Dr Jirair Ratevosian
@jirairratevosian.bsky.social
Armenian American. Scientist. Public health influencer. AIDS advocate. Pracademic. Dog lover. Proudly 🏳️🌈
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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...
🎧 here: theworld.org/segments/202...
Twice-yearly HIV prevention drug to be offered at new, low cost - The World from PRX
An HIV prevention drug will be made available at a new, low cost in 120 low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027, according to an announcement yesterday. The move is being called a “once-in-a...
theworld.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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...
🎧 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-...
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-...
The HIV Movement Is Marching Forward—Again
IAS 2025 delivers a clear message: communities are the frontline, not the afterthought.
www.poz.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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-...
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-...
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@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.
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#AI4HIV #AI4Health
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#AI4HIV #AI4Health
AI in HIV Prevention Systems
An important commentary in The Lancet HIV, led by Commissioner Jirair Ratevosian, calls for urgent and ethical integration of AI into HIV prevention systems. Drawing from the insights of a recent c…
ai4hiv.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
@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
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
The Kigali Call to Action: Standing Together for the Global HIV Response
The Kigali Call to Action is a global rallying cry to protect hard-won progress in the fight against HIV. Launched during IAS 2025, it highlights urgent threats—funding cuts, political setbacks, and r...
actionnetwork.org
June 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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.
Authorization for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has expired.
PEPFAR's former acting chief of staff @jirairratevosian.bsky.social analyzes the ramifications for the global HIV/AIDS response and the key considerations for the program's future.
PEPFAR's former acting chief of staff @jirairratevosian.bsky.social analyzes the ramifications for the global HIV/AIDS response and the key considerations for the program's future.
PEPFAR Misses Reauthorization Deadline: What's Next for Global HIV Fight? | Think Global Health
The expiration of PEPFAR's authorization could mark a pivotal shift in the HIV/AIDS response
www.thinkglobalhealth.org
March 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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...
📊 Massive impact:
🔹 4.44 million people living with HIV
🔹 11.1% of the global HIV burden facing uncertainty
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Eight countries could run out of HIV treatments due to USAID cuts, WHO says
The Trump administration's decision to pause U.S. foreign aid has "substantially disrupted" supply of HIV treatments in eight countries, which could soon run out of these life-saving medicines, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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...
📊 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.
March 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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.
[PODCAST] The Trump administration has an aversion to funding HIV Prevention projects. Is prejudice behind it? @miamalan.bsky.social asks former Pepfar head of staff @jirairratevosian.bsky.social. bhekisisa.org/multimedia/p...
March 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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....
February 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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....
Reposted by Dr Jirair Ratevosian
"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....
A must read ▶️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"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....
A must read ▶️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Join us - Keith Haring’s Legacy in Today’s World: A Conversation About HIV Activism
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www.csis.org/events/keith...
Keith Haring’s Legacy in Today’s World: A Conversation About HIV Activism | CSIS Events
Jirair Ratevosian and Martha Sichone Cameron join Brad Gooch, author of Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, for a conversation about Haring's legacy and impact on HIV activism.
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February 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Join us - Keith Haring’s Legacy in Today’s World: A Conversation About HIV Activism
www.csis.org/events/keith...
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...
www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/12/u...
Uganda HIV clinics to close after USAID funding cuts
www.tortoisemedia.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I read this article this morning and had to ask myself—what year is this?
www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/12/u...
www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/12/u...
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New lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s freeze of foreign aid funding. www.citizen.org/news/nonprof...
Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration to Reverse Freeze on Foreign Aid Funding - Public Citizen
WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Public Citizen filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against…
www.citizen.org
February 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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.
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We can’t just weather this storm—we have to rise from it transformed.
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A Moment of Reckoning
Diary of a Foreign Aid Advocate Under Trump
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February 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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...
We can’t just weather this storm—we have to rise from it transformed.
ratevosian.substack.com/p/a-moment-o...
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“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
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@cohenjon.bsky.social @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @linda-gailb.bsky.social
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‘Madness’: Trump freeze on global HIV prevention efforts sparks disbelief, anger
After chaotic halt, PEPFAR’s global distribution of HIV treatments may be resuming but limits on using drugs to curb viral spread remain
www.science.org
February 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“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
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@cohenjon.bsky.social @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @linda-gailb.bsky.social
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We need to be clear-eyed about the real challenges ahead for PEPFAR. My views here.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
PEPFAR under review: what's at stake for PEPFAR's future
The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) faces a pivotal moment,
confronting one of its most challenging periods since its launch in 2003. The new
policy priorities of the administra...
www.thelancet.com
February 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
We need to be clear-eyed about the real challenges ahead for PEPFAR. My views here.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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.
February 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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"
February 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Raskin: "Musk is not the 4th branch of government"
Reposted by Dr Jirair Ratevosian
#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...
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Too little, too late: What a Pepfar waiver can’t do - Bhekisisa
On Saturday, the US state department issued details of who qualifies for a limited waiver during the Trump administration’s 90-day pause of foreign aid. The freeze has resulted in the temporary close ...
bhekisisa.org
February 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#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...
bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...
Members of Congress highlight illegal nature of USAID takeover.
February 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Members of Congress highlight illegal nature of USAID takeover.
Huge turn out in front of former USAID building.
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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.
January 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Trump Must Keep the US in the World Health Organization
The global institution is standing up to China and open to making America’s financial burden more equitable.
www.bloomberg.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Gordon Brown: The @who is standing up to #China and open to making America’s financial burden more equitable.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...