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news Deaths from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria could double due to COVID-19

Today’s report from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, warns that deaths from these three health issues could almost double within a year unless urgent action is taken during the COVID-19 crisis....

1 min read | 24 Jun 2020

news FCO must maintain robust voice on HIV following DFID merger

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a 'merger' of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). A new department - the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - will be formed in the autumn....

1 min read | 16 Jun 2020

news World Health Assembly agrees to protect the ‘most vulnerable’ – but who are they?

There is much to be celebrated about the outcome of last week’s virtual World Health Assembly, which brought together ministers and heads of state around a single resolution: the response to COVID-19....

3 min read | 29 May 2020

news COVID-19 and HIV webinar

COVID-19 & HIV webinar: Continuing services with and for marginalised people...

1 min read | 20 May 2020

news Sustain, Adapt, Protect: A Call to Action on HIV, TB and COVID-19

Call to Action: sustain access to HIV and TB services during COVID-19,...

7 min read | 14 May 2020

news Concerns raised over impact of COVID-19 on HIV treatment access

Statement from Christine Stegling, Executive Director on the impact of...

1 min read | 11 May 2020

news Emergency appeal launched to increase funding for LGBT people impacted by COVID-19

Applications to our Rapid Response Fund for LGBT people have tripled as a...

2 min read | 29 Apr 2020

news US freeze of WHO funding ‘could cause significant damage’

Frontline AIDS has voiced serious concern at the Trump administration's decision to freeze US Government funding for the World Health Organization (WHO)....

1 min read | 16 Apr 2020

news What COVID-19 means for the global HIV response

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global health emergency that represents a significant threat for people living with HIV and AIDS, and for the global HIV response....

3 min read | 31 Mar 2020