World AIDS Vaccine Day observed on May 18

Exam-focused facts from the 19 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

World AIDS Vaccine Day is observed annually on 18 May.
More than 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV, with approximately 1.3 million people newly acquiring the virus each year.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has established global public health benchmarks known as the 95-95-95 targets.
Lenacapavir is a long-acting capsid inhibitor that has demonstrated efficacy as a twice-yearly pre-exposure prophylaxis in clinical trials.
The World Health Organization (WHO) monitors HIV statistics globally and by region.