News by topic

Search through all our worldwide HIV and AIDS news and features, using the topics below to filter your results by subjects including HIV treatment, transmission and prevention, and hepatitis and TB co-infections.

People and personal stories news

Show

From To
People and personal stories
Douglas Crimp, Scholar, Curator and Art World Disrupter, Dies at 74

Douglas Crimp, a groundbreaking art scholar, curator, writer, editor, educator and AIDS activist who challenged the field of art history by insisting on seeing it in a social context, died on July 5 at his home in Manhattan. He was 74.

Published
17 July 2019
From
New York Times
History of HIV and AIDS
The Beautiful Uncertainty of Douglas Crimp

Masha Gessen mourns critic, curator, and art historian Douglas Crimp as a prominent voice in AIDS activism by way of two classic Crimp essays: “How to Have Promiscuity in an Epidemic” and “Mourning and Militancy.”

Published
17 July 2019
From
New Yorker
Harm reduction
“Marseilles Bears a Heavy Stigma of Drug Trafficking and Use” – An Interview with Beatrice Stambul

The city of Marseilles decided to open its first drug consumption room. Read our interview with Beatrice Strambul, who has been in the forefront of the harm reduction movement in France since the 1990s.

Published
15 July 2019
From
Drug Reporter
People and personal stories
Professor Chloe Orkin: Chair of the British HIV Association

Alice talks to Professor Chloe Orkin, Chair of the British HIV Association, and a medical activist committed to the U=U campaign.

Published
15 July 2019
From
Audioboom / The Dorothy Project
Global health initiatives
Meet the UNAIDS leadership contenders

Opinions vary on who should take the top job from a diverse shortlist that includes former politicians, medical scientists, and an NGO leader.

Published
11 July 2019
From
Devex
Global health initiatives
Who should lead UNAIDS?

Richard Horton: Who is best qualified to lead an organisation—UNAIDS— that has not only suffered severe reputational loss, but also faces threats to its continuing existence?

Published
07 July 2019
From
The Lancet
Support issues for children and young people
'My mother died without telling me I had HIV'

Some parents in Kenya take the secret of their HIV status to their graves, leaving their children ignorant and unwell.

Published
04 July 2019
From
BBC News
Cancer
Rising Above: People living with HIV are also facing cancer as they age

As a long-term survivor living with HIV, Sean McKenna has faced numerous battles, including two episodes of skin cancer and several bouts of anal precancer. Jill Cadman, another long-timer, is living with HIV and Stage IV colon cancer. And they are not alone.

Published
02 July 2019
From
POZ
Global health initiatives
Who should be the new head of UNAIDS?

We have asked various experts and members of the AIDS community from around the world about their views on the five candidates. We have by no means conducted a scientific survey, but we have at least some sense of sentiment in the AIDS community.

Published
01 July 2019
From
Spotlight
Global health initiatives
Five candidates in the running to head UNAIDS after Sidibé

A shortlist of five candidates—including four people from Africa—are in the race to become Executive Director of the UN agency. Behind the scenes, lobbying is expected to intensify, including from the global AIDS community, donor countries, and countries with a high prevalence of people living with HIV, senior UN officials and ambassadors told The Lancet.

Published
01 July 2019
From
The Lancet (free registration required)
← First12345...60Next →

Filter by country

Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
close

This content was checked for accuracy at the time it was written. It may have been superseded by more recent developments. NAM recommends checking whether this is the most current information when making decisions that may affect your health.

NAM’s information is intended to support, rather than replace, consultation with a healthcare professional. Talk to your doctor or another member of your healthcare team for advice tailored to your situation.