#Aids2020Virtual: How to improve PrEP delivery
The lesson taken from the Covid-19 pandemic to treating HIV/Aids is to make delivery of medication simpler and diverse to save more lives.
#AIDS2020Virtual:Impact of COVID19 on HIV services a worry
The world’s largest conference on HIV opened today in a special virtual format due to COVID-19. It kicked off with a focus on the links between the two viruses, and a recognition of global debates around racism.
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UNAIDS appoints new executive director
South African activists are thrilled by the appointment of African feminist Winnie Byanyima to UNAIDS top spot, who is the first woman to hold the position in the history of the organisation.
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HIV: One child infected every two minutes
AIDS kills 76 adolescents around the world every day, and some 360 000 will die by 2030 unless “urgent” action is taken.
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UNAIDS places official on ‘special leave’
The UNAIDS Nigeria Country Director’s legal threat against an activist for accusing him of inappropriate behaviour has backfired as the agency places him on ‘special leave’.
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More sexual harassment woes for UNAIDS
UNAIDS Nigeria Country Director’s threat to sue AIDS activist Vuyiseka Dubula for implying that he is a sexual predator may have backfired as more witnesses come forward.
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Delegates walk out of AIDS conference opening
Hundreds of delegates walked out of the opening of the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam last night in protest when UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe took the stage.
Posted in: AIDS 2018
AIDS 2018: Focus on funds, rights and sex workers
The criminalisation of sex workers, injecting drug users and gay men in many countries battling to overcome HIV are key focuses of the International AIDS conference, which opens in Amsterdam tonight (23 July).
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UNAIDS head accused of plotting to dismantle agency
The international AIDS conference opens in Amsterdam tonight (23 July) amid a funding crisis for the epidemic, and a rumour that the Joint United Nations Agency on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) is on the brink of being closed.
Posted in: AIDS 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa makes most progress against HIV – UNAIDS
Sub-Saharan Africa has made the most progress against HIV, cutting the rate of new infections by 30% in the past seven years in contrast to the global average of 18%.
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Lancet editor calls for suspension of UNAIDS head
The editor-in-chief of the prestigious medical journal, The Lancet, has joined calls for UNAIDS executive director Michel Sidibé to be suspended after his controversial handling of sexual assault accusations.
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African women: UNAIDS head Michel Sidibé must go!
Following a sexual harassment investigation at UNAIDS gone wrong, 23 leading African women activists believe executive director cannot be trusted to lead the world’s foremost agency fighting AIDS
Posted in: AIDS 2017