US-Africa Health Agreements Targets Don't Add Up: The numbers for people added to treatment and those newly tested do not add up. Kenya is adding only about 14.000 people on ART and expecting to diagnose more than 200.000 PLHIV. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

The Communities Delegation to the Unitaid Board, representing people living with the diseases, participated in the 48th Executive Board (EB48) meeting held in Tokyo, Japan, on 11–12 December 2025. Find the EB48 Communique here: unitaidcommunitiesdelegation.org/news/communi...

Mozambique’s children face overlapping crises, from violence and displacement to cyclones, poverty and disrupted schooling. More than 4.8 million people need humanitarian support. This #InternationalMigrantsDay, let’s stand for every child’s right to safety and care.

The Department of Home Affairs said the raid showed South Africa’s shared commitment with the United States in “combating illegal immigration and visa abuse in all its forms.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...

NGOs take up the cudgel for equal access to health for everyone living in SA www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

✈️ Travelling this holiday season? Stay informed about mpox. As travel increases, knowing the symptoms and how to reduce risk helps protect you and others. Swipe the WHO & ECDC carousel for key tips and what to do if you feel unwell. #Mpox #TravelHealth #HolidayTravel #WHO #ECDC (1 of 2)

The time is now: making the case for compassionate use/pre-approval access to new TB drugs - PMC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

U.S. Delays Zambia Health Agreement as Signing Becomes Contingent on Mining Deal substack.com/@emilysbass/...

#SouthAfrica: Anti-migrant Groups Force Assylum Seeker With HIV And TB Off Medication health-e.org.za/2025/12/11/a...

Aggrey Aluso of Resilience Action Network Africa (RANA) warned that while governments “should explore deals that could benefit the lives of their people and their economy, such deals should not be extractive”. healthpolicy-watch.news/us-steams-ah...

“It is quite clear that various organisations are starting to consider synthetic images instead of real photography, because it’s cheap and you don’t need to bother with consent and everything” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

EATG is at the #EACS2025 in Paris, 15–18 October! Join us for key sessions, workshops, activities in the Community Corner and the launch of a Glasgow Manifesto Report as we spotlight Europe’s role in tackling HIV. Read more→ www.eatg.org/events/eatg-... @eacsociety.bsky.social

🚨 UNAIDS Must Not Be Sunset! 🚨 The Fight AIDS Coalition (FAC) has issued a statement rejecting the UN80 proposal to dismantle UNAIDS by 2026. Please SHARE widely: bit.ly/4pzwbpU SIGN ON to the NGO Delegation statement here 👉 unaidspcbngo.org/news/with-th... #FightAIDSNow

Too many lives are being lost because CD4 testing is being deprioritized. The CD4 Monitoring Fact Sheet offers a clear picture of where the gaps are, and what can be done to fix them. 📥 Download your copy here: tinyurl.com/CD4testing

📣 Just 1 day remains to apply for the #AIDS2026 Community Project #Grants! Each selected organization will receive up to USD 10,000 to support projects that deliver measurable #HIV impact in #Brazil and across #LatinAmerica. 📝 Learn more & apply today!

Call their bluff, let Big Pharma walk! “NHS was built to be universal free & public. If it becomes another playground for hedge funds & Big Pharma, it wont be envy of the world anymore. It will be just another cautionary tale about the power of corporate capture” open.substack.com/pub/european...

It is over for the genocide deniers. Even the BBC is now splashing on the UN commission of inquiry concluding that Israel has committed genocide. Those who supported Israel's onslaught: You backed a genocide. You will never scrub the shame away.

‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week gaycitynews.com/hiv-unwrappe...

Many thanks @dailykos.com for the review of our new book #ScienceUnderSiege @michaelemann.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @publicaffairs1796.bsky.social www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Ageing with HIV: The Glasgow Manifesto | Psychosocial Challenges, Mental Health and Resilience in Ageing and Older People Living with HIV –Webinar #3 | EATG www.eatg.org/events/agein...

"A key objective of outreach efforts was to trace young people who had defaulted on HIV treatment and support them in returning to care." www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

So delighted that the legendary AIDS and social activist Mr @zackieachmat.bsky.social will soon visit @mcgill.ca to receive the inaugural Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity and deliver the lecture! If you are in Montreal, join in person If not, join online www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth...

Several vaccines have shown promise against cancer, but this one is notable because it’s “off-the-shelf” — not custom-made for each patient — which makes it simpler & potentially less expensive.

The Blow to Transparency: How Big Pharma Turned Principles of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Against Itself Analysis by Vineeth Penmetsa genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-blow-t...

Join us on 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research NOW to hear about the incredible successes of the NIH-funded HIV research networks, with leaders Myron Cohen, Larry Corey, Joseph Eron, and Sharon Nachman on YouTube: bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch #HIV

Event Program | 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research saveaidsresearch.org/program

An expert panel about the next generation of HIV researchers is happening now on 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research. Join Monica Gandhi, John Sauceda, and Allison Agwu on YouTube: bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch

Join us for 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research in TWO days to hear from Annette Sohn, Trevor Hoppe, Larry Corey, Kara Chew, and many more! Register bit.ly/45U1keO. #HIV #saveAIDSresearch #HIVresearch

If you have had a TB research grant terminated or a funding application that has been affected, please consider completing this form and sharing it with other TB researchers within your professional network: globaltbcab.org/tb-news/help...

The BBC News website has pages & pages of coverage related to farmers protesting inheritance tax, including events where only a few hundred turn out. In London yesterday 100,000 people marched for trans rights, and nothing. Imagine if it was 100,000 anti immigrant activists, they'd cover that.

🌐 Let’s keep the momentum going beyond #IAS2025! 📝 Join current, past & future IAS leaders, including Beatriz Grinsztejn, Birgit Poniatowski, Kenneth Ngure, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Linda-Gail Bekker, Chris Beyrer, Adeeba Kamarulzaman & Sharon Lewin, in signing the #KigaliCalltoAction!

It has been five months since the murder in Gqeberha of Imam Muhsin Hendricks, and there has been no public update from the police or any indication of progress in the case. Read groundup.org.za/article/afte... by Yaseen Bardien

Fewer than 24,000 of over 147,000 claimants have been compensated, while some 385,000 people have registered an intention to claim, and over 175,000 have made appointments to have their claims processed. Read groundup.org.za/article/r5-b... by Sipokazi Fokazi

“Successful people I know don’t fight AI, they teach themselves how to direct it and use it to their benefit. They understand that humans will always be in charge of technology.”

US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR's Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans "Plus the creation of new markets for American drugs and technologies,” @nytimes.com. ✍🏻 @kerrycullinan.bsky.social @usstatedept.bsky.social @unaids.org @cdcgov.govmirrors.com

🗣️NEW SPEAKER! Alasdair Stuart will be speaking at LSHTM’s Health Misinformation UNPACKED, 15 September 2025, London/online. @lshtmcepr.bsky.social www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

🚨🇳🇱 Massive setback for trans rights in the Netherlands What’s happening? 🏳️‍⚧️ The outgoing Dutch government has withdrawn the proposal of a self-determination law that would have made it much easier and faster for trans people to legally change their gender.

US cuts to HIV funding are just the tip of the iceberg. Tracy Swan & Els Torreele unpack global health failures & why access to treatment must be a human right, not a market decision. 🎧 Listen now open.spotify.com/episode/64o8...

Study of Immigrants and Refugees With HIV in the U.S. Underscores Importance of Personal Connection www.thebodypro.com/hiv/immigran...

"Although newer COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out in the US and Europe, none are currently available in SA. There is a disturbing parallel in the fact that we are again in the situation where vaccines routinely available in wealthy countries are not available here." mailchi.mp/spotlightnsp...

So this website provided an AI review of our paper... interesting: Academia.edu www.academia.edu/ai_review/11...

“The numbers are striking, but we are not the only group that did this kind of analysis. Other research groups, came up with similar magnitudes — millions and millions of deaths that will be caused by the defunding of USAID.” www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Share petition · Reinforcing Commitment to Addressing Migration & Health as Global Public Health Priority · Change.org www.change.org/p/reinforcin...

5/ We call for courage, conviction, and collaboration to reclaim health equity. Silence and inaction are not neutral—they enable injustice.

4/ This isn’t just neglect. It’s systemic exclusion. Vulnerable groups are deliberately left out of health data, policy, and budgets. They are delegitimised by use of language and made invisible by political choice.

🧵1/ In a new @bmj.com paper, @miriamorcutt.bsky.social & I argue that the erosion of international norms is putting the world’s most vulnerable - migrants, refugees, and stateless people - at unprecedented risk.

"Among the vulnerable people that case workers had been protecting in this province, 22 have perished since January. Of that number, 16 are children. The figure is almost certainly a massive undercount as it only includes those who have died in 4 of 9 districts." groundup.org.za/article/deat...

"We pray that the U.S. reconsiders their decisions, because if not, you are going to see millions dying. We feel betrayed, rejected, forgotten, abandoned. People are now asked to pay $65/mth for their meds and they can’t even afford $2/day to feed their family." positivelyaware.com/articles/uga...

The recording of the #HRC59 side event is now available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_v3... @who.int

Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”