Latest from the frontline
January marked an important step on the path to the first fully female-controlled HIV prevention method, after the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended use of the dapivirine vaginal ring for cisgender women at ‘substantial risk’ of HIV, as part of combination prevention approaches....
Divya Bajpai, Director: Programmes at Frontline AIDS, gives her perspective on how the ongoing movement for racial equality could be transformative for organisations working in international development....
This World AIDS Day, organisations at the forefront of the HIV response are sounding the alarm that a shift in focus to COVID-19 risks creating a sharp rise in new infections....
In Myanmar, if you are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) existing laws leave you open to arrest, abuse and extortion at the hands of the police. Not only does this violate LGBT people’s human rights, it sanctions stigma and abuse from others and prevents LGBT people from accessing life-saving HIV services....
This week the World Health Assembly (WHA) resumed its virtual session. ...
In mid October, Uganda’s first opioid substitution treatment (OST) programme opened at Butabika hospital in Kampala. This represents a beacon of hope to the people who use drugs who have suffered with opioid dependence over the years....
In Vietnam, the Centre for Supporting Community Development Initiatives (SCDI) is working closely with the police on a pilot scheme that is improving the health and lives of people who use drugs while also enabling the police to reach public security goals. ...
