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Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine calls aids2031 book "necessary"
Tue, 19 Jul 2011The Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine published a review of the aids2031 Consortium's recent book, noting that the changing context of the world's perception of the AIDS "crisis" has created a need for more accessible scholarship like AIDS: Taking a Long-Term View. The book is able to broadly and deeply examine the current state of the HIV/AIDS issue, as reviewers Ilaria Regondi and Alan Whiteside assert.
Aids 30 years on: Experts demand more action [by Ciaran Jones, WalesOnline]
Tue, 7 Jun 2011IT IS a sombre anniversary rather than a landmark to celebrate. June 5 marked the 30th anniversary of the discovery of the Aids virus - and experts have warned of a creeping complacency in Wales putting lives at risk.
India registers 50% dip in new HIV cases: UN
Mon, 4 Apr 2011New Delhi: Good news for the country in combating AIDS as a United Nations report today said India has registered a 50 per cent dip in number of new cases of HIV infections in this decade.
War against AIDS at a crossroad; status quo won't do, panelists say
Thu, 17 Feb 2011Experts in the long battle against HIV/AIDS gathered in Tilton Hall at Clark University on January 19 to offer hope that the world now stands at the midpoint of the disease's global march, with better days ahead. The speakers were on hand to discuss the findings of the aids2031 consortium, published in the new book "AIDS: Taking a Long-term View," which asserts that the pandemic, first identified in 1981, can be sharply curtailed within the next three decades.
Planning the next 20 years AIDS Response
Wed, 16 Feb 2011What will the HIV/AIDS crisis look like in twenty years? That's the issue the aids2031 Project is grappling with. The consortium and the Global Health Council present a panel discussion about the newly-released book, AIDS: Taking a Long Term View. Global Health TV reports from the event.
AIDS: Taking the Long-Term View is launched in South Africa
Thu, 3 Feb 2011AIDS: Taking the Long-Term View is launched in South Africa by the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Ask the Experts on World AIDS Day
Wed, 1 Dec 2010aids2031 and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are hosting an event on World Aids Day, bringing together some of the world's leading experts on the pandemic, to discuss future projections for the AIDS pandemic. The session will feature a preview of the forthcoming aids2031 book "AIDS: Taking a long-term view", published by FT Science Press and available from December 13.
Lancet Publishes aids2031 Findings
Fri, 22 Oct 2010The aids2031 Costs and Financing group's timely article, "Financing of HIV/AIDS programme scale-up in low-income and middle-income countries, 2009—31," released in the 9 October 2010 edition of The Lancet, argues that developing countries will face diverging HIV/AIDS costs and financing challenges over the next two decades, depending on their disease burden and income level.
HIV/AIDS:Will We Win and When?
Mon, 2 Aug 2010This recent article on UN Chronicle underscores how aids2031, as the international consortium of partners, analyzes the possible scenarios that may occur from now until 2031, marking fifty years since the first report of HIV/AIDS.
AIDS funding ahead? Africans deeply worried
Tue, 15 Jun 2010In a recent article on their blog, The Center for Global Health Policy featured the presentation of aids2031 partners at the Global Health Council Conference on funding for the global AIDS epidemic. Click below to read the article.
HIV Young Leaders Fund announces its 2010 Requests for Proposals
Mon, 29 Mar 2010Youth-led organizations and projects are eligible for funding for local, national, regional or international HIV advocacy; local peer-based HIV services; and community mobilization. There are two application tracts - one for Core Funding and one for Project Funding. Applying organizations and projects must serve young people most-at-risk of HIV in their community and/or young people living with HIV.
Morung Express Interview with Geeta Rao Gupta
Sun, 29 Nov 2009Geeta Rao Gupta, co-convener of the aids2031 Social Drivers Working Group, discusses the role gender inequity plays in fueling the HIV epidemic.
aids2031 findings featured in Health Affairs
Fri, 27 Nov 2009What are the global resource needs for AIDS over the next 25 years? What "game-changers" could dramatically affect those costs? And how can resources be used wisely and equitably to reach those most-in-need of prevention and treatment? The aids2031 Costs and Financing Working Group addresses these and other vital questions for the HIV response in the new article, "Critical Choices In Financing The Response To The Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic." The article appears alongside other analyses on the state of the HIV pandemic in the November/December 2009 issue of Health Affairs, a leading policy journal for global health.
Global Health Corps RFP
Mon, 23 Nov 2009The Global Health Corps (GHC) aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity by providing outstanding young leaders with one-year fellowships to serve organizations working on the front lines in the fight for global health. GHC is currently seeking partner organizations to host fellows.
New York City screening of Love in a Time of HIV
Fri, 6 Nov 2009On December 1, aids2031 partners the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS will host a lunchtime screening and discussion of the documentary series, Love in a Time of HIV.
Widespread media coverage of aids2031 Costs and Financing Working Group article
Thu, 5 Nov 2009The New York Times, Agence France-Presse, and other media outlets have covered the latest findings from the aids2031 Costs and Financing Working Group. The group's research appeared this week in Health Affairs.
MSF report slams critics of AIDS funding
Thu, 5 Nov 2009"Rather than looking for ways to leverage and replicate the success of the AIDS public health revolution to improve global health, there are increasing calls for a diversion of foreign aid away from HIV/AIDS and towards other health priorities. While there is clearly a need to give urgent and additional resources to an array of global health priorities, not least maternal and child health, cutting HIV/AIDS funding is not the answer."
Report launch: "HIV/AIDS, Security and Conflict: New Realities, New Responses"
Fri, 25 Sep 2009The AIDS, Security & Conflict Initiative, convened by aids2031 partner the Social Science Research Council and Clingendaul, reflects in its report on the relationship between HIV, conflict and security. The Initiative exposes policy challenges for responding to HIV in post-conflict situations and other emergencies, and its final report weighs in on optimal policies for improving the HIV response.
aids2031 working papers explore AIDS financing from a long-term perspective
Tue, 8 Sep 2009The aids2031 Costs & Financing working group has released four new working papers. The recent papers include, "What Works to Prevent and Treat AIDS: A review of cost-effectiveness literature with a long-term perspective" and "Assessing Costing and Prioritization in National AIDS Strategic Plans."
New report on HIV in Asian countries in rapid economic transition
Tue, 18 Aug 2009The aids2031 Countries in Rapid Transition working group released their report, "Asian Economies in Rapid Transition: Now and Through 2031," in Bali at the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. To read the report, click here . UNAIDS also covers the report release on their website .
Young Leaders Summit recommendations available
Thu, 13 Aug 2009In June 2009, twenty-seven young leaders from grassroots organizations and policy groups from over 22 countries united at the aids2031 Young Leaders Summit to discuss better addressing HIV-related stigma and discrimination. What did they have to say?
Request For Proposals: Host Institution for the Young Leaders Fund
Tue, 4 Aug 2009The Young Leaders Fund is a new initiative that will support young and emerging leadership through 1) resourcing youth-led AIDS organizations or groups with small grant awards; 2) creating links with networks, mentors and funders; and 3) offering access to capacity building opportunities. aids2031 is currently accepting applications for a host institution for the Fund.
Sex, Rights & the Law in a World with AIDS report calls for addressing the root causes of AIDS-related injustices
Mon, 3 Aug 2009The Social Drivers Working Group has issued recommendations to inform a long-term response to the sexual transmission of HIV. The recommendations stem from a global workshop held in February 2009 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. To read the report, click here .
Watch videos from the Young Leaders Summit
Tue, 30 Jun 2009aids2031 now has a YouTube channel where you can watch videos from the Young Leaders Summit.
aids2031 2009 Young Leaders Summit
Wed, 17 Jun 2009Thirty young leaders from around the world will unite in Oslo June 23 - 25 for the 2009 aids2031 Young Leaders Summit. aids2031, in collaboration with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UNAIDS Special representative HRH Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, will host the Summit to promote and galvanize young leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. Young leaders will also review the recommendations of aids2031's researchers, scientists, and practioners for building a long-term response to AIDS.
aids2031 International Advisory Group meets in London
Thu, 4 Jun 2009aids2031 recently convened the first meeting of its International Advisory Group (IAG) to discuss the project's initial findings. Read IAG member Marina Mahatir's blog post about the meeting here .
aids2031 releases five working papers on leadership in the AIDS response
Thu, 14 May 2009The aids2031 Leadership Working Group partnered with the University of Cape Town's Centre for Social Science Research to explore transnational AIDS activism, the role of national politics in treatment efforts, and other issues.
Upcoming aids2031 Young Leaders Summit in the news
Fri, 8 May 2009UNAIDS Executive Director and aids2031 International Advisory Group member Michel Sidibé recently visited Norway. On his trip, he discussed the upcoming 2nd aids2031 Young Leaders Summit with UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador HRH Crown Princess of Norway Mette-Marit.
AIDS funding shortfalls in tough economic times
Thu, 19 Mar 2009The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria will need $4 billion U.S. dollars to reach its goals through 2010.
Young voices for research in health essay competition
Fri, 13 Mar 2009The Lancet and The Global Forum for Health Research are sponsoring an essay competition for young people with the theme Innovating for the health of all, held in conjunction with Forum 2009, the annual meeting of the Global Forum that takes place in Havana, Cuba.
The future of prophylaxis for prevention
Tue, 17 Feb 2009A new article in the journal Future Medicine examines the promising future of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) to prevent HIV transmission.
aids2031 Young Leaders Summit inspires new global health initiative
Thu, 12 Feb 2009Last March in a brightly-lit conference room at the famous Googleplex, or Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California, Andrew Bentley, an associate in Google's online sales department, found himself seated in a circle with a lively group of strangers.
New brief on youth leadership released
Tue, 27 Jan 2009The Taskforce on Sustainable Youth Leadership has released recommendations for how donors, institutions and young people can support youth-led organizations and foster sustained youth leadership in the AIDS movement. aids2031 participated on the Taskforce, as did representatives from Advocates for Youth, CHOICE, the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Youth RISE, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, and World AIDS Campaign.
How will President Obama change U.S. global AIDS policy?
Wed, 21 Jan 2009Yesterday's inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama has raised numerous questions among U.S. global health advocacy groups - Will Obama stop funding abstinence-only HIV prevention programs? Will Obama remove the 'prostitution pledge'?
UNAIDS criticizes Senegal's conviction of 9 gay men
Fri, 16 Jan 2009UNAIDS, foreign health ministries and AIDS organizations worldwide are working to secure the release of nine men sentenced to eight years in jail for "indecent conduct and unnatural acts and membership of a criminal organization." Several of the men belonged to an AIDS service organization.
New research about young people's sexual behavior
Thu, 15 Jan 2009A study released this month in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine reports that young people may overestimate how often they use condoms.
MSF Calls Attention to Growing Rates of HIV/TB Co-Infection
Wed, 14 Jan 2009Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) lists the growing rates of HIV/Tuberculosis co-infection as one of the "top ten humanitarian disasters of 2008." Less than one percent of people living with HIV get screened for TB, and TB is one of the leading causes of death for people living with HIV and AIDS.
Does HIV Look Like Me? Debuts South Africa and Swaziland Campaign
Thu, 8 Jan 2009aids2031 Young Leader Todd Murray's nonprofit, Hope's Voice International, premiered their Does HIV Look Like Me? media campaign this week. The Does HIV Look Like Me? campaign trains young people living with HIV to share their stories and do HIV awareness and education work in their communities.
The Future of UNAIDS
Mon, 22 Dec 2008What challenges face UNAIDS today and in the future?
aids2031 featured in POZ News
Fri, 19 Dec 2008Can a new AIDS initiative carve out strategies to topple the epidemic by 2031, its 50th anniversary? The countdown is on.
Love in the Time of HIV: A Positive Match
Fri, 19 Dec 2008This week's episode of Love in the Time of HIV takes place in Mumbai, India "A Positive Match" follows two women as they prepare for the future. Chhaya is a single parent with a ten year old son. Shaksi became a widow after just eight months of marriage. Both speak with great openness about their hopes and fears and their chances of finding another husband and finding love once again. Watch "A Positive Match", the 4th episode in the current series of programmes by BBC World News about the difficulties facing young people living with HIV. The programs can be viewed throughout December '08 on the BBC World (access country specific schedules here), or watch each episode on the aids2031 website. Watch the episode here.
aids2031 Working Papers: Science and Technology
Fri, 12 Dec 2008The aids2031 Science and Technology Working Group has commissioned eight papers on issues they identified as both critical and topical to serve as background reading for a series of consultations hosted by the group.
Love in the Time of HIV: I Love New York
Thu, 11 Dec 2008This week's episode of Love in the Time of HIV takes place in New York. "I Love New York" - the third in BBC World News HIV series - is a moving, sensitive and personal account of the bond between a mother and daughter and how both are dealing with being HIV positive. The programs can be viewed throughout December '08 on the BBC World (access country specific schedules here), or watch each episode on the aids2031 website. Watch the episode here.
Questions now, answers in 2031
Wed, 10 Dec 2008Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts aids2031 Hyperendemic Working Group meeting to make an HIV/AIDS plan for Southern Africa.
Love in the Time of HIV: From Russia, with Love
Mon, 8 Dec 2008This week's episode of Love in the Time of HIV takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, where injection drug use is the primary mode of HIV transmission. Watch the episode here.
World AIDS Day, 2031
Mon, 8 Dec 2008Brian Ackerman from Advocates for Youth blogs on RH Reality Check about his vision for the future of PEPFAR. Read it here .
aids2031 launches documentary series on BBC World
Mon, 1 Dec 2008aids2031 is proud to announce on World AIDS Day the recent debut of a documentary series, Love in the Time of HIV, on BBC World. Watch the first episode here.
Wall Street Journal: A Doctor, a Mutation and a Potential Cure for AIDS
Fri, 28 Nov 2008The startling case of an AIDS patient who underwent a bone marrow transplant to treat leukemia is stirring new hope that gene-therapy strategies on the far edges of AIDS research might someday cure the disease.
aids2031 Youth Focus: Where the action was in Mexico
Mon, 27 Oct 200830,000 people traveled by car, bus, plane or train to Mexico City this August for the 17th International AIDS Conference.
HIV/AIDS: Follow the Money
Fri, 10 Oct 2008The need to broaden research directed at answering fundamental questions in HIV vaccine discovery through laboratory, nonhuman primate (NHP), and clinical research has recently been emphasized.
MALAWI: AIDS organisations face funding interruptions
Tue, 7 Oct 2008JOHANNESBURG, 7 October 2008 (PlusNews) - Grassroots AIDS organisations in Malawi are facing uncertainty as the National AIDS Commission (NAC) ends its dependence on international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for dispersing grants.
The Lancet Series on HIV Prevention
Mon, 1 Sep 2008The publication of a Series by The Lancet on the state of the science of HIV prevention—together with a call for action by leading academics, UNAIDS, and the World Bank—signifies a new commitment to stop the virus and its consequences. Read the series' abstracts and access the full articles here.
NYTimes Article: At Meeting on AIDS, Focus Shifts to Long Haul
Mon, 18 Aug 2008MEXICO CITY — Two years have passed since the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto, and the contrast between that meeting and the 17th, which ended here this month, was humbling.
Vaccine Trial Set-backs Continue
Tue, 5 Aug 2008Nobel laureate for science Peter Doherty has expressed doubt that a vaccine is even possible before 2015; other scientists predict longer.
Red Cross Recognizes AIDS as World Disaster
Tue, 5 Aug 2008The International Federation of Red Cross's World Disaster Report focuses on the challenges of humanitarian organizations addressing HIV and AIDS. The report highlights how rapidly changing political contexts can disrupt treatment access.