The Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) has announced a new, royalty-free licence agreement with AbbVie for glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) – a World Health Organization (WHO)-recommended treatment for people living with chronic hepatitis C (HCV).

Peng Liyuan, wife of President Xi Jinping, expressed support on Monday for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's efforts to strengthen cooperation with China, as well as third parties, in capacity building medical professionals for China and the world, when meeting with Bill Gates, the ...

A dual antiretroviral regimen containing dolutegravir (Tivicay) and boosted darunavir (Prezista) maintains viral suppression in most people who switch from a suppressive three-drug regimen, according to an observational study presented at the recent IDWeek in San Francisco. However, two drugs may not be enough for ...

New Phase 3 AMBER study data continues to demonstrate high rates of virologic suppression at 96 weeks in ART-naïve adults with HIV-1 when treated with D/C/F/TAF.

The Advisory Board to the Emergency Support Fund for Key Populations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) starts to function.

Launch event hosted by Christofer Fjellner MEP (EPP, Sweden), Karin Kadenbach (S&D, Austria) and Frédérique Ries (ALDE, Belgium).

The ECUO summed up the results of the regional program “Partnership for Equal Access to HIV Services in Eastern Europe and Central Asia”.

Tuberculosis is soon to face a complete reboot: scientists are working on updating the diagnostics, treatment and vaccines. Yesterday, on October 24, the 49-th International Union Conference on Lung Health opened in The Hague (the Netherlands). The conference brought together 4,000 delegates from 80 countries, ...

EECA countries can achieve great results in fighting the HIV epidemic by optimizing costs. The new joint project uniting 15 countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia is aimed at a more efficient redistribution of allocated funds.

Estonian Criminal Code does not contain an article specifically penalizing HIV transmission, but there are other ways to influence people's destinies at the constitutional level.

For successful advocacy in EECA countries, it is necessary to consolidate all key groups at the country level, as well as have access to city authorities. At the #Partnership Forum, representatives of organizations working with global donors discussed the implementation of common plans, shared successful ...

Since 2009, the Republic of Kazakhstan has been providing free antiretroviral therapy to all PLWH entirely at the expense of the republican budget. The next stage is HIV prevention and implementation of a social contracting, carried out in coordination with NGOs.

For quality monitoring of medicines procurement and access to treatment, it is very important to pay attention to what is happening beyond the spreadsheets with figures.

Monitoring of ARV prices will improve community advocacy interaction with government agencies, pharmaceutical companies and global donors.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But in real life everything is different.

The Ministry of Health, which will work directly with the civil society sector, is to become the sole principal recipient of the next Global Fund grant in Armenia.

Chemsex in the capital city: marijuana and mixing of drugs are popular. Meanwhile, condoms use is much less than optimal: only 26% of men practicing Chemsex use them.

On October 22-24, the final Forum of the regional #Partnership program started in Kyiv.