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17 JUNE 2022 VOLUME 24 ISSUE 24

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  • WTO Agrees Partial Patent Waiver for COVID-19 Vaccines

    The waiver of the WTO’s “TRIPS” agreement that governs intellectual property was opposed until Thursday by the UK, which said it would undermine pharmaceutical research. But the deal will let governments compel companies to share their vaccine recipes for the next five years.

    June 17, 2022
    General
    Financial Times

  • When Will HIV End?

    “Is HIV still a thing?” “Is AIDS treatment free in the US?” “When will HIV end?” According to Google, these are questions people frequently ask related to HIV. As two organizations working to respond to the epidemic — at both the national and global level — we are well positioned to provide answers. The simple truth is that HIV is still a global crisis that is crippling many communities both in this country and around the world.

    June 16, 2022
    General
    POZ

  • A National PrEP Plan Is Needed

    The Federal AIDS Policy Project Coalition and Prep4All have sent a letter, signed by 100 organizations, urging the House and Senate appropriations committees to approve $400 million to fund a national PrEP program within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While this is far short of the $9.8 billion over 10 years that President Joe Biden called for in the Fiscal Year 2023 budget, it's a meaningful start and something that HIV/AIDS advocates believe can be accomplished this year.

    June 15, 2022
    PrEP
    The Bay Area Reporter

  • Condom ‘Stealthing’ Is Sexual Violence, Bill Says. Here’s What To Know

    US federal legislation introduced this month could offer not just clarity, but also a legal remedy for survivors of stealthing. One bill introduced last month would explicitly name stealthing as a form of sexual violence and create a legal pathway for victims to sue perpetrators for damages and relief. A separate bill, called the Consent Is Key Act, would encourage states to pass their own laws authorizing civil damages for survivors by increasing funding for federal domestic violence programs in states that pass those laws.

    June 15, 2022
    Male and Female Condoms
    The Washington Post

  • South Africa Could Be Among the Last to Rollout Child-Friendly Dolutegravir

    South Africa may be the last country in Africa to gain access to paediatric formulations of the antiretroviral drug dolutegravir as regulatory delays continue. In 2019, South Africa introduced guidelines recommending dolutegravir-based treatment for adults and children about six years and older, depending on weight.

    June 14, 2022
    Treatment
    aidsmap

  • New Law Will Allow Pharmacists To Prescribe HIV Prevention Medications

    A law signed Friday is expected to cut down on HIV infections among the hardest hit groups – Black, Latinx and LGBTQ individuals. House Bill 4439 will allow pharmacists to dispense pre and post-exposure drugs and order labs. A doctor’s order is no longer required under the law, which takes effect immediately. But to order tests, consult and give out medications, pharmacists will need to take a course.

    June 14, 2022
    PrEP
    NPR Illinois

  • Why Global Health Professionals Should Work With the Global Fund’s TRP

    For over a decade, health care, public health, and development professionals have lent their expertise to The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s technical review panel, or TRP. Their work is making a tangible and impactful difference in the global fight against HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, according to current members.

    June 14, 2022
    General
    Devex

  • What’s in a Name: Using Person-Centred Language in HIV Research

    HIV stigma has a deadly and detrimental impact on health outcomes. It fuels stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination. It discourages people who don’t know they have HIV from testing while adding to depression and isolation in those living with HIV. HIV stigma has always been taken seriously within the HIV response and we must continue to do so.

    June 13, 2022
    General
    aidsmap

  • An Unintended Consequence for High HIV Drug Prices

    In order for access to preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to remove its over-reliance on Section 340B of the Public Health Services Act, changes to access for HIV care and PrEP need to be adopted, according to an article published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

    June 13, 2022
    PrEP
    Contagion Live

  • HIV: Africa Gearing Towards Deployment of Vaginal Ring

    Though sub-Saharan Africa carries the biggest burden of HIV/AIDS in the world, women and girls remain disproportionately affected. Of the 900,000 new infections in the region in 2020, six out of 10 were women and girls, according to the 2021 United Nations AIDS report.

    June 13, 2022
    Microbicides
    Science Africa

  • African Researchers Lead Campaign for Equity in Global Collaborations

    Researchers at the seventh World Conference on Research Integrity, in Cape Town, South Africa, have been hammering out the equity issues plaguing science partnerships that span the global North–South divide.

    June 10, 2022
    General
    Nature

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