About UANAIDS
UANAIDS leads the global effort to end AIDS by 2030, integrating indigenous healing traditions with modern medical approaches through the 6 Pillars of Global Enlightenment framework.
We foster collaboration between traditional healers and healthcare practitioners to develop holistic solutions that address both physical symptoms and community wellbeing.
UANAIDS centers indigenous knowledge-keepers and people living with HIV in decision-making, creating culturally-appropriate responses and advocating for the recognition of traditional healing practices in global health.
Ancestral Wisdom and SDGs
Indigenous wisdom is essential to addressing global challenges. The UAN system integrates ancestral knowledge with sustainable development, focusing on 10 key SDGs through an Indigenous lens that honors ecological balance, traditional healing, and spiritual wellbeing.
Goal 1: End Poverty
Traditional economic systems and sacred reciprocity reduce vulnerability and restore balance.
Goal 2: End Hunger
Indigenous food sovereignty reconnects communities with ancestral nutrition systems for sustained health.
Goal 3: Ensure Healthy Lives
Indigenous-led health systems integrate ancestral healing with conventional medicine for holistic wellbeing.
Quality Education (SDG 4)
Balancing ancestral wisdom with contemporary knowledge to empower youth.
Goal 5: Achieve Gender Harmony
Restoring traditional gender complementarity to reduce health vulnerabilities and revitalize women's leadership.
Goal 6: Promote Reciprocity
Honoring traditional livelihoods and protecting Indigenous economic rights.
Goal 7: Reduce Inequality
Protecting sacred knowledge and empowering nations to reclaim healing traditions.
Goal 8: Make Settlements Sacred
Creating ceremonial spaces and strengthening community connections in urban areas.
Goal 9: Promote Peaceful Societies
Restoring community-centered governance and protecting traditional healers from discrimination.
Goal 10: Strengthen Implementation
Protecting traditional medicines and integrating ancestral wisdom with conventional approaches.
Our Mission
Achieving gender harmony and reclaiming women's sacred leadership are central to our strategy. Persistent gender imbalances disproportionately affect indigenous women, increasing their vulnerability to HIV.
Our approach integrates ancestral wisdom with contemporary practices, supporting women's autonomy through traditional knowledge and comprehensive health services to ensure their rights are fulfilled.
Our HIV/AIDS Approach
Prevention Integration
The UAN promotes multiple HIV prevention strategies that blend indigenous healing wisdom with modern methods. We strengthen prevention leadership by ensuring access to combination prevention for at-risk populations.
Traditional Healing Systems
Indigenous Nations have cultivated sophisticated healing systems for millennia. These ancestral approaches address health holistically, creating synergistic effects that target root causes rather than symptoms.
A Human Rights Approach
Indigenous rights-based approaches, grounded in ancestral wisdom, are essential for addressing global health challenges. UAN's framework honors human dignity through traditional knowledge systems.
Leadership in Health Justice
Indigenous nations have demonstrated transformative power through community-centered advocacy, guiding reforms that honor traditional healing practices.
Implementation Strategy
UANAIDS ensures Indigenous rights translate into action through culturally-aligned programs, offering sustainable solutions to contemporary health crises.
Security & Humanitarian Affairs
In crisis zones, Indigenous communities face severe barriers to essential services. UAN AIDS bridges ancestral healing wisdom with modern medicine to address these gaps.
Our framework aligns ancestral wisdom with the Sustainable Development Goals, addressing health, education, and economic empowerment through a culturally-sensitive lens.
Engaging Young People
The UANAIDS Youth Programme engages indigenous youth as beneficiaries, knowledge-keepers, and leaders in the HIV response.
Developed with over 5,000 young indigenous representatives, the programme cultivates a youth-led movement that blends evidence-based approaches with traditional healing practices, strengthening leadership through elder mentorship.