Author: UNDP Published by: UNDP Year: 2015 Type of Document: Technical guidelines Description: This Checklist has been developed to strengthen the attention paid to gender in the implementation of programmes supported by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,...
2020 Global AIDS Update ā ā Seizing the moment ā ā Tackling entrenched inequalities to end epidemics
Author: UNAIDS Published by: UNAIDS Year: 2020 Type of Document: Summary Description: UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course. Missed...
Latina Forum and Trans Conference within the AIDS 2020 framework
Hundreds of activists, health professionals and researchers participated in the Latina Forum on HIV and the Trans Conference between June 30th and July 3rd, two pre-conferences organized by the Fundación Huesped (Host Foundation) within the framework of...
Guide to improve the participation of people with disabilities in Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB, and Malaria Processes in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author: LAC Platform Published by: LAC Platform Year: 2020 Type of Document: Guide Description: This guide responds to a request from people with disabilities (PWD) participating in Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GF) related settings in Latin...
Breakthrough: microbe found to block the transmission of malaria
Source: https://theconversation.com Malaria has been a terrible human disease from before the neolithic period up to present day. It has likely caused more human deaths than any other infectious agent. If realised, malaria eradication could be amongst...
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on key populations
Source: https://www.unaids.org 04 JUNE 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone, including key populations at higher risk of HIV. And the gains made against other infectious diseases, including HIV, are at risk of being reversed as a result of disruptions...
UNAIDS saddened by the death of social justice activist Renate Koch
Source: https://www.unaids.org GENEVA, 7 July 2020āUNAIDS is deeply saddened by the death of Renate Koch, a campaigning pioneer for social justice, feminism and equal rights. Originally from Germany, she made the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela her home. Together...
Mobilizing COVID-19 relief for transgender sex workers in Guyana and Suriname
Source: https://www.unaids.org 02 JUNE 2020 Twinkle Paule, a transgender activist, migrated from Guyana to the United States of America two years ago. As the COVID-19 crisis deepened, she thought of her āsistersā back home and in neighbouring Suriname. For many of...
Stop TB Partnership and Johnson & Johnson, with support fromUSAID and The Global Fund, Announce Price Reduction for bedaquiline for Treatment of DR-TB in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Source: http://www.stoptb.org Joint efforts aim to accelerate scale-up of WHO-recommended all-oral treatment regimens ā a transition urgently needed to help protect the health of people with drug resistant-tuberculosis who are particularly vulnerable during COVID-19...
Continued availability and affordability of life-saving tools critical to avoid doubling of malaria deaths this year and win global fight against the disease
Source: https://endmalaria.org Geneva, 19 June 2020 ā In conjunction with the annual Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Suppliers Forum convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, the RBM Partnership to End Malaria is calling on governments, manufacturers...
UNAIDS report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that 2020 targets will not be met because of deeply unequal success; COVID-19 risks blowing HIV progress way off course
Source: https://www.unaids.org Missed targets have resulted in 3.5 million more HIV infections and 820 000 more AIDS-related deaths since 2015 than if the world was on track to meet the 2020 targets. In addition, the response could be set back further, by 10 years or...
āThe TRP is still reviewing a number of gender-blind funding requestsā
Author:Ā Aidspan Team | 24 Jun 2020 Source: https://www.aidspan.org/ Gender mainstreaming is still too timid in funding requests, jeopardizing the impact of Global Fund investments The country dialogue process and the preparation of funding requests is either underway...











