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The Chair of Frontline AIDS, Prof. Nana Poku, announced today that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed John Plastow as the organisation’s permanent Executive Director. ...
This year, researchers unveiled major interim results from two Phase 3 trials of injectable lenacapavir (LEN-LA). This new long-acting injectable, administered just once every six months, has been shown to outperform daily oral PrEP options, marking another significant breakthrough in the field of HIV prevention. Given LEN-LA's effectiveness, what needs to happen for it to reach those most in need?...
Following an upsurge of Mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its spread to a growing number of other countries, the African Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have declared Mpox a public health emergency of international concern. Frontline AIDS has convened a response team which will bring partners together to share expertise on how communities and civil society organisations can best respond....
Monday, 19 August, was World Humanitarian Day. The ‘polycrisis’ we are facing (security threats, global health challenges and climate change) is a daunting scenario, but also an opportunity to break silos across sectors and work together....
The recent International AIDS 2024 conference in Munich, Germany, showcased the progress we’ve made so far, but also served as a global wake-up call regarding the danger of failing to address the remaining challenges, says John Plastow, Interim Executive Director, Frontline AIDS....
Frontline AIDS is celebrating its 30-year anniversary to create a future free from AIDS for everyone, everywhere in July 2024. ...
Last week Frontline AIDS joined the 54th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board to voice our concerns about the impact of anti-rights opposition on achieving HIV targets. We emphasised the need for greater investment in community-led responses and highlighted specific challenges facing the HIV response in the Middle East and North Africa....
A new technical guide developed by Frontline AIDS and partners aims to help health planners and programmers to integrate female genital schistosomiasis services with wider sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) interventions....