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LEARN MENA is the first study on the linkages between violence against women and HIV in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to be led by, with, and for women living with, and at high risk of,...

Zimbabwe is also making steady progress in reducing new HIV infections and has also taken the lead in Africa and beyond, by galvanising political commitment to HIV prevention. Again, civil society...

In Ukraine the government is also failing to prioritise tackling harmful laws and policies, which make it difficult for key populations to access HIV services. Such inaction comes at a critical time...

In Uganda there are concerns that recent gains could quickly be reversed. However, the government has taken welcome steps, including launching the Presidential Fast Track Initiative, initiating new...

In Nigeria, a country with one of the highest rates of new HIV infections in Africa, controlling the epidemic requires concerted action from government, donors and civil society. While some large...

In Malawi there have also been delays developing the new national HIV prevention strategy. The country has made some significant progress, particularly around the development of new service packages...

In India the report found that community-led programmes for MSM, transgender people, drug users and migrants are not being adequately funded and taken to scale. In addition to this, significant...

In Uganda, if you have children or not, being gay can get you killed. Four years ago, Matofu and his son had to flee for their lives.* After a long, harrowing journey for Matofu and ten-year-old...

This guide is one of a series of good practice guides, and contains information, strategies and resources to help HIV programmers identify and meet the needs of women and girls in all their...

Adolescent girls and young women, women living with HIV and women from populations most affected by HIV face significant barriers accessing comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights...

BY LAURA MUNDY Laura Mundy is an advisor for communications at the Alliance. Home to one million people, Khayelitsha is the second largest township in South Africa. In a country where 18.9% of adults...

Introduction The International HIV/AIDS Alliance’s theory of change sets out the difference we want to see in the world, and defines the logical sequence of changes we believe are needed to achieve...

BY GEORGINA CASWELL, LUISA ORZA Luisa Orza is the Alliance's Lead: HIV Technical (SRHR) & Georgina Caswell is the Alliance's Lead: Programmes This week, a Journal of Adolescent Health supplement...

BY LEILA ZADEH Leila Zadeh is the Alliance's Senior Advisor: Policy and Government Affairs Donor governments, implementing countries, private sector and civil society partners from around the world...

Bangladesh remains a low HIV prevalence country. A total of 3,674 cases of HIV have been registered, however, the estimated number of people living with HIV is around 9,500. Social and economic...

1.1 Background The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was set up in 2002 as an international financing mechanism intended to advance the fight against the three diseases by...

SHARP strategies for outreach success in high-risk environments INCLUSIVE SOCIETIES A sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) programme in Kenya and Uganda exceeded its target reach of men...

Introduction: human rights and HIV, an undeniable link After several decades of responding to the HIV epidemic, few dispute the fact that human rights matter. From the 1990s onwards the global HIV...

In 2015 we had a significant impact on reducing the effects of HIV epidemics worldwide. Our successes include: 1.3 million HIV prevention services provided to people most at risk from HIV. A 30%...

The fourth United Nations High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS has set back the global fight against the AIDS epidemic and left the world’s most at-risk groups facing a future of further stigma and...