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news Three critical challenges for civil society after the UN high-level meeting on HIV 

When world leaders and heads of state gathered for the high-level meeting on HIV & AIDS this week, it was with full knowledge that the global drive to end AIDS by 2030 has gone badly off course.  

3 min read | 09 Jun 2021

news Open letter: World leaders on HIV urge Boris Johnson to tackle the new AIDS emergency at the G7

More than 34 world experts and leaders in the movement to end AIDS, have signed an open letter urging Boris Johnson to tackle the growing emergency on HIV and AIDS when the G7 meets in June.

5 min read | 04 Jun 2021

news 2020 HIV rates show world ‘sleepwalking towards AIDS emergency’

New figures from the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV and AIDS have revealed there were 1.5 million new HIV infections worldwide in 2020, while deaths from AIDS-related illnesses showed no fall on the previous year.

2 min read | 03 Jun 2021

news World leaders on HIV urge Boris Johnson to tackle new AIDS emergency at G7

More than 34 world experts and leaders in the movement to end AIDS, have signed an open letter urging Boris Johnson to tackle the growing emergency on HIV and AIDS when the G7 meets in June.

4 min read | 28 May 2021

news Ugandan bill extends criminalisation of LGBT+ people and sex workers

Civil society organisations in Uganda have expressed dismay after the passing of the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, which was debated in Parliament earlier this week....

2 min read | 06 May 2021

news US supports suspending vaccine patents in major step towards People’s Vaccine

US Government support for the TRIPS waiver brings the world closer to the removal of a major obstacle in the drive to increase vaccine production worldwide....

1 min read | 06 May 2021

news UK Government cuts funding for UNAIDS by more than 80%

The UK Government will drastically reduce its annual commitment to the UN's HIV programme to £2.5 million this year, a decision described by Frontline AIDS as "maddeningly shortsighted"....

2 min read | 29 Apr 2021

news Frontline AIDS endorses ‘transformational’ new Global AIDS Strategy

Frontline AIDS has presented the following statement at the UNAIDS PCB meeting on the proposed Global AIDS Strategy 2021-2026....

2 min read | 24 Mar 2021

news Professor Nana Poku appointed Chair of Frontline AIDS in ‘exciting renewal’ of board of trustees

Professor Nana Poku, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, has been appointed as the new Chair of the Frontline AIDS board of trustees....

3 min read | 17 Mar 2021

news President Biden repeals ‘Global Gag Rule’

In a long-awaited move, US President Joe Biden has repealed the Trump administration's expanded 'Global Gag Rule'....

1 min read | 28 Jan 2021

news COVID-19 risks undoing a decade of HIV prevention, frontline activists warn

The fight against AIDS has been hard hit by COVID-19, new reports released today by Frontline AIDS show. ...

3 min read | 01 Dec 2020

news AIDS isn’t Over: Activists and celebrities unite for new campaign

Ahead of World AIDS Day, Frontline AIDS is launching its ‘AIDS Isn’t Over’ campaign to reignite the conversation around HIV and AIDS....

2 min read | 30 Nov 2020

news Frontline AIDS welcomes ‘ambitious’ UNAIDS targets on HIV prevention

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has set out its new vision for HIV prevention in a global report launched ahead of World AIDS Day....

2 min read | 26 Nov 2020