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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Reminder to join us tomorrow, Monday at 7:30 am ET / 15:30 EAT.
📢 Join this urgent webinar Monday on the new USG #globalhealth MoUs under the “America First Strategy” and what’s at stake for #PEPFAR, #HIVprevention & advocacy.
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Influencing the New USG Global Health MoUs and PEPFAR Strategy
We invite you to an urgent and critical webinar focused on the new Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) governing US Government (USG) global health investments, including PEPFAR, under the “America…
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November 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Reminder to join us tomorrow, Monday at 7:30 am ET / 15:30 EAT.
📢 Join this urgent webinar Monday on the new USG #globalhealth MoUs under the “America First Strategy” and what’s at stake for #PEPFAR, #HIVprevention & advocacy.
Register: buff.ly/H3FQQKz
Register: buff.ly/H3FQQKz
Influencing the New USG Global Health MoUs and PEPFAR Strategy
We invite you to an urgent and critical webinar focused on the new Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) governing US Government (USG) global health investments, including PEPFAR, under the “America…
avac.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
📢 Join this urgent webinar Monday on the new USG #globalhealth MoUs under the “America First Strategy” and what’s at stake for #PEPFAR, #HIVprevention & advocacy.
Register: buff.ly/H3FQQKz
Register: buff.ly/H3FQQKz
🌟 by Quarraisha Karim: "CAPRISA exemplifies a whole-of-society approach to scientific engmnt, effectively linking discovery to delivery & bridging local needs w/global action...we [must] scaleup efforts to create a more equitable, prepared & scientifically empowered world tinyurl.com/5n86sxfe.
Lessons from Africa: health diplomacy in HIV prevention
In these uncertain, volatile, and unprecedented times, the role of science is more
important than ever. Scientific advances that benefit humanity and ensure planetary
sustainability for current and fu...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
🌟 by Quarraisha Karim: "CAPRISA exemplifies a whole-of-society approach to scientific engmnt, effectively linking discovery to delivery & bridging local needs w/global action...we [must] scaleup efforts to create a more equitable, prepared & scientifically empowered world tinyurl.com/5n86sxfe.
In this week’s #GlobalHealthWatch:
✔️ Zambia approves injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP
🇺🇸 What the US “America First” global health strategy means
💸 New documentary and resources reveal scale of US foreign aid collapse
📚 Tools to track funding, advocate for access & equity
✔️ Zambia approves injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP
🇺🇸 What the US “America First” global health strategy means
💸 New documentary and resources reveal scale of US foreign aid collapse
📚 Tools to track funding, advocate for access & equity
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
In this week’s #GlobalHealthWatch:
✔️ Zambia approves injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP
🇺🇸 What the US “America First” global health strategy means
💸 New documentary and resources reveal scale of US foreign aid collapse
📚 Tools to track funding, advocate for access & equity
✔️ Zambia approves injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP
🇺🇸 What the US “America First” global health strategy means
💸 New documentary and resources reveal scale of US foreign aid collapse
📚 Tools to track funding, advocate for access & equity
At the SANTHE mtg (santheafrica.org) in Kigali. So great to see partners deepening their know-how as champions for #HIV cure research. Miliswa Magongo, former Wits RHI engagement specialist, is getting her PhD on HIV cure! More cure resources and opportunities for advocates here: buff.ly/8V3OoS3
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
At the SANTHE mtg (santheafrica.org) in Kigali. So great to see partners deepening their know-how as champions for #HIV cure research. Miliswa Magongo, former Wits RHI engagement specialist, is getting her PhD on HIV cure! More cure resources and opportunities for advocates here: buff.ly/8V3OoS3
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Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Fanastic piece by @sarajerving.bsky.social of @devex.com with @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @gostin.bsky.social & @globalhealthorg.bsky.social on the future of global health.
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
‘America First’ in global health: Oxymoron or opportunity?
Or a bit of both?
www.devex.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Fanastic piece by @sarajerving.bsky.social of @devex.com with @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @gostin.bsky.social & @globalhealthorg.bsky.social on the future of global health.
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
As our ED said, “This administration moves w/reckless abandon — & Congress moves not at all.”
www.devex.com/news/america...
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MUST READ | The number of HIV viral load tests recorded by the National Health Laboratory Service is significantly less than expected since Feb 2025. Spotlight and @groundup.org.za are aware of no compelling reason to explain this except the US aid withdrawal.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/04/w...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/04/w...
Withdrawal of US aid has hurt South Africa’s HIV programme
The number of HIV viral load tests is significantly lower than expected, according to an analysis of data from the National Health Laboratory Service which Spotlight and GroundUp obtained through the ...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
MUST READ | The number of HIV viral load tests recorded by the National Health Laboratory Service is significantly less than expected since Feb 2025. Spotlight and @groundup.org.za are aware of no compelling reason to explain this except the US aid withdrawal.
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/04/w...
www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/11/04/w...
📢 New from AVAC: This week’s roundup covers tools for injectable #lenacapavir rollout, updates on AVAC’s #foreignaid court case, defending health rights for key pops, #DualPreventionPill progress, #STI & HIV cure advocacy tools, and more.
Read: buff.ly/P3OyH0L
Read: buff.ly/P3OyH0L
Transforming HIV Prevention in 2025
Enormous changes are underway in HIV prevention and across global health. Global advocates know that we play an indispensable role as these changes take shape. It’s our work to vigilantly track new…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢 New from AVAC: This week’s roundup covers tools for injectable #lenacapavir rollout, updates on AVAC’s #foreignaid court case, defending health rights for key pops, #DualPreventionPill progress, #STI & HIV cure advocacy tools, and more.
Read: buff.ly/P3OyH0L
Read: buff.ly/P3OyH0L
Missed the Beyond Borders webinar hosted by ISSTDR, IUSTI, #STIHIV2025 Congress, and AVAC?
Catch up now with the full recording + presentation slides—spotlighting powerful #STI research from presenters blocked by financial and political barriers.
📍 Resources: buff.ly/9owSqIh
#STIWatch
Catch up now with the full recording + presentation slides—spotlighting powerful #STI research from presenters blocked by financial and political barriers.
📍 Resources: buff.ly/9owSqIh
#STIWatch
Beyond Borders - STI Watch
ISSTDR, IUSTI, the STI & HIV 2025 World Congress, and AVAC hosted a special webinar spotlighting speakers who were not able to join the congress due to financial and political barriers. Presenters…
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November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Missed the Beyond Borders webinar hosted by ISSTDR, IUSTI, #STIHIV2025 Congress, and AVAC?
Catch up now with the full recording + presentation slides—spotlighting powerful #STI research from presenters blocked by financial and political barriers.
📍 Resources: buff.ly/9owSqIh
#STIWatch
Catch up now with the full recording + presentation slides—spotlighting powerful #STI research from presenters blocked by financial and political barriers.
📍 Resources: buff.ly/9owSqIh
#STIWatch
Are you attending #icfp2025 in Bogata this week? Don't miss the Wednesday, Nov 5 panel discussion, The Dual Prevention Pill Introduction Plan: Both a Question and an Answer to Integration. Learn more at buff.ly/69Lbu06
The Dual Prevention Pill Introduction Plan: Both A Question And An Answer To Integration
the dual prevention pill introduction plan both a question and an answer to integration
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November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Are you attending #icfp2025 in Bogata this week? Don't miss the Wednesday, Nov 5 panel discussion, The Dual Prevention Pill Introduction Plan: Both a Question and an Answer to Integration. Learn more at buff.ly/69Lbu06
Two must-read pieces on AVAC + @globalhealthorg.bsky.social cases on #foreignaid:
1️⃣ Foreign aid on uncertain legal footing: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
2️⃣ SCOTUS expands exec power over tariffs: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@publiccitizen.bsky.social #globalhealth
1️⃣ Foreign aid on uncertain legal footing: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
2️⃣ SCOTUS expands exec power over tariffs: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@publiccitizen.bsky.social #globalhealth
Supreme Court has expanded presidential powers under Trump. How far will it go?
The justices will hear arguments Wednesday on the legality of most of the president’s tariffs — the first in a series of tests of sweeping claims of authority.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Two must-read pieces on AVAC + @globalhealthorg.bsky.social cases on #foreignaid:
1️⃣ Foreign aid on uncertain legal footing: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
2️⃣ SCOTUS expands exec power over tariffs: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@publiccitizen.bsky.social #globalhealth
1️⃣ Foreign aid on uncertain legal footing: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
2️⃣ SCOTUS expands exec power over tariffs: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
@publiccitizen.bsky.social #globalhealth
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Thanks to health leaders Emily Bass, Mitchell Warren, Asia Russell, Amanda Banda, and Isata Dumbuya. And to our event co-hosts UNAIDS, Health GAP, People's Medicines Alliance, UAEM, Treatment Action Group, RESULTS, and Partners In Health.
September 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Thanks to health leaders Emily Bass, Mitchell Warren, Asia Russell, Amanda Banda, and Isata Dumbuya. And to our event co-hosts UNAIDS, Health GAP, People's Medicines Alliance, UAEM, Treatment Action Group, RESULTS, and Partners In Health.
This week in #GlobalHealthWatch:
1) 🇿🇦 SA approves injectable #LEN for #PrEP, the first in Africa
2) US releases a draft #globalhealth MoU w/major gaps in #HIVprevention & community voice
3) Leaked EU doc suggests future cuts to Gavi & the Global Fund
avac.org/blog/global-...
1) 🇿🇦 SA approves injectable #LEN for #PrEP, the first in Africa
2) US releases a draft #globalhealth MoU w/major gaps in #HIVprevention & community voice
3) Leaked EU doc suggests future cuts to Gavi & the Global Fund
avac.org/blog/global-...
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This week in #GlobalHealthWatch:
1) 🇿🇦 SA approves injectable #LEN for #PrEP, the first in Africa
2) US releases a draft #globalhealth MoU w/major gaps in #HIVprevention & community voice
3) Leaked EU doc suggests future cuts to Gavi & the Global Fund
avac.org/blog/global-...
1) 🇿🇦 SA approves injectable #LEN for #PrEP, the first in Africa
2) US releases a draft #globalhealth MoU w/major gaps in #HIVprevention & community voice
3) Leaked EU doc suggests future cuts to Gavi & the Global Fund
avac.org/blog/global-...
New in Sexually Transmitted Infections: Self-testing ≠ self-collection. This editorial from AVAC’s Alison Footman and colleagues makes the case for precise & consistent language because clarity impacts policy, expectations, and access.
Read: sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
#STIs #SRHR #SelfTesting
Read: sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
#STIs #SRHR #SelfTesting
‘Self-testing’ versus ‘self-collection’: the critical role of consistent language in the field of STI diagnostics
Self-collection of specimens and self-testing for the detection of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are important tools that play a vital role in the prevention, detection and treatment of these...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New in Sexually Transmitted Infections: Self-testing ≠ self-collection. This editorial from AVAC’s Alison Footman and colleagues makes the case for precise & consistent language because clarity impacts policy, expectations, and access.
Read: sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
#STIs #SRHR #SelfTesting
Read: sti.bmj.com/content/earl...
#STIs #SRHR #SelfTesting
Just out in @thelancet.com: an important new series on innovations in #SRH. From new contraceptive R&D to cost effectiveness of interventions, the series highlights the need for improving SRH.
Read: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
And join the launch event: avac.org/event/innova...
#STI #HIV
Read: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
And join the launch event: avac.org/event/innova...
#STI #HIV
October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Just out in @thelancet.com: an important new series on innovations in #SRH. From new contraceptive R&D to cost effectiveness of interventions, the series highlights the need for improving SRH.
Read: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
And join the launch event: avac.org/event/innova...
#STI #HIV
Read: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
And join the launch event: avac.org/event/innova...
#STI #HIV
Building a sustainable market for #LEN for #PrEP is a top priority for the HIV response right now. Get details & resources on this and other critical issues at buff.ly/NP7L0Gj
Transforming HIV Prevention in 2025
Enormous changes are underway in HIV prevention and across global health. Global advocates know that we play an indispensable role as these changes take shape. It’s our work to vigilantly track new…
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Building a sustainable market for #LEN for #PrEP is a top priority for the HIV response right now. Get details & resources on this and other critical issues at buff.ly/NP7L0Gj
Today’s webinar, Do Not Check That Box – Impacts From the Assault on Transgender Communities and DEI + Strategies to Sustain and Rebuild, hosted by the Choice Agenda, assessed the devastating impact from US presidential executive orders. asaradix.bsky.social jncherabiemd.bsky.social
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October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today’s webinar, Do Not Check That Box – Impacts From the Assault on Transgender Communities and DEI + Strategies to Sustain and Rebuild, hosted by the Choice Agenda, assessed the devastating impact from US presidential executive orders. asaradix.bsky.social jncherabiemd.bsky.social
Webinar happening now! Do Not Check That Box – Impacts From the Assault on Transgender Communities and DEI + Strategies to Sustain and Rebuild. Hosted by The Choice Agenda. Register here avac-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Webinar happening now! Do Not Check That Box – Impacts From the Assault on Transgender Communities and DEI + Strategies to Sustain and Rebuild. Hosted by The Choice Agenda. Register here avac-org.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#LEN for #PrEP is moving faster toward rollout than any previous #PrEP product, but so much still needs to happen: such as aligning global funders and nailing down price. Speeding access to #LEN is a critical priority for the field, learn more at avac.org/lenacapvir
Lenacapavir
In 2024, Gilead Sciences released findings from the PURPOSE 1 and PURPOSE 2 trials testing lenacapavir (LEN) as HIV prevention. The PURPOSE 1 trial found 100% efficacy in preventing HIV in 5,300…
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October 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#LEN for #PrEP is moving faster toward rollout than any previous #PrEP product, but so much still needs to happen: such as aligning global funders and nailing down price. Speeding access to #LEN is a critical priority for the field, learn more at avac.org/lenacapvir
October 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📣 Don't miss two important conversations Wednesday:
🔹 Beyond Borders: A webinar spotlighting STI & HIV research from voices often excluded due to financial or political barriers.
🔹 Do Not Check That Box: A convo on the impacts of the Assault on Transgender Communities
👉 Register: buff.ly/RncZaKC
🔹 Beyond Borders: A webinar spotlighting STI & HIV research from voices often excluded due to financial or political barriers.
🔹 Do Not Check That Box: A convo on the impacts of the Assault on Transgender Communities
👉 Register: buff.ly/RncZaKC
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
📣 Don't miss two important conversations Wednesday:
🔹 Beyond Borders: A webinar spotlighting STI & HIV research from voices often excluded due to financial or political barriers.
🔹 Do Not Check That Box: A convo on the impacts of the Assault on Transgender Communities
👉 Register: buff.ly/RncZaKC
🔹 Beyond Borders: A webinar spotlighting STI & HIV research from voices often excluded due to financial or political barriers.
🔹 Do Not Check That Box: A convo on the impacts of the Assault on Transgender Communities
👉 Register: buff.ly/RncZaKC
South Africa’s regulators just approved #LEN for #PrEP, the fastest Africa approval of #PrEP ever. More approvals are pending in KE, MW, ZM & ZW. It's great progress, but critical steps still remain to translate this option into a real choice. Track long-acting #PrEP rollout at buff.ly/SWsEa9M
Long-Acting PrEP Status Update - PrEPWatch
Updated as of October 2025
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October 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
South Africa’s regulators just approved #LEN for #PrEP, the fastest Africa approval of #PrEP ever. More approvals are pending in KE, MW, ZM & ZW. It's great progress, but critical steps still remain to translate this option into a real choice. Track long-acting #PrEP rollout at buff.ly/SWsEa9M
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AVAC: Transforming HIV Prevention in 2025: Advocates’ Critical Questions
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October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
AVAC: Transforming HIV Prevention in 2025: Advocates’ Critical Questions
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