The objectives of these guidelines are to provide recommendations outlining a public health approach to managing people presenting with advanced HIV disease, and to provide guidance on the timing of initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all people living with HIV. The first set of recommendations ...

The latest progress report from UNAIDS shows significant strides towards achieving the 90-90-90 targets, with 70% of people living with HIV now aware of their HIV status. Of those who know their status 77% were accessing treatment, and 82% of those accessing treatment were virally ...

Ahead of next week’s International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science in Paris, France, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today announced new results that highlight accelerating progress in providing HIV prevention, treatment and care services. The results show that 11 million people are receiving ...

Released in advance of the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science convening next week in Paris, our 2017 report continues to demonstrate the significant yields of drugs and biologics research and the advancement of breakthrough technologies that aim to detect, prevent, treat or cure HIV, tuberculosis ...

Following the CCM TB/AIDS extraordinary meeting held on June 29, 2017 and the decisions adopted during the meeting, a group of 6 NGOs, CCM members, initiated an active campaign of: 1) contesting the CCM procedures, 3) unilateral misinformation of public opinion, the donor (GF), the development partners, and ...

This year i-Base has produced the HIV pipeline review as part of our Fit for Purpose report on HIV treatment optimisation. Two versions of the HIV pipeline are available: The full version reports key research in detail for each drug. Read the full pipeline report online. The new ...

A call for applications for the European HIV Academy for Enabling Legal Environments is now open. This two-day training academy for people living with and affected by HIV, is dedicated to skills building for addressing punitive or disabling legal environments. Around 25 participants from across Europe will ...

The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing across the countries of the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) with 21 081 cases reported in the EU/EEA over the last decade. According to data published by ECDC, the number of confirmed ...

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 ...

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 ...

This publication explains some of the ideas and science behind HIV and treatment.  Each section includes a picture and summary notes. Additional text in each section tells a more detailed story. The resource was developed as an advocacy course for HIV positive people. Nearly everyone who is HIV positive has ...

29 June 2017 — Geneva, Switzerland — ICASO’s Executive Director, Mary Ann Torres, representing the organization at the 40th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, made an intervention during the thematic segment, entitled “HIV Prevention 2020: A Global Partnership for Delivery.”  Mary Ann’s remarks, ...

Rapid risk assessment: Hepatitis A outbreak in the EU/EEA mostly affecting men who have sex with men, 3rd update, 28 June 2017 Since June 2016, 1 500 confirmed hepatitis A (HAV) cases and 2 660 probable or suspected cases have been reported in the EU, predominantly ...