Global AIDS Policy Partnership

12/29/2025

Learn more in a recent article from Devex ➡️ https://ow.ly/5Ru950XQ5Jk

12/23/2025

The Global AIDS Policy Partnership wishes you and yours a warm and fulfilling holiday season.

12/11/2025

The Lancet's new "Series on Sustainable HIV Prevention in Africa" argues that epidemic control depends on shifting from fragmented, donor-led programmes to nationally led, integrated health systems. Find all six papers here: https://ow.ly/lVoE50XFStz

12/10/2025

In last week's episode of A Shot in the Arm Podcast, Emily Bass and Ben Plumley take stock of the current U.S. response to / and discuss the value of a multilateral approach to ending the epidemic.

Watch/listen here ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f12q2dIv7fk

In this special World AIDS Day episode, Emily Bass and Ben Plumley delve into the current and future state of the global AIDS response. Join them as they dis...

12/09/2025

In a recent interview with Devex, Dr. Doris Macharia reflects on her first eight months as the president of Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

She discusses navigating a difficult funding environment, making tough decisions, staying mission-focused, and more ➡️

Dr. Doris Macharia took over as the head of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation amid widespread disruptions to HIV funding. Her response has been to double down on the core mission of the organization.

12/08/2025

ICYMI: On , AVAC's Mitchell Warren joined CAPRISA’s Slim Abdool Karim on South Africa's eNCA evening newscast to discuss the need to bolster and treatment.

Warren shared, "We should be thinking about making the smartest, most strategic decisions to prevent infections as rapidly as we can and to make sure that everybody that is living with HIV has access to anti-retrovirals."

Watch here: https://ow.ly/40ui50XFR0a

The government faces decisions on how to maintain progress in the national HIV, AIDS, and TB response.

12/04/2025

Sub-Saharan Africa has seen a 56% reduction in new HIV infections since 2010. But 80% of prevention comes from external sources, which are now cutting funding. We cannot without investing in prevention. Don’t let our progress disappear overnight.

12/04/2025

In January, programs protecting 6.6 million orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and their caregivers were dismantled. As of , millions of children remain at great risk for malnutrition, disease, abuse, and s*x trafficking. To maintain significant progress in the fight to end HIV/AIDS, we must and restore programs.

12/03/2025

HIV prevention services are being defunded, even as serious inequities persist in the fight to :
➡️ 12% of all AIDS-related deaths in 2024 were among children, though they account for only 3% of all people living with HIV
➡️ 58% of the new HIV cases in 2024 were among adolescent girls and young women
➡️ Men living with HIV are less likely to be on treatment (73%) than women (83%)

We cannot end AIDS while leaving anyone behind. Targeted, funded programs save lives across all communities.

12/03/2025

In 2025, HIV funding losses have already:
❌ Cut PrEP programs
❌ Ended condom distribution
❌ Defunded stigma reduction
❌ Paused voluntary medical male circumcision

This is what happens when prevention isn’t a priority. Key populations need comprehensive prevention — and that requires dedicated funding.

12/02/2025

Until HIV/AIDS is no longer an epidemic anywhere, it is a risk everywhere. Every new infection allows the virus to evolve, evade, and spread. Prevention isn't charity — it's global health security. now or pay more later.