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stories Remembering Wanjiku Kamau

Frontline AIDS is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Wanjiku Kamau....

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stories What is it like living with HIV during a pandemic?

When the pandemic hit last year, many people lost their jobs overnight and had no way to pay bills or buy food. For many living with HIV, the trauma was even greater....

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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

blog More power and equality to communities most affected by HIV and AIDS

The new UNAIDS strategy puts forward a bold and transformational approach for addressing the inequalities that stand in the way of ending AIDS....

3 min read |29 Mar 2021

stories Pride – it’s worth fighting for

This Pride Month we celebrate the achievements of three LGBT+ activists from the Frontline AIDS partnership. Each of them embodies and is the very definition of Pride. Read on and be inspired....

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stories Definition of Marcela: courageous and inspirational trans activist

After being thrown into prison in the 1980s, where she was beaten and humiliated, Marcela Romero became an activist and a human rights defender – standing up for the rights of trans people in her native Argentina....

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stories The importance of Pride in preventing HIV

Ret Sovann Punleu, 29, has been a gay man since he was 12 years old. Today, he is an outreach worker for a non-governmental organisation called Men’s Health Cambodia, which works on HIV prevention programmes for gay men and other men who have sex with men, and transgender women across the country....

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stories A day in the life of a quick-witted HIV peer supporter

Known for his quick wit and infectious laugh, Stephen is helping other...

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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 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

stories How to tackle COVID-19 and HIV stigma

When someone is judged, attacked or discriminated against because of who they are or what they do, the consequences can be far-reaching....

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stories Tales of resilience: a photo story from Ecuador

In Ecuador, one in three transgender people are living with HIV. Yet many...

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