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Crossing The Last Mile

Crossing The Last Mile

By: UNAIDS East and Southern Africa
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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:

https://www.unaids.org/en
https://www.2gether4srhr.org/
https://semabox.africa/UNAIDS East and Southern Africa Economics Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Episode Zero - 2025 the HIV response in a year of disruption

    Episode Zero - 2025 the HIV response in a year of disruption
    Dec 8 2025
    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:

    CNN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN9DMYRVb8E
    DW NEWS- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5_7hjNZNl4
    DW AFRICA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug8WKJpmlZQ&t=17s
    ALJAZEERA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoXhYZtFsW0&t=223s
    UNAIDS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR33F9UfAkU
    UNAIDS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwyLzcMhWkA
    ENCA p https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqAO_5i7M3Y


    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.
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    18 mins
  • Crossing the Last Mile Trailer

    Crossing the Last Mile Trailer
    Nov 30 2025
    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 is available on all podcast platforms and was made at SemaBOX.

    Walk with us as we go Crossing The Last Mile
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    2 mins
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