The G20 leaders' declaration, published Jul 08, 2017, carries an important section on AMR, and tuberculosis is identified as a priority for R&D. On 7 & 8th July 2017, leaders of the G20 met in Hamburg, Germany, to address major global economic challenges and to contribute ...

A new report released today by the Global Forum on MSM and HIV (MSMGF) and OutRight Action International in collaboration with The Global Platform to Fast Track the Human Rights and HIV Responses with Gay and Bisexual Men argues for a global health and development approach that is ...

Health ministers from the BRICS countries (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) have agreed to strengthen their surveillance capacity and health-care services to respond to infectious diseases, such HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. They adopted a joint communiqué during the opening ceremony of the ...

The National Coordination Council for National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Programmes puts EUR 7,1 million at stake by an arbitrary decision to exclude the Principal Recipient (principal implementer) on behalf of the non-governmental organisations in the field of HIV/AIDS in Moldova from the Global Fund ...

Armenia has been recognized by the United Nations for its elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme. The 2017 United Nations Public Service Awards saw Armenia win first prize in the Innovation and Excellence in Delivering Health Services category. The award was made at the 2017 ...

A new joint platform for parallel consultation will provide advice to medicine developers and facilitate access to medicines for patients The European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA) are stepping up their efforts to provide developers of medicines with simultaneous, coordinated advice ...

Policy-makers and stakeholders from the HIV and wider health policy community (patients, clinicians, academics and industry) met in Brussels for the second meeting of the “HIV Outcomes: Beyond viral suppression” multi-stakeholder initiative. The meeting focused on the need to: • improve long-term health outcomes among people living with ...

On 30 June, 12 United Nations entities released an unprecedented joint statement calling for ending discrimination in health-care settings and committing to work together to support Member States to provide health-care services free from stigma and discrimination. The statement is a powerful call to action for governments ...