July 14, 2022
20 YEARS OF LIFE WITH HIV
FROM A PERCEIVED DEATH SENTENCE TO IMMENSE HOPE, A STORY FROM CAMEROON As the Global Fund commemorates its 20th anniversary, I wish to share my…
June 7, 2022
Building Bonds to Overcome HIV/AIDS
In the 1990s, the disclosure of an HIV positive status was very often followed by a break in social and family bonds. The dreadful images…
March 21, 2022
A new HIV variant emerges
A new HIV variant, more virulent and contagious, has emerged. This variant, known as VB, causes an early onset of opportunistic diseases, however It could…
March 17, 2022
“Unequal access to income and opportunity not only creates unfair, distorted and unhappy societies, it literally kills people.”
The fight against HIV, TB and malaria is very often focused on an exclusively hygienic, therapeutic or biomedical approach. This paper does not question the…
March 10, 2022
A commentary of The Global Fund Technical Evaluation Reference Group on primary HIV prevention efforts
Globally, new HIV infections declined by 44% between 2000 and 2021, missing the global target for a 75% reduction in new infections by 2020. The…
December 17, 2021
Moving forward to keep saving lives
Every three years, the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria holds a Replenishment Conference. The pledges thus received are used primarily to finance…
December 17, 2021
Facts and figures on mother-to-child transmission in sub-Saharan Africa
While progress in West and Central Africa is slow, East and Southern Africa is making significant progress that is bringing some of its States closer…
September 13, 2021
Is Anti-Retroviral Therapy Effective?
Before human behavior can be addressed, the mindset has to be understood. When it comes to consensual sex and HIV/AIDS transmission, the mind is where…
June 23, 2021
Addressing Pandemics: The 45th Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria takes a stand
Key points of the Post-2022 Strategy The Board meeting reaffirmed the importance of placing people and communities at the centre of the response to the…
June 23, 2021
HIV/AIDS : Hope for a vaccine remains despite the disappointments.
Approximately 40 years after the onset of HIV/AIDS, the research community is still struggling to find a vaccine for the disease that continues to claim…