[World AIDS Day Webinar] More needs to be done alongwith 90-90-90 to #endAIDS!

[Webinar recording] [Podcast] 193 governments have committed to end AIDS by 2030 (Sustainable Development Goals - SDGs), which aspires to eliminate transmission of HIV and healthy and productive normal lifespans for all people living with HIV (PLHIV). We must ensure that all PLHIVs know their status, all of them receive antiretroviral therapy (ART) and remain virally supressed (irresepective of where they reside), and no further transmission of HIV takes place, thereby making Undetectable = Untransmissible (U=U) a reality!

Paid leave for domestic violence survivors can help break the cycle of violence against women

Shobha Shukla, CNS (Citizen News Service)

[हिंदी]To mark the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) and 16 Days of Activism (25 November to 10 December), public sector unions launched a campaign to demand paid leave for all survivors of domestic violence. This is a part of efforts to strengthen labour laws and policies that can help stop violence and harassment.

[Podcast] Writing on the wall is clear: PrEP works, make sure it reaches those who may like to use it for HIV prevention!

[Podcast] Linked? AMR (antimicrobial resistance) and SRH (sexual and reproductive health)?

Antimicrobial resistance impacts sexual and reproductive health too!

Antimicrobial resistance: An understated threat

Avantika Chaturvedi, CNS Correspondent, India

Antimicrobial resistance is a condition when a microbe starts resisting the effects of medication that once could successfully treat diseases caused by the microbe. Resistant microbes are more difficult to treat, requiring alternative medications or higher doses of antimicrobials, making treatment more expensive and/or more toxic. Microbes resistant to multiple antimicrobials are called multi-drug resistant.

[Podcast] Will a long-acting & female-initiated HIV prevention option be a game-changer?

[Podcast] Local youth leadership is key for advancing progress on SRHR

Power of local youth leadership is pivotal for sexual health and rights

Overcoming antibiotic resistance is a collective responsibility

Ekwi Ajide, CNS Correspondent, Nigeria

Photo credit: WHO

Antibiotic resistance according to the World Health Organisation is one of the world's most serious health threats. This assertion may not be unconnected with the fact that antibiotic resistant bacterial infections are much harder to treat, just as they leave the sufferer sicker and infectious for longer periods, thereby giving the ‘superbugs’ more  opportunity to spread.

[Podcast] Accelerating R&D of long-acting and short-acting tools to prevent HIV is key to #endAIDS: Interview with Jim Pickett

South Africa’s war against superbugs

Ronel Sewpaul, CNS Correspondent, South Africa

What if the medicines that are used to treat our illnesses became ineffective over time? What if the hitherto curable diseases become untreatable? The peril of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that is looming large, has already started taking its toll and is likely to escalate if not addressed urgently.

[Podcast] Clinical management of HIV is also a vital part of progress towards ending AIDS

ASICON 2018 Co-Chair Prof GD Ravindran shares insights on HIV management and to accelerate response to #endAIDS

[Podcast] Expanding choices to prevent unintended pregnancy, STIs, HIV, is vital

Why expanding options to prevent unintended pregnancy, STIs, HIV, is key

[Podcast] Update on HIV prevention research from Dr Nirupama Sista, HPTN Director

Research for new HIV prevention tools, gives hope

[Podcast] CAPRISA's Dr Kogie Naidoo calls for better intergration of TB and HIV programmmes to #endTB and #endAIDS

TB and HIV programmes must unite better than bacteria and virus

[Podcast] Ending HIV transmission from parents to children is a public health and social justice imperative

Clock is ticking: 26 months to go for AIDS 90-90-90 goals

Is India on track to eliminate parents-to-child transmission of HIV?

Clock is ticking: 26 months left to meet AIDS 90-90-90 targets

[Recording] [Photos] [हिंदी] Governments have promised to end AIDS by 2030 but are we on track? Experts reviewed progress we are making towards some HIV related goals with a deadline earlier, such as the 90-90-90 targets set for 2020.