🥳Robert Carr Fund opens Request for Proposals for funding 2025-2027!
Are you community-led or civil society global or regional network in #HIV response?
Apply for core, long-term and flexible funding!
Read about application procedure: bit.ly/4b42aao

#CommunitiesFirst

Countries and communities are exploring how to sustain the response to HIV despite big debt burdens and a major deficit in international aid.
This companion guide to sustainability roadmaps also explores ways to transform the response to do more with less.
unaids.org/en/resources/p…

Women live longer but often in poor health, with low back pain, depression, headaches, anxiety, bone and muscle disorders, dementia and HIV and AIDS. Men suffer more premature deaths from cardiovascular, respiratory and liver diseases, and road injuries.
thelancet.com/journals/lanpu…

The stigma that surrounds HIV persists. Hate crimes, politically-sanctioned exclusion & punishment, and social marginalisation are barriers that keep people from accessing the care they desperately need. The Rocket Fund is working to stamp out stigma: bit.ly/44g05Fy

UNAIDS is deeply concerned about Iraq's new legislation criminalizing LGBTQ+ people. Such laws violate fundamental human rights and undermine efforts to #endAIDS by driving marginalized communities away from vital health services.
Press statement: unaids.org/en/resources/p…

This story rings true: substitute the term 'consumer' and you see much that's wrong with modern commerce.
By limiting our language we fail to harness the potential of people to collaborate and create, even improving our outputs.
technologyreview.com/2024/04/19/109…
Taylor Majewski

'determined activism' indeed needed for social progress, so it's only right we recognise how far many have come, while leaving no one behind.

Watch this five-minute video to hear inspiring stories from our safe housing programme.
Hear from a lesbian from Pakistan, a gay man from Russia, a trans woman from Brazil and a gay man from Kyrgyzstan. They have all stayed/are staying in our safe houses🌈
youtu.be/P_JELhXTHiI

Tit for tat, an eye for an eye: it might make the aggrieved feel better for a moment, but only till next time. We're overdue for a solution – without violence.
foxnews.com/world/israel-s…

Presented for UNAIDS at the Heads of Health mtng on the Pacific Regional Impact of the #HIV epidemic in Fiji due to vulnerabilities, emerging trends & interconnection -a regional hiv epidemic could be a reality if this window of opportunity to protect countries is not seized.1/2

Young people’s contribution to ending AIDS is invaluable, and all partners must recognise and support the role that youth and youth-led networks play in the HIV response.

According to UNAIDS, inequalities faced by key populations, those most affected by HIV, prevent us from…

'without meaningful debt relief, countries from sub-Saharan Africa to the Caribbean will continue to go backwards, haemorrhaging the cash they need to fund social services and combat the climate emergency' - says The Guardian editorial: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Nestle really seems determined to be on the wrong side of history.
Putting sugar in infant formula, but only in poorer countries? theguardian.com/global-develop…

These lines for a London medical clinic remind me of South Africa, where people can wait 3-6 hours for a consultation (see ritshidze.org.za/ritshidze-surv…).

Living with HIV and noncommunicable diseases? Share your story with the NCD Alliance for a publication ahead of #AIDS2024 .
Your voice matters! Submit by May 25: tinyurl.com/OurViewsOurVoi…

#HIVNCDIntegration #ShareYourStory #PositiveChange

#Trans people, particularly trans women, continue to experience:
❌Violence
❌Exclusion
❌Phobia and hate
❌Discrimination
❌Harassment

On #Trans VisibilityDay, join us in advocating for every person's right to live as their true self!

#Trans Visibility UN Free & Equal UN Human Rights

6 of the nations with the world's highest #TB burden are in #Asia :

Bangladesh🇧🇩
China🇨🇳
India🇮🇳
Indonesia🇮🇩
Pakistan🇵🇰
Philippines🇵🇭

In 2022, 1 of 5 TB-HIV co-infections were in #Asia Pacific

TB & #HIV programs must be fully integrated🤝

#WorldTBDay24 #WTBD2024 #YesWecanendTB

Community-led services are critical to reach #transgender people with #HIV prevention, testing, treatment and care services.

#TDOV #TransgenderDayofVisibility #TDOV 2024

Tomorrow is the day! Stay tuned with us for updates on an insightful public discussion on strengthening protection for key populations and people living with HIV, ensuring their basic rights. Don't miss out!

#ZeroDiscrimination #IWD2024 #transdayofvisibility

Myth busted💥: STIs were on the rise BEFORE #PrEP .

When we offer PrEP, we attract hidden populations with very high STI risk.

PrEP programs are a gateway for key populations to access sexual health services- Jason Ong