2021 UNAIDS Global AIDS Update — Confronting Inequalities — Lessons for Pandemic Responses from 40 Years of AIDS

People living with HIV are at a higher risk of severe COVID-19 illness and death, yet the vast majority are denied access to COVID-19 vaccines. Key populations and their sexual partners account for 65% of new HIV infections but are largely left out of both HIV and COVID-19 responses—800 000 children living with HIV are not on the treatment they need to keep them alive.