The Center for Global Health Policy & the HIV Medicine Association teamed up last week for a series of advocacy meetings on Capitol Hill, drawing attention to the domestic and global fight against HIV/AIDS. The meetings—featuring top HIV/AIDS doctors and researchers—come at a critical moment, with Congress set to make vital funding decisions about HIV/AIDS […]
Starting Wednesday, John Donnelly, a former reporter with the Boston Globe, will be live blogging in this space from the HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting. The conference will delve into the latest research and program innoviations on a gamut of topics–from male circumcision to HIV/TB co-infection to program planning amid the current economic uncertainty. Coming as Congress considers funding for […]
HIV
Thirty years ago this week Congress passed the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, named for the young man who stood up to stigma and […]
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
With 2018 data showing highest incidence acute flaccid myelitis since monitoring began, officials say awareness, recognition of rare life threatening condition will be crucial to early […]
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, […]