WHO launched new interim guidance on HIV treatment at AIDS 2018 recommending dolutegravir (DTG) for everyone aged six years and above. [1, 2] But access to DTG for women and adolescent…
There is a perception that AIDS activism is largely dead, that the AIDS activists have “retired”. There is a narrative and belief among some that there is a serious and…
For over 30 years activism has been the engine that has driven almost every advance in our response to the AIDS epidemic. Mark Heywood assesses the state of activism in…
According to leaked information about UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe's correspondence with McKinsey and Company, 2018 will mark the beginning of the end of UNAIDS: the embattled leader has hatched…
By Simon Collins, HIV i-Base On Tuesday 24 July, the results from the extension to the PARTNER study were presented by Alison Rodger at a press conference at AIDS 2018,…
This week the price of bedaquiline in the public sector in South Africa was cut in half. What does this mean for the increased uptake of this critically important TB…
Hundreds of delegates walked out of the opening of the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam last night in protest when UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe took the stage. By Kerry…
This is a statement read out by the group of 23 women as Michel Sidibe took to the stage at the opening plenary. “…a political struggle that does not have…
By Ngqabutho Mpofu Ronnie came out in the early 1980s, telling his friends and sister that he was [caption id="attachment_6571" align="alignright" width="300"] Ronnie. Pic by Joyrene Kramer[/caption] homosexual. This was…
By Anele Yawa Two years ago, we welcomed the world to the International AIDS Conference [caption id="attachment_6568" align="alignright" width="300"] Anele Yawa at the Durban2016 march[/caption] in Durban, South Africa. At…
Almost everyone in the HIV world is talking about providing services to key populations – a ground-breaking project in Thailand is providing an example of how to go about it.…
By Ellen 't Hoen As the world gathers in Amsterdam for the 22nd International AIDS Conference, high medicines prices are again making headlines across the world. Ellen 't Hoen takes…