I willingly accepted to do this work because as a woman living with HIV, I know what it really means staying without antiretroviral therapy, Ms Kennedy said. People may develop drug-resistant strains, whose long-term effects could be worse than COVID-19. 

Stories like this remind us that COVID-19 did not meet a world free from health crises. Today, we are witnessing COVID-19s collision with a 40-year-old HIV pandemic that has claimed 37 million lives globally. At the same time, most of the developing world is still grappling with recurring and emerging disease outbreaks that have disrupted lives and left long-lasting scars. In some regions these health emergencies have become endemic, driven by interlinked vulnerabilities, disparities and inequalities.

From 24 to 26 October, nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, global health leaders across sectors will gather in Berlin, Germany, for the World Health Summit. How do we leverage this moment? What lessons can we draw from responding to COVID-19, HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, Ebola and other health emergencies? And how can we enhance systems for health around the world and build a global health architecture that serves us all, leaving no one behind?

Early responses to HIVtook place in emergency modebut in rapidly building our capacities, the AIDS response has built clinics and labs, expanded the health and science workforces and supported community-led systems that have been critical in the COVID-19 response. We now know that these elements have been imperative for broader pandemic prevention, preparedness and response. As a result, life-saving HIV treatment is being delivered to 27.5 million people around the world, resulting in a 47% reduction in AIDS-related deaths since 2010. Global solidarity and shared responsibility, science, civil society activism, politics and the private sector have been critical in achieving this progress.

HIV infrastructure has been instrumental to making the COVID-19 response rapid, decisive and agile. Countries such as South Africa, India and Nigeria repurposed and redeployed this capacity to expand surveillance, testing and community-led responses.This was particularly important in Nigeria, where at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic there were just four laboratories that had diagnostic capacity for COVID-19. By repurposing some existing HIV and tuberculosis laboratories and through other interventions led by the country, there are now more than150. One of the key lessons from previous pandemics for this one, is to build an integrated response from the onset.

However, this infrastructure and capacity does not exist everywhere. And most worryingly, we are witnessing inequality between countries in terms of access to COVID-19 vaccines. The lessons and solidarity from the AIDS response are being ignored as COVID-19 vaccine production technologies and know-how remain in the hands of a few pharmaceutical companies and vaccine manufacturers.. While more than60% of Europeans have been vaccinated, only 4% of Africans have had their shot. Nine out of 10 people in developing countries are unlikely to get a dose this year. We need to reclaim the benefits of solidarity and interconnectedness that will allow all of us to recover from this pandemic and build a better future. The pandemic and post-pandemic worlds need a humanity where every life is valued.

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