African rights groups urge pause to flawed convention on violence against women and girls

Rising attacks against health and gender rights are threatening the global AIDS response. No wonder  is  a special session on this issue hosted at the world's largest AIDS conference - the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) - was full to capacity. This session  put the spotlight on a recent #PauseForPurpose protest organised by a group of African feminists, survivors, women’s rights organisations and legal advocates around the Pan-African Parliament meet on 25th July 2026. This meet was for the African Union Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (AU CEVAWG). They were not there to reject continental action against violence against women and girls. They were there to demand better.

[video] Rising Anti-Rights and Anti-Gender Backlash: Threats to the Global AIDS Response

[video] Pause for Purpose: Analyse if Convention to End Violence Against Women and Girls is fit for purpose?

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Cuts to prevention and community-led services could spark HIV resurgence in Asia Pacific

Latest report of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) show that one-in-four people living with HIV worldwide who are not receiving the lifesaving antiretroviral treatment, are in Asia Pacific region. This report "United to end AIDS" was released on 27th July 2026 at the world's largest AIDS conference, the 26th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2026) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

World Hepatitis Day 2026: Political will, not just tools, will decide if we end viral hepatitis, TB and AIDS by 2030

As World Hepatitis Day falls on 28 July, the global health community confronts a stark reality: the science to eliminate viral hepatitis, HIV and related epidemics already exists. What remains missing is the political courage, sustained funding and integrated delivery systems to put those tools into the hands of the people who need them most.

54 months to end AIDS and TB: Communities say "Trust us to lead or miss the target"

From India to Eswatini, Kenya to Georgia, Nepal to South Africa, people living with HIV and TB survivors warn that slogans and declarations alone will not deliver the 2030 goals. Only real people-power, funding and partnership will.

SHE & Rights at AIDS 2026: Rising anti-rights and anti-gender backlash: Threats to the global AIDS response

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Science soars as politics retreats: Leaders demand reset ahead of AIDS 2026

The global HIV response has reached its most consequential crossroads in 45 years. HIV (and TB) science has never been stronger, but the political will has rarely been weaker, said Mitchell Warren. The arrival of powerful new prevention tools has collided with the most difficult political and economic environment the field has ever faced, creating both unprecedented opportunity and existential risk, he said.

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Community-led health services for HIV key populations: Thailand’s model offers a roadmap to equity and ending AIDS by 2030

As the world grapples with the final stretch toward the 2030 goal of ending AIDS as a public health threat, Thailand’s Key Population-Led Health Services (KPLHS) delivery model stands out as a beacon of innovation, equity, and proven impact.

Communities must be financed, not just celebrated, says UNAIDS' Eamonn Murphy ahead of AIDS 2026

As the global HIV response faces shrinking funding, increasing pressure on civil society, and growing attacks on human rights and gender equality, UNAIDS' Eamonn Murphy has called for communities to remain at the centre of the fight against HIV - not only in principle but also in policy, financing and governance.

Shobha Shukla to be at UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Human Rights of Older Persons for drafting of legally binding UN treaty

Hold the line: Fulfil the 2027 #EndTB commitments without shifting goalposts

Can we ever end tuberculosis (TB) - the deadliest infectious disease on Earth - without ensuring that every single person who takes an initial TB test receives a truly effective one? A test that accurately and rapidly detects active TB disease. A test that misses no one. Because finding TB early and accurately is not optional - it is the indispensable lynchpin, the non-negotiable gateway to the entire treatment and care pathway.

Rising above HIV diagnosis and turning pain into purpose

To this day 23 years-old Sneha (name changed to respect confidentiality) does not know with certainty how she got infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). No one else in her family carries the virus. The only plausible explanation she offers is that she got it through an infected injection needle in some healthcare setting.

Shobha Shukla to be at UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Human Rights of Older Persons for drafting of legally binding UN treaty

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[video] #AIDS2026: #RethinkRebuildRise: #PutPeopleFirst to deliver on #endAIDS and #endTB targets by 2030

[video] Lakshadweep Islands become tuberculosis free: preventing, finding and treating ALL TB made it #endTB

Why are we still not on track to end TB despite decades of scaling up TB services?

by Dr Tara Singh Bam

Over the past several decades, TB control programmes have made significant progress in expanding diagnosis and treatment services. Success has traditionally been measured by programme indicators, such as detecting 70% of estimated TB cases and successfully treating 85% of those diagnosed. Achieving these targets has rightly saved millions of lives.