News and blogs

blog Marginalised groups unite to hold stakeholders to account

Welcome to our blog series exploring distributed leadership....

4 min read | 20 Nov 2019

news ICPD: The burden of HIV on adolescent girls has worsened

One day before ICPD+25 begins, our executive director Christine Stegling speaks frankly at the Global Prevention Coalition meeting about the failure to reduce HIV among adolescent girls and young women....

2 min read | 11 Nov 2019

blog Breaking the silence on gender-based violence in Uganda

Following their participation in the Sexual Violence Research Initiative Forum in South Africa, Gracias Atwiine (PITCH country focal point in Uganda) and Rio Babirye (Ugandan Network of People living with HIV/AIDS (UNYPA), a PITCH partner), reflect on why we cannot ignore gender-based violence in the efforts to tackle HIV....

3 min read | 31 Oct 2019

news Funders step up the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria

Global Fund replenishment event sees donors commit close to US$14 billion to tackle three deadly diseases...

2 min read | 10 Oct 2019

blog HIV prevention and the Global Fund – a pivotal moment in the response

How is it possible that, in 2018, an estimated 1.7 million people acquired HIV?...

2 min read | 08 Oct 2019

blog Technical assistance unlocks community leadership

Welcome to our blog series exploring distributed leadership....

4 min read | 03 Oct 2019

blog How patents affect access to HIV treatment

Commitments to HIV and universal health coverage are being undermined in middle-income countries...

4 min read | 02 Oct 2019

blog Schistosomiasis: the unfamiliar disease that increases HIV risk

Fresh water sources are a lifeline to so many people across Africa. And yet they can harbour parasitic worms that increase the risk of HIV for women and girls....

4 min read | 30 Sep 2019

blog Does the UN’s Universal Health Coverage declaration fail the most vulnerable people?

Following this week’s High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in New York, Seb Rowlands tells us why the political declaration didn’t go far enough for the people most affected by HIV. ...

3 min read | 27 Sep 2019