Welcome to Crossing The Last Mile, a podcast by UNAIDS East and Southern Africa, hosted by Anne Githuku Shongwe.
Join us for this and other episodes as we tell the remarkable story of resilience and undying hope for the journey to end AIDs as a public health threat by 2030.
This podcast is supported by the partnership 2gether4SRHR and was made at SemaBOX.
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Welcome to Crossing The Last Mile, a podcast by UNAIDS East and Southern Africa, hosted by Anne Githuku Shongwe.
Join us for this and other episodes as we tell the remarkable story of resilience and undying hope for the journey to end AIDs as a public health threat by 2030.
This podcast is supported by the partnership 2gether4SRHR and was made at SemaBOX.
Walk with us as we go Crossing The Last Mile.
You can find out more about us and our work by logging on the links below:
Episode Zero - 2025 the HIV response in a year of disruption
Crossing The Last Mile
17 minutes
1 week ago
Episode Zero - 2025 the HIV response in a year of disruption
In this opening episode, Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Regional Director for UNAIDS in East and Southern Africa, breaks down the current state of the HIV response in Africa at a time when global funding cuts are reshaping the landscape.
We hear directly from those on the front line — health workers facing job losses, community organisations under strain, and people living with HIV who share their fears, frustrations, and concerns about what reduced support means for their treatment and wellbeing. Yet this episode also highlights resilience.
Across the region, communities and governments are mobilising, reallocating resources, and finding new ways to keep essential services alive. Their determination underscores a powerful message: even in the face of disruption, progress must not be allowed to slip.
Welcome to the journey of Crossing the Last Mile — a space for honest voices and urgent conversations about sustaining Africa’s HIV response.
This podcast is made possible by the partnership 2gether4SRHR and is made ay SemaBOX.
NOTES
This episode includes additional audio from the following sources:
Executive producers: Anne Githuku-Shongwe, Bathsheba Okwenje Producers: Koketso Madubye, Aude Labbe-Videau Creative Lead; Dan Aceda Writers: Dan Aceda, Bathsheba Okwenje Engineering: Dan Aceda, House of Dillie Narration by Susan Kimashia Mix and Mastering - SemaBOX All righst reserved.
Crossing The Last Mile
Welcome to Crossing The Last Mile, a podcast by UNAIDS East and Southern Africa, hosted by Anne Githuku Shongwe.
Join us for this and other episodes as we tell the remarkable story of resilience and undying hope for the journey to end AIDs as a public health threat by 2030.
This podcast is supported by the partnership 2gether4SRHR and was made at SemaBOX.
Walk with us as we go Crossing The Last Mile.
You can find out more about us and our work by logging on the links below:
