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  • Activist Asserts African LGBTQ Alliances Overseas are Key to Protective Policy and HIV Services

    A recent New York Times article argued that the new level of LGBTQ harassment in Africa is an unintended result of increased American support for protective policies and HIV services. The article has prompted many responses from African LGBTQ activists. Paul Semugoma, of Uganda, is one of the many voices arguing against the Times’ depiction of US funding as a liability rather than a lifeline.

    January 4, 2016
    General
    Paul Semugoma

  • South Africa and Kenya Approval of Oral PrEP Should Spur Rollout

    The announcement of the approval of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention in South Africa and Kenya is a major step forward for the national and global responses to AIDS, and should spur other countries and global health organizations to quickly follow suit.

    December 17, 2015
    PrEP
    AVAC

  • Human Rights = The End of AIDS

    AVAC staffer Micheal Ighodaro is a HIV/AIDS advocate and an openly gay man living with HIV. On Human Rights Day, he shares his personal story.

    December 10, 2015
    General
    Micheal Ighodaro

  • A December Reading List

    It’s the holiday season and in many parts of the world that means gifts, things to be thankful for and, sometimes, things to read. With World AIDS Day, we have more reading material than we can possibly plow through. In the holiday spirit, here's a guide to new releases and who in your life might enjoy them the most.

    December 3, 2015
    Combination Prevention, PrEP, Treatment
    AVAC

  • Outright Activism as ICASA 2015 Starts with Violations and Silence on Key Populations

    Arriving in Harare, Zimbabwe to attend ICASA 2015, many activists reported having materials confiscated, being detained, having their passports held and being charged duties to reclaim education materials. At the conference, the head of UNAIDS made no mention of "key populations" promoting a sign-on statement asking for his public support.

    December 1, 2015
    General
    AVAC

  • New Funding for DREAMS, New Targets for Advocacy

    World AIDS Day brought a flood of announcements—and for advocates who’ve been following the DREAMS initiative—a joint venture of PEPFAR, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Girl Effect (the Nike Foundation)—there was news of note.

    December 1, 2015
    General
    AVAC

  • AVAC on World AIDS Day: We're 20. We're not giving up.

    AVAC was founded in 1995. Twenty years later, AVAC is still focused on swift and ethical research, but our scope has expanded. Through it all, our message has been the same: prevention is the center of the AIDS response. We do this work because it’s essential. We will keep doing it until the epidemic has, finally, come to an end.
    November 30, 2015
    HIV Vaccine, Combination Prevention, Male and Female Condoms, Cure, Microbicides, Multipurpose Prevention Technologies, PrEP, Treatment, Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
    AVAC

  • Give Us the 2-in-1 HIV Prophylaxis

    In this Mail and Guardian editorial, South African advocates call on the South African government and health department to do its part to expand the provision of PrEP and integrate it into combination treatment and prevention programs before “people are agitated and take to the streets to demand these tools".

    November 27, 2015
    PrEP
    John Mutsambi
    Brian Kanyemba
    Yvette Raphael
    Ntando Yola

  • ICASA 2015: A conference guide to participating on-site and virtually

    The 18th ICASA conference is taking place in Harare, Zimbabwe. AVAC and many of our partners will be participating in and presenting at the conference. Here are several ways you can link to HIV prevention research and rollout-related event—both in-person and from afar.
    November 25, 2015
    General
    AVAC

  • Want a Healthy World? Let the HIV Response Lead the Way

    World AIDS Day 2015 comes at a watershed moment in the fight for the health of people living with HIV and for the health of all citizens. The two are intimately related: HIV has defined the landscape of ambitious, collaborative and innovative responses that marry science, rights, community-based responses and structural change. Ultimately, these responses can be leveraged to improve health everywhere, but only if we continue to make real progress battling HIV.
    November 25, 2015
    Combination Prevention
    Dr. Timothy Mastro, FHI 360
    Mitchell Warren, AVAC

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