The global HIV and AIDS pandemic is an enduring and profound health challenge, leaving a lasting impact on the world. In 2024, HIV remains a significant global public health concern. Learn essential facts and explore the progress in the prevention, treatment, and efforts to end HIV and AIDS.
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HIV and AIDS
From the Field
Irresistible: One family’s journey to change
A family who once lived in a termite-ridden hut received the gift of goats and changed their lives — to the delight of the man who believed in them.
Prayers
Matthew 25: Prayer for children’s health
As we recognize World Health Day on April 7, join us in prayer for the health of all of the world’s children, especially those who lack access to adequate healthcare and struggle to thrive.
Change Makers
What you need to know about the PEPFAR program
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was passed 20 years ago to help with the growing global HIV and AIDS crisis. Not renewing the program could put thousands of people around the world at increased risk for death.
Special Features
Pure joy
After an unexpected heartbreak, Damaris learned the secret to living a full life through the Biblical Empowered Worldview training. It changed her heart, her mind, and her future. And she isn’t keeping that secret to herself. She’s sharing it with others.
Change Makers
How one boy’s free throws changed a community in crisis
A World Vision employee’s belief in a 9-year-old boy has created changes that continue to ripple in a community in Zambia. His fundraising helped provide the financial support for a community and World Vision to build a clinic furnished with essential equipment to care for people living with HIV and AIDS.
Change Makers
Rich Stearns’ leadership through the years
World Vision scored major victories in the war against poverty during Rich Stearns’ 20-year presidency. He will retire effective Oct. 1, 2018.
From the Field
World Human Rights Day: Worst places to be a child
What are the worst places in the world to be a child? Explore human rights progress around the world.
Voices
Ending the HIV epidemic: Leaving no young woman behind
As a former physician practicing in a busy maternity ward in a hospital in Africa, Gloria Ekpo has seen the devastation of HIV and AIDS up close. But she’s also seen progress. Learn how World Vision is working to leave no young woman behind and empower them toward an AIDS-free generation!
Special Features
5 Gift Catalog goats equal renewed lives
OCT. 25, 2016, ZAMBIA — Gift Catalog goats and child sponsorship work together to provide a girl from Zambia with plenty of food, clean water, and an opportunity for education.