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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
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-...
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
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...
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
❗❗New issue of #globalhealthwatch is out covering development finance, the real-time impact of #foreignaid cuts + new #PrEP resources to track PrEP access, pricing and the pipeline.
Read here: avac.org/blog/global-...
Read here: avac.org/blog/global-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
❗❗New issue of #globalhealthwatch is out covering development finance, the real-time impact of #foreignaid cuts + new #PrEP resources to track PrEP access, pricing and the pipeline.
Read here: avac.org/blog/global-...
Read here: avac.org/blog/global-...
foreignpolicy.com's podcast today explores "The Promise of PrEP for HIV" (esp lenacapavir), featuring AVAC partners Kenneth Mwehonge of HEPS Uganda+Flavia Latovu Kiweewa of MU-JHU @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social+Wafaa El-Sadr @icapcolumbia.bsky.social. Listen here: foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/the...
October 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
foreignpolicy.com's podcast today explores "The Promise of PrEP for HIV" (esp lenacapavir), featuring AVAC partners Kenneth Mwehonge of HEPS Uganda+Flavia Latovu Kiweewa of MU-JHU @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social+Wafaa El-Sadr @icapcolumbia.bsky.social. Listen here: foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/the...
Generic #lenacapavir (LEN) for #PrEP could become available in 2027 in up to 120 countries. Track the rollout of long-acting #HIVPrEP at www.prepwatch.org/long-acting-...
#PxWire #HIVprevention
#PxWire #HIVprevention
October 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Generic #lenacapavir (LEN) for #PrEP could become available in 2027 in up to 120 countries. Track the rollout of long-acting #HIVPrEP at www.prepwatch.org/long-acting-...
#PxWire #HIVprevention
#PxWire #HIVprevention
Delivery of #lenacapavir (LEN) for #HIVPrEP could start in early adopter countries in Q1 of 2026. Find a deep dive on LEN at avac.org/lenacapavir/.
#PrEP #HIVprevention
#PrEP #HIVprevention
October 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Delivery of #lenacapavir (LEN) for #HIVPrEP could start in early adopter countries in Q1 of 2026. Find a deep dive on LEN at avac.org/lenacapavir/.
#PrEP #HIVprevention
#PrEP #HIVprevention
16 countries are rolling out CAB for #PrEP. Get all the details at avac.org/pxwire/.
#HIVprevention #HIV
#HIVprevention #HIV
October 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
16 countries are rolling out CAB for #PrEP. Get all the details at avac.org/pxwire/.
#HIVprevention #HIV
#HIVprevention #HIV
Our new #PxWire issue is out! It tracks funders & countries rolling out new #PrEP products; compares their prices; and shows sites launching the 1xmonth pill.
Read it all here: avac.org/pxwire/
@eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @ciffchild.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @unitaid.bsky.social
Read it all here: avac.org/pxwire/
@eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @ciffchild.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @unitaid.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our new #PxWire issue is out! It tracks funders & countries rolling out new #PrEP products; compares their prices; and shows sites launching the 1xmonth pill.
Read it all here: avac.org/pxwire/
@eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @ciffchild.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @unitaid.bsky.social
Read it all here: avac.org/pxwire/
@eltonjohnaidsfoundation.org @ciffchild.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social @unitaid.bsky.social
So excited for the screening of Ending HIV: The Journey to a Vaccine, an award winner at the #RawScience2025 film festival in NYC on Sat. The documentary tells the story of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network’s trailblazing research on HIV vaccines. Learn more at
buff.ly/12nc1SJ
buff.ly/12nc1SJ
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
So excited for the screening of Ending HIV: The Journey to a Vaccine, an award winner at the #RawScience2025 film festival in NYC on Sat. The documentary tells the story of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network’s trailblazing research on HIV vaccines. Learn more at
buff.ly/12nc1SJ
buff.ly/12nc1SJ
Our #STI civil society partners in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Uganda & Zimbabwe are helping to reshape the STI R&D and diagnostics agenda in East and Southern Africa.
🔗 Read how ➡️ www.stiwatch.org/moving-the-s...
#STIAdvocacy #STIWatch #HIVprevention #GlobalHealth
🔗 Read how ➡️ www.stiwatch.org/moving-the-s...
#STIAdvocacy #STIWatch #HIVprevention #GlobalHealth
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Our #STI civil society partners in Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, Uganda & Zimbabwe are helping to reshape the STI R&D and diagnostics agenda in East and Southern Africa.
🔗 Read how ➡️ www.stiwatch.org/moving-the-s...
#STIAdvocacy #STIWatch #HIVprevention #GlobalHealth
🔗 Read how ➡️ www.stiwatch.org/moving-the-s...
#STIAdvocacy #STIWatch #HIVprevention #GlobalHealth
Don't miss this webinar! Join @avac_org, @isstdr, @iusti_org & the @sti-hiv-2025 team for a powerful webinar spotlighting researchers excluded from the #STIHIV2025 due to financial/political barriers.Ppresenters will share findings & chart what’s next for the field.
#STIs #HIVprevention
#STIs #HIVprevention
October 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Don't miss this webinar! Join @avac_org, @isstdr, @iusti_org & the @sti-hiv-2025 team for a powerful webinar spotlighting researchers excluded from the #STIHIV2025 due to financial/political barriers.Ppresenters will share findings & chart what’s next for the field.
#STIs #HIVprevention
#STIs #HIVprevention
#GlobalHealth leaders call for consolidation; chaos across US health agencies with layoffs and reinstatements; a donor retracts from US non-profits, all this & more in today's issue of #GlobalHealthWatch buff.ly/nDzW9oY
October 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
#GlobalHealth leaders call for consolidation; chaos across US health agencies with layoffs and reinstatements; a donor retracts from US non-profits, all this & more in today's issue of #GlobalHealthWatch buff.ly/nDzW9oY
An important interview with the brilliant Yvette Raphael
of @aphaza.bsky.social on #lenacapavir for #HIVprevention and #PrEP in this moment.
"...it will help the country [South Africa] to avert many HIV infections if we roll it out correctly."
▶️ Watch the full interview:
youtu.be/HNXmMgE6WA8?...
of @aphaza.bsky.social on #lenacapavir for #HIVprevention and #PrEP in this moment.
"...it will help the country [South Africa] to avert many HIV infections if we roll it out correctly."
▶️ Watch the full interview:
youtu.be/HNXmMgE6WA8?...
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
An important interview with the brilliant Yvette Raphael
of @aphaza.bsky.social on #lenacapavir for #HIVprevention and #PrEP in this moment.
"...it will help the country [South Africa] to avert many HIV infections if we roll it out correctly."
▶️ Watch the full interview:
youtu.be/HNXmMgE6WA8?...
of @aphaza.bsky.social on #lenacapavir for #HIVprevention and #PrEP in this moment.
"...it will help the country [South Africa] to avert many HIV infections if we roll it out correctly."
▶️ Watch the full interview:
youtu.be/HNXmMgE6WA8?...
October 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As the US gov’t shutdown drags on, #globalhealth hangs in the balance. But amid the chaos, a bright spot: WHO has prequalified injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP, fast-tracking its access. Read more in this week’s #GlobalHealthWatch.
🔗 avac.org/blog/global-...
🔗 avac.org/blog/global-...
October 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
As the US gov’t shutdown drags on, #globalhealth hangs in the balance. But amid the chaos, a bright spot: WHO has prequalified injectable #lenacapavir for #PrEP, fast-tracking its access. Read more in this week’s #GlobalHealthWatch.
🔗 avac.org/blog/global-...
🔗 avac.org/blog/global-...
Thanks @politico.com's Cheyanne Daniels, @egpaf.bsky.social's Catherine Connor, Elisha Dunn-Georgiou & our own Mitchell Warren for
for today's discussion, “Reimagining #GlobalHealth Partnership in the Post-USAID Era at #MarComSummit.
It's about trust, prioritization and protecting progress.
for today's discussion, “Reimagining #GlobalHealth Partnership in the Post-USAID Era at #MarComSummit.
It's about trust, prioritization and protecting progress.
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Thanks @politico.com's Cheyanne Daniels, @egpaf.bsky.social's Catherine Connor, Elisha Dunn-Georgiou & our own Mitchell Warren for
for today's discussion, “Reimagining #GlobalHealth Partnership in the Post-USAID Era at #MarComSummit.
It's about trust, prioritization and protecting progress.
for today's discussion, “Reimagining #GlobalHealth Partnership in the Post-USAID Era at #MarComSummit.
It's about trust, prioritization and protecting progress.
"Not even a week after @amjpublichealth.bsky.social published our paper, Addressing #Transgender Erasure in #HIV Clinical Trials, the US #NIH moved to prohibit scientists from collecting data abt gender," write Brian Minalga and Cindra Fuerer.
📖 Read:
avac.org/blog/inclusi...
📖 Read:
avac.org/blog/inclusi...
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Not even a week after @amjpublichealth.bsky.social published our paper, Addressing #Transgender Erasure in #HIV Clinical Trials, the US #NIH moved to prohibit scientists from collecting data abt gender," write Brian Minalga and Cindra Fuerer.
📖 Read:
avac.org/blog/inclusi...
📖 Read:
avac.org/blog/inclusi...
Compare all the choices among approved #HIV #PrEP choices today,
avac.org/resource/inf...
#HIVprevention #lenacapavir #LEN
avac.org/resource/inf...
#HIVprevention #lenacapavir #LEN
October 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Compare all the choices among approved #HIV #PrEP choices today,
avac.org/resource/inf...
#HIVprevention #lenacapavir #LEN
avac.org/resource/inf...
#HIVprevention #lenacapavir #LEN
October 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Compare the annual price of #HIV #PrEP products, avac.org/resource/inf...
#HIvprevention #LEN #lenacapavir
#HIvprevention #LEN #lenacapavir
October 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Compare the annual price of #HIV #PrEP products, avac.org/resource/inf...
#HIvprevention #LEN #lenacapavir
#HIvprevention #LEN #lenacapavir
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October 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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