Big news this week for injectable lenacapavir for #HIV #PrEP! Terrific summary from @biancahillier.bsky.social at @theworld.org with our ED, Mitchell Warren, @jirairratevosian.bsky.social, @unitaid.bsky.social and Wits RHI 🎧 here: theworld.org/segments/202...

My roundup of big HIV updates from ViiV, Gilead, Merck, WHO and more. I also share reflections on #IAS2025 and the future. Grateful to Prof Linda Gail Bekker who brought Keith Haring into the conversation—his legacy still speaks volumes. @pozmagazine.bsky.social www.poz.com/article/hiv-...

@jirairratevosian.bsky.social led a commentary calling for urgent and ethical integration of AI into HIV prevention systems. This reminds us to move beyond pilots and ensure the real work happens with the community to make lasting, sustainable impacts. ai4hiv.com/ai-in-hiv-pr... #AI4HIV #AI4Health

Thank you @who.int @drtedros.who.int for signing the Kigali Call to Action. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ki... If you work in public health, we invite you to read and sign the petition to world leaders. #IAS2025 @judyauerbach.bsky.social

At a time when progress against HIV remains fragile, political inaction sends the wrong message to communities, donors, and implementing partners worldwide.

Eight countries—Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Ukraine—are at risk of running out of HIV treatments - @who.int 📊 Massive impact: 🔹 4.44 million people living with HIV 🔹 11.1% of the global HIV burden facing uncertainty www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Today is the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, when civil rights activists marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to demand voting rights for Black Americans.

Join me and Mia for a conversation about PEPFAR's future.

New: Our analysis indicates that the Trump administration's proposed 90-day policy review would result in at least 100,000 lives lost over the next year. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

"By our conservative estimate, the human cost of the new administration's proposed 90-day policy review would be at least 100,000 lives lost over 1 year," write @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @chrisbeyrer.bsky.social and Khai Tram in JIAS. A must read ▶️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Join us - Keith Haring’s Legacy in Today’s World: A Conversation About HIV Activism www.csis.org/events/keith...

I read this article this morning and had to ask myself—what year is this? www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/12/u...

New lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s freeze of foreign aid funding. www.citizen.org/news/nonprof...

A moment of reckoning for #USAID and all of global health. We can’t just weather this storm—we have to rise from it transformed. ratevosian.substack.com/p/a-moment-o...

“This is not only bad politics in terms of government-to-government relationships, it is bad medicine, it is bad science, and it is dumb,” says our Executive Director Mitchell Warren. @cohenjon.bsky.social @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @linda-gailb.bsky.social www.science.org/content/arti...

We need to be clear-eyed about the real challenges ahead for PEPFAR. My views here. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

To all our USAID friends and colleagues—We stand with you in solidarity during this time. Our home is your home, and our hearts and doors are always open to support and uplift you. You are not alone—your mission is our mission.

Raskin: "Musk is not the 4th branch of government"

#PEPFAR has helped transform global #HIV responses since 2003. Now, a halt in funding by #Trump2025 threatens decades of progress. Lives are at risk, and partnerships are being undone. @miamalan.bsky.social @linda-gailb.bsky.social bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...

Members of Congress highlight illegal nature of USAID takeover.

Huge turn out in front of former USAID building.

Today, I was honored to be sworn in as a member of the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA). This is a deeply personal and meaningful moment for me, reflecting over 20 years of working in the HIV field—a cause that has shaped so much of my life and career.

Gordon Brown: The @who is standing up to #China and open to making America’s financial burden more equitable. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I love the start of a new #Congress. New energy, fresh faces among the familiar ones, and a sense of possibility fill the air, even as the challenges ahead cast a shadow of doom and gloom. The optimism is real, with smiles and determination everywhere. Now, let's get to work!

Best part of 2024 in science news... amiright?! ratevosian.substack.com/publish/post...

Guess where I am 🤔

Just released! 💥 #LEN, the twice-yearly injectable #PrEP has the potential to transform the #HIV response, but only if it is rolled out with speed, scale and equity. Read the latest op-ed from AVAC’s ED Mitchell Warren and @jirairratevosian.bsky.social in @devex.com. www.devex.com/news/opinion...

A. Cornelius Baker, who spent nearly 40 years working with urgency and compassion to improve the lives of people with HIV and AIDS by promoting testing, securing federal funding for research and pushing for a vaccine, died this month. He was 63.

From healthcare to AI, the Meridian International Center, shaped by insights from over 50 leading companies—including my own—highlights strategies to enhance U.S. business competitiveness and promote global collaboration. #CorporateDiplomacy #AmericasCompetitiveEdge

FP4A & nearly 100 national security leaders call on the Senate to thoroughly vet Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for Director of National Intelligence. Her qualifications & past statements raise serious concerns about her ability to serve in this critical role. ⬇️ www.fp4america.org/wp-content/u...

I signed this letter urging Congress to closely review Ms. Gabbard's qualifications and record as an intelligence professional. @fp4america.bsky.social apnews.com/article/trum...

Thank you @michealighodaro.bsky.social

If they’re serious about fiscal responsibility, they should direct their so-called “crusaders” toward the Defense Department.

Register to join @iasociety.bsky.social webinar on "Unite to reach all with person-centred HIV prevention" featuring our Executive Director @michealighodaro.bsky.social our @AuntyPoz and Beo Oliveira Leite. Wed,11 Dec 2024 3:00 - 4:00pm [CET] Register here: www.iasociety.org/events/unite...

This #WorldAIDSDay, the #HIV response stands at a crossroads. Injectable #lenacapavir offers hope for prevention, but restrictive policies and global challenges threaten progress. AVAC’s new roadmap helps chart the path to equity, innovation & impact. 🌍 avac.org/blog/introdu...

Love this Gears Framework for Lenacapavir Scale-Up: A blueprint for transformative impact in the global fight against HIV. Check out @hivpxresearch.bsky.social for more.

Your donations today can make big changes for LGBT+ community in Armenia

The #AIDSQuilt, first displayed in 1987, now weighs over 54 tons and includes more than 50,000 panels honoring 110,000+ lives lost to HIV/AIDS. It’s the largest community art project in the world. #WorldAIDSDay

Putting up the AIDS quilt at the White House. Ready soon.

Today is #WorldAIDSDay Come with me to the White House. #WAD2024

Favorite time of year.

"The ground has shifted under PEPFAR: what does that mean for its future?" My new viewpoint in Journal of the International AIDS Society on questions for PEPFAR's future, particularly in light of the U.S. election results. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

RFK Jr.'s disinformation on #HIV and anti-transgender rhetoric threaten #LGBTQ+ health care. Discrimination isn't just harmful—it's deadly. Science, not ideology, must lead health policy. #ProtectLGBTQHealth. #LGBT #kennedy #trump thehill.com/homenews/lgb...

RFK Jr. says HIV might not cause AIDS. 🚨 This isn’t just wrong—it’s dangerous. Science moved us from fear to facts; misinformation takes us back to stigma and death. Stick to the evidence, not conspiracy theories. 🧬 #HIV #AIDS #ScienceSaves www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

🚨 National security leaders: Sign the letter urging the Senate to scrutinize Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for DNI. Her record on Syria, Russia, & intelligence raises serious concerns. Deadline: COB Nov 27. Join us: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #NatSec #IntelCommunity

Hi Bluesky 👋🏽 let's give this a try. P.S. Don't change on us.