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blog UNAIDS’ new strategy must focus on HIV prevention and face down the threats

HIV prevention must be at the heart of UNAIDS new strategy for beyond 2021, but first it is vital to recognise the scale of failure to meet the 2020 targets.   ...

3 min read | 04 Jun 2020

blog Sex work: holding the knife on the sharpest edge

Impossible choices - work and risk getting or passing on COVID-19, or starve. How the COVID-19 lockdowns and restrictions have made life very difficult for sex workers....

4 min read | 02 Jun 2020

stories Flowers of Tomorrow

Flowers of Tomorrow advocates for the human rights of sex workers in South Africa and their access to HIV services, especially during the COVID-19 crisis....

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blog READY for universal health coverage

We hear from four youth advocates on their efforts to ensure young people’s voices are heard in universal health coverage discussions....

5 min read | 29 May 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

blog The seven Myanmar villages supporting people who use drugs

Insights from the first community-based harm reduction, treatment and care pilot to be recognised by the country’s Ministry of Health....

4 min read | 28 May 2020

stories Lockdown hero: one young man, his bike and a big heart

Since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, young Ugandan Faisal has shown guts and determination to continue reaching 20 young people he usually counsels about HIV....

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news COVID-19 and HIV webinar

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

1 min read | 20 May 2020

blog New pandemic, same blame game

Rights-based organisations in Africa are reporting that stigma against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people is on the rise as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic....

3 min read | 15 May 2020