UNAIDS 2025 Global Update reveals deepening global funding gaps, service disruptions in high-burden countries like Nigeria and Mozambique, and calls for urgent…
Secret HIV Drug Pricing Sparks Outrage: Activists Slam Gilead’s Lenacapavir Deal with Global Fund
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…Gilead and Global Fund face backlash over undisclosed pricing of HIV prevention injection as critics warn of dangerous precedent for transparency, access,…
Population Council Secures HIV Prevention Breakthrough for Adolescent Girls with Vaginal Ring Approval
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…European Medicines Agency expands dapivirine vaginal ring recommendation to include girls aged 16+, offering new hope for HIV prevention in sub-Saharan Africa….
By Bunmi Yekini Geneva, Switzerland – The 56th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) concluded this week amid deep concerns…
…Five-year programme aims to bolster community response, scale up gains By Bunmi Yekini The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has announced…
By Bunmi Yekini The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable that can prevent HIV infections for…
By Bunmi Yekini The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Thursday that it has approved the antiretroviral drug lenacapavir for use…
NIH to Pull Plug on Leading HIV Vaccine Consortia, Threatening Decades of Scientific Progress
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By Bunmi Yekini In a stunning blow to the global HIV research community, the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases…
By Bunmi Yekini Initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) within two years of contracting HIV significantly lowers the risk of viral blips, temporary increases…
Botswana Becomes First Country to Achieve Gold Tier Status in Eliminating Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
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By Bunmi Yekini Geneva – Botswana has become the first country in the world to achieve the prestigious gold tier status on…
