Ms. Angeli Achrekar

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Angeli Achrekar as the Deputy Executive Director of Programme of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and she began her work in January 2023. She leads UNAIDS’ efforts in promoting an expanded and integrated UN system response to AIDS at country, regional and global levels, providing the strategic direction, advocacy, coordination and technical support needed to catalyse and connect leadership from governments and communities to deliver life-saving HIV services and towards the achievement of the global goals.

Prior to joining UNAIDS, Ms. Achrekar served as the Principal Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator for the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Over the past 20 years with the U.S. government and PEPFAR, she has held prominent positions helping to lead the largest global health effort of the U.S. government to ensure life-saving HIV prevention and treatment services to millions of people around the globe and strengthen health and community systems across 50 countries. She is a passionate public servant, dedicated to advancing global health and development, across sectors, especially for women and girls. She holds a Doctorate of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master of Public Health from Yale University, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Los Angeles.