS spokespeople, including Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, will be available before and during the Summit in Ghana for media interviews
UNAIDS will be at the African Union Extraordinary Summit in Accra, Ghana between 21–22 July 2026. The Summit will be held under the theme, Advancing Justice, Equity and Universal Health Coverage: Ending AIDS, TB, improving maternal health, addressing endemic non-communicable and neglected tropical diseases and conditions in Africa.
At the Summit, UNAIDS will call on African leaders to strengthen Africa’s global leadership on health sovereignty, protect hard-won gains in ending AIDS and accelerate the implementation of thenewly-adopted Political Declaration on HIV/AIDSto end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.
UNAIDS will also urge African leaders to reaffirm their commitment to multilateral cooperation, sustainable domestic and international financing for health, protection of human rights andequitableaccess to lifesaving innovations to protect people’s health.
WHEN: 21 - 22 July 2026
WHERE: Accra, Ghana
WHO: Winnie Byanyima, UNAIDS Executive Director, UNAIDS
Angeli Achrekar, Deputy Executive Director UNAIDS
and other regional and country representatives.
FOR INTERVIEWS PLEASE CONTACT:
In Accra, Ghana, Germine Bombande | Tel: +233 24 826 1534 | email: BombandeG@unaids.org
In Johannesburg, South Africa, Robert Shivambu | tel. +27 83 608 1498 | email: shivambuh@unaids.org
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) leads and inspires the world to achieve its shared vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. UNAIDS unites the efforts of 11 UN organizations—UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, UN Women, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank—and works closely with global and national partners towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. Learn more at unaids.org and connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
Contact:
Sophie Barton-Knott, UNAIDS
bartonknotts@unaids.org
Phone: +41 79 514 6896
Contact:
UNAIDS
communications@unaids.org
Source: UNAIDS
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