AIDS 2026 news coming soon

The 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and virtually from 26-31 July. aidsmap is an official scientific media partner for the conference.

The theme for AIDS 2026 is ‘Rethink. Rebuild. Rise’.

“AIDS 2026 is a rallying point for the global response at a time of profound change in the HIV funding landscape, bringing together people living with HIV, researchers, policy makers, healthcare professionals, funders, media and communities – to rethink, rebuild and rise.” AIDS 2026 website.

AIDS 2026 will feature research on:

• A once-weekly HIV treatment pill, combining islatravir and lenacapavir – phase 3 results will be presented.
• Protecting the health of gay, bisexual and other men sex with men in hostile climates.
• New ways to provide PrEP and keep PrEP users engaged.
• Two more people in HIV remission following stem cell transplants.
• Undetectable equals Untransmittable (U=U), ten years on.

The full AIDS 2026 programme is available online, where you can find details of all the sessions, abstracts, exhibition, Global Village events and pre-conferences.

aidsmap will be reporting on key research presented at AIDS 2026, publishing news online and sending out three summary bulletins by email (in English only): one during the week of the conference and two the following week.

If you would like to receive these bulletins, and any future emails, from aidsmap, make sure you’ve signed up to aidsmap’s mailing list. This mailing list is held by Terrence Higgins Trust. 

All of our AIDS 2026 news stories and bulletins will be published on our conference webpage.

aidsmap changes lives by sharing independent, accurate and accessible information about HIV – you can help by sharing links to research presented at the conference. Please feel free to:

• Link to our AIDS 2026 news pages and bulletins from your website or blog.
• Follow us on Facebook, X, Bluesky, Instagram and LinkedIn and share our news stories. The hashtag for the conference is #AIDS2026.
• Share our bulletins sign-up page with your contacts.

AIDS 2026 webinar

On 1 September from 5-6pm (UK time), we are holding a special one-hour webinar bringing together key insights, emerging evidence and important discussions from AIDS 2026.

aidsmap writers Gus Cairns and Edith Magak, along with Professor Monica Gandhi from the University of California San Francisco, will each present their personal highlights from the conference.