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The World Health Organization (WHO), the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), the Global Fund, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and other initiatives shape health policy and improve access to HIV treatment throughout the world.

Treatment guidelines

WHO publishes new clinical recommendations on HIV prevention, infant diagnosis, antiretroviral therapy initiation and monitoring

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World Health Organization
18 March 2021
Global health initiatives

Exclusive: 5 potential picks to succeed Deborah Birx at PEPFAR

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Devex
5 February 2021
Government, leadership & policy

‘Gag Rule’ Must Never Be Repeated, International AIDS Society Tells US Gov

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Health Policy Watch
1 February 2021
Global health initiatives

Biden repeals the 'global gag rule,' but next steps will be 'huge undertaking'

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Devex
29 January 2021
Global health initiatives

AVAC on PEPFAR Leadership Transition—and Beyond

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AVAC
20 January 2021
Global health targets

UNAIDS bids farewell to Fast-Track era with new HIV targets for 2025

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Avert
3 January 2021
HIV treatment for children & young people

Joint statement calling for urgent country scale-up of access to optimal HIV treatment for infants and children living with HIV

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UNAIDS
22 December 2020
Access to healthcare

WHO vaccine scheme risks failure, leaving poor countries with no COVID shots until 2024

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Reuters
16 December 2020
Coronavirus

New modelling shows COVID-19 should not be a reason for delaying the 2030 deadline for ending AIDS as a public health threat

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UNAIDS
14 December 2020
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

WHO reveals leading causes of death and disability worldwide: 2000-2019

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World Health Organization
10 December 2020
Global health initiatives

Fund to help key populations during COVID-19 launched

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UNAIDS
10 December 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

UNAIDS calls on more to be done for paediatric HIV treatment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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UNAIDS
3 December 2020
Government, leadership & policy

This World Aids Day the global response to HIV stands on a precipice

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The Guardian
1 December 2020
Government, leadership & policy

UNAIDS calls on countries to step up global action and proposes bold new HIV targets for 2025

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UNAIDS
26 November 2020
HIV treatment for children & young people

WHO and other stakeholders join forces to accelerate access to effective paediatric HIV and tuberculosis diagnostics and medicines

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World Health Organization
20 November 2020
Government, leadership & policy

Trump Administration Moves to Entrench Global Gag Rule

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Human Rights Watch
17 November 2020
People & personal stories

IAS names Birgit Poniatowski as IAS Executive Director

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International AIDS Society
11 November 2020
Injectable & long-acting PrEP

Trial results reveal that long-acting injectable cabotegravir as PrEP is highly effective in preventing HIV acquisition in women

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World Health Organization
10 November 2020
Finance & funding

New study: Funding for key populations affected by HIV and AIDS “way off track”

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Aidsfonds
21 October 2020
Global health initiatives

What happened with PEPFAR's faith-based initiative?

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Devex
14 October 2020
Government, leadership & policy

New HIV Policy Lab uses law and policy data in the HIV response

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UNAIDS
1 October 2020
People who inject drugs

Call to uphold the rights of people who use drugs and harm reduction in the new UNAIDS Strategy

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International Drug Policy Consortium
8 September 2020
Circumcision

Preventing HIV in high HIV burden settings through voluntary medical male circumcision

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World Health Organization
24 August 2020
Government, leadership & policy

MSF applauds South Africa for championing health safeguards at meeting of WTO members

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Reliefweb
4 August 2020