IAS - the International AIDS Society

🇹🇬 The IAS Educational Fund meeting “Science, policy & communities: Together for an efficient HIV response in Togo” has begun!

🔬Scientists, policymakers & communities explore the latest science & strategies to strengthen #Togo’s #HIV response in today’s challenging funding context.


#IASEdFund

📢 Happening tomorrow & Thursday!

Join IAS & Institute of HIV Research and Innovation for the Virtual Symposium: Science & Communities in the #HIV Response in #SoutheastAsia.

⏰ 14:30–16:50 ICT / 09:30–11:50 CEST

📄 View the programme: t.co/RTo1VbHThc

✅ Register now: t.co/04e2iszext

Fiji's HIV cases surge due to bluetoothing, chemsex and needle-sharing The small South Pacific nation is facing one of the world's fastest growing HIV epidemics.

#Fiji’s significant rise in new #HIV acquisitions highlights the urgent need to expand harm reduction, prevention, testing and treatment services – and to address stigma that hinders access to care.

Read more via BBC News ⤵️

2025 IAS Person-Centred Care Advocacy Academy in Atlanta Discover how the International AIDS Society Person-Centred Care Advocacy Academy is strengthening HIV advocacy in the southern US. Through the Atlanta editio...

“It’s life-giving work”

In April, fellows from the southern US gathered in #Atlanta for the #IASPCC Advocacy Academy – tackling barriers, centering clients & empowering communities.

🎬 Recap: zurl.co/AHaN7

📍 Next academy in #Paris, 12–15 Oct: zurl.co/HM0Nz

Turning HIV’s power against itself may help target hidden virus — another step towards a cure Researchers used selected molecules to make human cells less tolerant of damage, so that reactivating hidden HIV becomes a clear trigger for cell death. While making cells more vulnerable to dying may sound counterintuitive, the strategy ensures that cells harbouring HIV are eliminated, removing the hidden virus they contain. This in turn means there potentially will be no viable virus left to re-do the spreading all over again in the absence of treatment.

"Turning #HIV’s power against itself may help target hidden virus — another step towards a cure" via @aidsmap.bsky.social

Our latest data presented at #IAS2025 tracks global policies harming migrants, students & workers living with #HIV.

Explore Positive Destinations www.positivedestinations.info/news/17928-g...

🌏 Join the IAS & the Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI) this Wednesday/Thursday for the Virtual Symposium: Science & Communities in the #HIV Response in #SoutheastAsia!

⏰ 14:30–16:50 ICT / 09:30–11:50 CEST, 8-9 October

📄 View programme: t.co/RTo1VbHThc

📲 Register: t.co/04e2iszext

Day 2 of the IAS Advocacy-for-Cure Academy started with a focus on how #HIV cure research intersects with populations & contexts.

Highlights include:
👶 Paediatric HIV cure research
👥 Diversity in HIV cure studies
♀️ The role of sex & gender in cure science

#IASCure @avac.org

After exploring viral reservoirs & immune responses, it’s time for the strategies breakout session at the IAS Advocacy-for-Cure Academy! 💡

Fellows & faculty team up to brainstorm ideas on advocacy strategies for #HIV cure research. Science & advocacy coming together!✨#IASCure

Bienvenue à Lomé 🇹🇬, where the IAS Advocacy-for-Cure Academy has kicked off its latest edition!

🔎 Over the next 3 days, fellows, scientists, healthcare professionals, faculty, advocates and partners from across Africa will engage in discussions around #HIV cure research and #advocacy. #IASCure

Online Learning – HIV Justice Academy

Discover the transformative power of #advocacy in addressing #HIV #criminalisation with the HIV Justice Academy’s free online course, featuring:

🌐 Global insights & info on HIV criminalisation

🫂 Powerful videos & testimonials

Start learning today! @hivjustice.net

Opinion | The Tax on Being a Girl

"President Trump’s cuts to humanitarian assistance abroad have hurt all kinds of people. But from what I see on the ground, those suffering the most are women and girls — and that will leave all of us, including men and boys, worse off." via @nytimes.com

✨ Highlights from #IAS2025 ✨

Check out key takeaways in the Rapporteur report-back and closing session. Our rapporteurs provided insights across all major tracks – followed by an inspirational closing session.

🎥 Watch this session on #IASPlus now:

zurl.co/dmdVs

The 2024 Me and My Healthcare Provider campaign recognized frontline healthcare workers who deliver quality HIV prevention, treatment and care and other serv... 2024 Me and My Healthcare Providers Champions – Türkiye

⚕️ The Me and My Healthcare Provider campaign (#MMHCP) recognizes #healthcare workers who deliver quality #HIV prevention, treatment and care services to key populations.

👥 Meet the 2024 MMHCP champions from #Türkiye!

🚀 Happening now: "From science to stories: Strategies for communicating #HIV science in changing funding landscapes”!

🎯 It's not too late to be a part of this critical conversation. Register & join our #webinar now!

🙋 How can we effectively communicate scientific evidence to drive continued investment in proven #HIV prevention & treatment?

⏰ Join our #webinar starting in just 1 hour and hear from leading experts! 👇

Meet the AI chatbot that’s talking to young South Africans about sex, HIV and self-harm - Bhekisisa Young women are contracting HIV faster than anyone else in South Africa, with about four out of every 10 new infections coming from just this group, even though they make up only about 8% of the total...

"Meet the #AI chatbot that’s talking to young #SouthAfricans about sex, #HIV and self-harm" via @bhekisisa.org

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From science to stories: Strategies for communicating HIV science in changing funding landscapes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email a... Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From science to stories: Strategies for communicating HIV science in changing funding landscapes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email a...

⏰ Webinar today at 14:00 CEST: “From science to stories: Strategies for communicating #HIV science in changing funding landscapes”!

👥 Featuring: Chris Beyrer, Mia Malan, Solange Baptiste, Nomathemba Chandiwana, Mumbi Chola, Brian Honermann, Lizzie Otaye, Nittaya Phanuphak & Veriano de Souza Terto.

🌐 Join us tomorrow at 14:00 CEST for our #webinar: “From science to stories: Strategies for communicating #HIV science in changing funding landscapes”!

Leading experts will explore how to share science in ways that inspire sustained investment in HIV prevention and treatment.

✅ Register now!

The #USG shutdown is now in effect, a significant consequence for all, including science, health, and human services. The #NIH released its contingency plans that includes a list of NIH activities that will not continue: www.hhs.gov/about/budget...

#researchmatters

🗓️ On #InternationalDayOfOlderPersons, we reflect on how far we’ve come.

With access to treatment & care, people living with #HIV are living long, healthy lives – a reality unimaginable decades ago.

📲 Explore resources on ageing with HIV on #IASPlus: plus.iasociety.org/search/resou...

‘Risks and opportunities’ in US global health strategy America-first global health strategy focuses on containing infectious disease outbreaks before they hit the US.

"Beatriz Grinsztejn, president of the International Aids Society, says the strategy raises major questions around US funding contributions, the future of #HIV prevention services, and whether donor countries can feasibly increase their health budgets enough to ensure continuity of care."

Addressing HIV in Indigenous populations: Challenges, progress and paths forward This webinar will explore the global Indigenous experience and its intersections with HIV.

🚀 #Webinar starting now: "Addressing #HIV in #Indigenous populations".

Interpretation in EN/FR/PT/ES.

✅ It's not too late to be part of this important conversation. Register and join now! #NDTR

Addressing HIV in Indigenous populations: Challenges, progress and paths forward This webinar will explore the global Indigenous experience and its intersections with HIV.

⏰ Just 1 hour to go until our webinar "Addressing #HIV in #Indigenous populations"!

Leading experts will share insights on the global Indigenous experience & its intersections with HIV.

Interpretation in EN/FR/PT/ES.

📲 Register now & join at 14:30 CEST! #NDTR
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📆 Just 2 days until our #webinar: “From science to stories: Strategies for communicating #HIV science in changing funding landscapes”!

Leading experts will explore how to share science in ways that inspire sustained investment in HIV prevention and treatment.

✅ Register now & join 2 October!

Republicans seek deep cuts to HIV prevention and treatment funding Cuts proposed by the Trump administration and House Republicans could drive up new HIV cases by more than 200,000 by 2030, one expert projects.

"Cuts proposed by the Trump administration and House Republicans could drive up new #HIV cases by more than 200,000 by 2030, one expert projects."

Addressing HIV in Indigenous populations: Challenges, progress and paths forward This webinar will explore the global Indigenous experience and its intersections with HIV.

🗓️ Join us today at 14:30 CEST for our webinar "Addressing #HIV in #Indigenous populations"!

➡️ Topics include: HIV vulnerability, traditional medicine, LGBTIQ+ barriers & indigenous-led research

🌎 Interpretation: EN/FR/PT/ES

✅ Register now! #NDTR

CIPHER Research Grant Programme 2025/2026

📣 Submissions close today (30 September) at 18:00 CEST!

Are you an early-stage investigator working on #paediatric or adolescent #HIV in a low- or middle-income country?

The CIPHER Research #Grant Programme offers up to USD 140,000 to lead your own research project!

✅ Learn more & apply today!

Addressing HIV in Indigenous populations: Challenges, progress and paths forward This webinar will explore the global Indigenous experience and its intersections with HIV.

🎯 Don't miss our webinar, "Addressing #HIV in #Indigenous populations", tomorrow (30 September) at 14:30 CEST!

This webinar will explore the global Indigenous experience & its intersections with HIV.

Interpretation available in EN/FR/PT/ES.

📲 Register now!