As the global economic crisis takes an increasingly steep toll on access to HIV/AIDS drugs in the developing world, the new head of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, floated an innovative solution—calling for Africa to develop its own generic manufacturing capacity for antiretroviral drugs. Sidibe said such a move would increase access to ARVs, while also developing […]
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) are conducting a search for a director to lead their new TB and HIV research center in Durban, South Africa. The director will oversee the development and implementation of the Center’s research plan, lead efforts to obtain research funding, and establish a […]
HIV
Leader Needed to Fight Another Pandemic: HIV – While the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted HIV services worldwide, the office of U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator has remained […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
By Mitchell Warren, executive director, AVAC In February 2020, just as the COVID pandemic began its rapid global spread, a major HIV vaccine trial called HVTN […]
Policy
By Karen Carvajal, M.D. Over the course of human history we have come a long way in our fight against the threat of infectious diseases and, […]