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Feb 21, 2018Preventing and treating HIV in Saint PetersburgUNAIDS - "According to the Centre for AIDS Prevention and Control in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation, fewer people are becoming infected with HIV in the city. “Ten years ago, Saint Petersburg was among the top five most affected cities in the Russian Federation. Now it is only the 14th most affected,” said Denis Gusev, Head Physician of the AIDS centre. “Saint Petersburg is the first urban metropolis in the Russian Federation where a steady decline in new HIV infections has been recorded,” added Vinay P. Saldana, Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. |
Feb 22, 2018AIDS 2018: Programme PreviewAIDS 2018 - Developed by an international committee of HIV scientists, global leaders, policy makers, researchers and advocates, the AIDS 2018 programme will offer symposia, workshops and interactive sessions. See what you can expect in Amsterdam. |
Feb 13, 2018Are We Really Prepared To Stop HIV?The Huffington Post - "Is it right to continue to limit or stagger access to PrEP to those at highest need in England when it is available freely on the NHS in Scotland and Wales? This weekend (9/10 February) in Amsterdam European healthcare workers, activists, advocates and policy makers are at a conference discussing how they can facilitate HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) more widely across European countries. |
Feb 22, 2018HIV and AIDS activism in AfricaPOSTERITY - "At the just-concluded 2018 Partners Forum that held from February 13 -15, 2018 at the Crowne Plaza, Johannesburg, South Africa, participants were taken through an Advocacy 001 class. The lecture sounded very much like what advocacy should be – planned, with timelines and targets, adequately funded with measureable targets. Sadly, the history of HIV and AIDS activism in Africa was not such structured campaigns. |
Feb 09, 2018Not remotely refreshing: global health fund criticised over Heineken allianceThe Guardian - "Campaigners condemn decision of chief fundraiser for HIV, TB and malaria to enter partnership with Heineken. A global health fund has come under severe criticism over its decision to partner with Heineken, a move campaigners warn will “undermine and subvert” alcohol policy implementation in Africa. |
Feb 21, 2018Making the World Safe from the Threats of Emerging Infectious DiseasesThe Global Fund - "I am relatively new to the world of global health, having spent most of my career in business and finance. Yet starting in 2015, I spent a good portion of my time at Harvard working on issues relating global health security with the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and with the World Bank. And with my new role as Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the career switch is complete – from banking to global health in under three years! (From a speech delivered at the Prince Mahidol Award Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on 1 February, 2018) |
Feb 22, 2018Video: The sky is the limitwww.aidsalliance.org - "Ntsiki is a Community Adolescent Treatment Supporter (CATS) providing peer-to-peer information, counselling and support to adolescents and young people living with HIV in Swaziland. |
Feb 22, 2018Put the power in your handsTEDx Talks - "Dr Nneka Nwokolo shared with the TEDxEuston community her wish to prevent African women from getting HIV needlessly. As a HIV consultant, she has witnessed in her practice how a ground-breaking pill called PrEP can help stop the spread of HIV amongst African women in addition to the traditional preventative methods such as condoms. This is a game changer that put’s choice and power into the hands of women who are at risk of getting HIV on the continent and its diaspora. |
Jan 30, 2018WHO to develop app for HIV testing guidelinesWorld Health Organisation - "The Department of HIV is developing a new smartphone and tablet app for its guidelines on HIV testing services (HTS) and related information. To gain an insight into user preferences regarding content, design, features and resources for the app, WHO is conducting a short survey. |
Jan 16, 2018Vigilance in Tackling Drug Resistance in the Global Battle Against HIVThe Global Fund - "Today, an estimated 20.9 million people living with HIV/AIDS are on antiretrovirals (ARVs), up from 7.7 million in 2010. Although access to HIV treatment has grown dramatically, 15.8 million people living with HIV/AIDS are still not on treatment today. Getting people on treatment is not only important in allowing HIV-positive people to live full lives, but also because “treatment as prevention” is a key pillar in the global fight against the disease. Yet a recent Lancet article shows that an increase in ARV drug resistance is posing a significant threat to progress to date, and to our ability to end the epidemic. |