New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official

London, UK Reuters A new long-acting preventive HIV drug could reach the world’s poorest countries by the end of 2025 or early 2026, a global health official told Reuters on Tuesday. The ambition is to start deliveries of Gilead Sciences’ lenacapavir on that timeline, said Hui Yang, head of supply operations at the Global Fund […]
Essay: Five things you should know about the HIV epidemic

In an article first published on The Conversation, AIDS researchers NOMATHEMBA CHANDIWANA AND LINDA-GAIL BEKKER look at the state of play…
Global health fund says health, climate, conflict ‘triple whammy’ hits world’s poorest

London, UK Reuters Climate change and conflict risk overshadowing efforts to improve people’s health, when in reality the issues overlap, Peter Sands, head of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, said. He was speaking in London ahead of Thursday’s release of the Global Fund’s 2024 report covering its work last year, which […]
UK’s infected blood scandal could and should have been avoided, inquiry finds

London, UK Reuters An infected blood scandal in Britain was no accident but the fault of doctors and a succession of governments that led to 3,000 deaths and thousands more contracting hepatitis or HIV, a public inquiry reported on Monday. Inquiry chair Brian Langstaff said more than 30,000 people received infected blood and blood products […]
From the Field: Why an organisation founded to care for orphans no longer has a children’s home

VAUGHAN STANNARD, director of collaboration at Beautiful Gate South Africa, said the organisation’s aim now is to strengthen families to raise thriving children…
WHO warns of growing resistance to GSK’s HIV drug

Reuters The World Health Organization said on Tuesday resistance to GSK’s HIV drug dolutegravir has exceeded levels observed during its trials, citing observational and survey data received from a few countries. Resistance ranged from 3.9 per cent to 8.6 per cent and reached 19.6 per cent among people who have received and transitioned to a […]
AIDS can be ended by 2030 with investments in prevention and treatment, UN says

Geneva, Switzerland Reuters It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discriminatory laws, the United Nations said on Thursday. In 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. […]
Monkeypox outbreaks: How global organisations are mobilising faith networks to fight stigma

ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports on how faith leaders from across religions are working with the World Health Organization officials in combatting monkeypox outbreaks…
Saints of Past Ages: The Catholic saint who dedicated his life to a leprosy colony in Hawaii – and became an inspiration for HIV/AIDS care

In an article first published on The Conversation, MARK LAMBERT, a teaching fellow at University of Chicago Divinity School, looks at the life and mission of Father Damien and how he inspired those reaching out to people living with HIV and AIDS…
African faith leaders combat misleading theologies that promise cures for COVID-19

Nairobi, Kenya RNS When some African church pastors ordered their followers to eat grass or gulp petrol or even drink poison-laced water, their congregations have obeyed the instructions, thinking the practices would bring them closer to God. Many other pastors take their wellness advice a notch higher, claiming to heal conditions such as disability and […]