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ITPC is an issue-based global organization working to achieve health and social justice for all through robust community engagement.

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Russian attacks on Sept 3 & 8, 2026, damaged Make Medicines Affordable (MMA) partner 100% LIFE’s medical center in Kyiv & struck a pharmaceutical logistics complex. No staff members or patients were injured in the attack. Read more here 👉 makemedicinesaffordable.org/russian-atta... 📸100% Life

makemedicinesaffordable.orgRussian attacks damage 100% LIFE medical center and warehouse near Kyiv - Make Medicines AffordableThe pharmaceutical logistics complex in the Boryspil district of the Kyiv region held 470 pallets of antiretroviral medicines and diagnostic...
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Why do some countries pay much more than international buyers for the same #HIV medicine? Our new report exposes the patent monopolies, single-supplier contracts & procurement barriers keeping treatment prices high. Read more makemedicinesaffordable.org/new-report-p... #MedicineEqualityNow

makemedicinesaffordable.orgNew Report: Patent Monopolies, Single-Supplier Procurement and Volumes Fragmentation Are Driving Up HIV Medicine Costs - Make Medicines AffordableThe 2021–2024 HIV Market Intelligence Report examines the procurement, pricing and regulatory environments for antiretroviral medicines in six countries: Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Kazakhsta...

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AVAC
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“The future of AI in HIV should be shaped with communities, not simply built from data about them.” — Solange Baptiste, @itpc.bsky.social The latest AI + HIV newsletter explores #AIDS2026 rx, emerging tools, governance, equity and accountability. 🔗 Read the issue: avac.org/ai-hiv-issue2/

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”We are learning to license earlier without necessarily learning to license inclusively. The major gap remains the middle-income countries that are excluded from voluntary licences. These are not countries without HIV epidemics."

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Mellouk's call: access planning from the R&D stage. Broad, transparent voluntary licensing. Technology transfer. Rapid registration. Generic competition. Public pricing. And when licenses fail, TRIPS flexibilities must stay on the table. #MakeMedicinesAffordable #AccessToMedicines

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Reminder: Webinar happening this Wed (16th September) discussing how to make difficult funding and reprioritization decisions while keeping communities at the centre. Join @iasociety.bsky.social and ITPC Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

us06web.zoom.usWelcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Prioritization under pressure: Bringing communities to the centre of HIV programme decisions. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about...Discover a new tool that supports transparent, evidence-informed prioritization decisions and empowers communities through access to the same data and decision-making insights. Join IAS – the Interna...
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As the funding landscape continues to change, are you often left wondering how to make difficult funding and reprioritization decisions while keeping communities at the centre? Join @iasociety.bsky.social and ITPC for an interactive webinar. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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A revolution in cancer treatment? Or just a revolution in how much a company can charge for a medicine? Scientific breakthroughs should save lives, not come with luxury price tags. Medicines are not luxury goods. They are public goods. nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b... 📸Kim Raff, The New York Times

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Children make up just 3% of people living with HIV, but account for 12% of AIDS-related deaths. Around 2.4M children and adolescents live with HIV globally. Access matters. itpcglobal.org/2026/08/14/c...

itpcglobal.orgCivil society groups in Argentina and Vietnam challenge patents on paediatric dolutegravir - ITPC GlobalFundación GEP and the Viet Nam Network of People Living with HIV (known as VNP+), members of the Make Medicines Affordable campaign, have filed oppositions against patent applications by ViiV Healthca...
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Two ITPC presentations. One argument. Sergiy Kondratyuk on IP barriers, live from Ukraine. Rm 202, 10:30 BRT. @solangebap.bsky.social on AI and HIV service delivery. Rm 201, 12:00 BRT. At 12:15: something is happening at Pharma Privé. Be there. #AIDS2026 #MakeMedicinesAffordable

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IAS - the International AIDS Society
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☀️ Day 4 of #AIDS2026 starts now! From groundbreaking science to community-led solutions and policy discussions, another full day of learning and collaboration awaits, with more than 50 sessions across #Rio. 🔎 Plan your day with today's Daily Digest: zurl.co/6tosw

iasociety.orgDaily Digest: Wednesday, 29 July | AIDS 2026We are more than halfway through AIDS 2026! The Daily Digest is your trusted resource throughout the conference. The first of two AIDS 2026 special sessions takes place at lunchtime today. These sessions address timely, urgent issues in HIV science and policy. Quick links Online programme Virtual platform Conference website Coming up today Convert to your time zone through the AIDS 2026 programme. All times in the programme are in Brasilia Time (BRT) 08:30Kick off your day with the plenary, “The future of HIV prevention”, and find out more about the road ahead for vaccine science, the state of art for PrEP, and access to gender-affirming care. The session concludes with the award ceremony of the CIPHER Research Grant Programme. 10:00Workshops translate HIV infectious disease modelling for non-specialists, and frame community-based chemsex psychosis awareness and prevention as a form of care and adherence support. 10:30 The Co-Chairs’ Choice session features the real-world impact of PEPFAR funding disruptions across 46 countries. It includes results of a once-weekly oral HIV treatment and early results on whether a twice-yearly antibody injection can prevent HIV acquisition in African women. The session concludes with the presentation of the IAS President’s Award. The oral abstract session, “Cure and control”, introduces us to the Kansas City patient, in HIV remission after a CCR5Δ32 stem-cell transplant, as well as early promise for N-803, a next-generation immune stimulant, in reducing the intact HIV reservoir. Sessions also look at closing gaps in the prevention of perinatal transmission and overcoming intellectual property barriers to accessing HIV tools. Symposia examine leadership to protect the gains and advance progress in a new era while balancing global solidarity and national sovereignty, and the implications of growing sexual and gender identity fluidity for the HIV response. 12:00 Satellite symposia take place in two time slots: 12:00 and 18:00. At 12:00, join MSD for a medical education symposium on ARV resistance, cardiometabolic health and HIV care for older adults. Workshops explore the responsible use of AI and digital tools in HIV programmes, and legal gender recognition as a structural HIV intervention for trans communities. The regional networking event for IAS Members from Asia and the Pacific Islands takes place at the IAS booth (#901) in the exhibition area. 13:30 New and old challenges threaten gains in HIV treatment and prevention, while new technologies offer the chance to transform care. Today’s special session, “After the emergency: Rebuilding sustainable access to HIV treatment and prevention”, asks what it will take to rebuild equitable access and what governments, donors, civil society and others must do to get there. 14:30 Want to learn how to turn your research into real-world impact by communicating science clearly and accurately for wide audiences? Attend this workshop led by expert researchers and science communicators. Or find out about using data visualization to improve access to public health data for HIV service planning and policy making. 15:00 Symposia bring together community leadership and the science of protection. A session asking us to move beyond resilience and actively resist stigma and discrimination for key populations in healthcare settings concludes with the naming of the IAS Me and my Healthcare Provider champions. In an anti-vax world, people living with HIV face compounded barriers to life-saving immunizations; examine how stigma, misinformation and inequality are driving gaps in vaccine coverage, and what it will take to close them. The Indigenous experience and its intersections with HIV takes centre stage. Young activists and service providers describe what has to change to build an HIV response fit for a new era. The oral abstract session, “ARTistic strategies 2: The long game”, includes a presentation of the first complete safety and efficacy data on twice-yearly HIV treatment for up to 104 weeks. Sessions also focus on the power of communities in delivering HIV services in conflict, humanitarian and development settings, overcoming legal and policy barriers to HIV services, and health interventions in chemsex contexts. 16:30 Find out about PrEP in motion – who stays and who leaves PrEP use – in an oral abstract session. Also under the spotlight are advanced HIV disease and intersecting stigma. A panel weighs in on the promise and potential pitfalls of bNAbs for HIV cure in a symposium. Three symposia tackle funding and political pressures on the HIV response: rethinking systems and synergies to build and sustain service delivery networks, strengthen efficiency and preserve access to care; safeguarding spaces and services for key populations amid geopolitical challenges and shrinking budgets; and rewiring the HIV response in an era when data alone is not enough to drive action. The Global Village Explore the Global Village through the Scavenger Hunt. Among many other exciting activities: “Engaging Islamic faith leaders to reduce HIV stigma and improve SRHR access for trans and key populations”, exploring how Islamic ethics of compassion, justice and protection of life can support human rights-based HIV responses “LHiV 2 ZERO: Our truth. Our power”, a live performance from the San Francisco LGBT Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation “Beyond prompts” on community mapping of machine learning and AI shaping the HIV response The Prison Health Matters networking zone, a space to talk about healthcare and HIV management in prisons The poster exhibition You can meet presenting authors next to their posters from 12:15 to 13:15. Featured posters today include: The experience of women undergoing tissue sampling Preliminary results from the RIO trial on HIV viral control after a bNAb “wash-out” and the relationship to HIV viraemia at dosing Findings on a novel DNA delivery method using lipid nanoparticlesLessons from the Uganda National Trans Forum on protecting choice and introducing lenacapavir for trans and gender-diverse communities amid criminalization Data on the use of AI to predict where vertical HIV transmission is taking place Disruptions to HIV prevention services for trans adults after the US federal executive orders Just launched! JIAS supplement, “Towards elimination of sexually transmitted infections: Research developments and vaccine uptake”. It brings together global perspectives on advancing STI vaccine development and implementation, highlighting both scientific progress and the structural, behavioural and stigma-related barriers that shape vaccine uptake. Read it for free The exhibition The exhibition is open from 09:30 to 17:30. Explore cutting-edge products and services and chat with people from key organizations in the HIV response. Rapporteur summaries These are your go-to resources for highlights of AIDS 2026. Thanks to the AIDS 2026 team of expert rapporteurs, you can find daily recaps by each scientific track here. Meet our change makers Silvia Okoth, an Advocacy and Policy Manager for the Bar Hostess Empowerment & Support Programme in Kenya, designs and implements community-led sexual and reproductive health programmes. With the support of the IAS Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme, Silvia manages a project that provides weekly medical outreach measures to young women and girls living on dumpsites. She takes part in the young leaders symposium at 15:00 today. Official media partners Join the conversation The official theme of AIDS 2026 is Rethink. Rebuild. Rise. Share your story or message of support using #RethinkRebuildRise! Follow us on social media, explore the AIDS 2026 social toolkit for ready-to-use posts and graphics, and join the conference conversation. #AIDS2026 @AIDS_conference @International AIDS Conference @aids_conference @International AIDS Society @iasociety Thanks to our major industry sponsors

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AVAC
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"We need a community governance layer built into the AI ecosystem - one that ensures communities help shape priorities & hold systems accountable” - @itpc.bsky.social's Solange Baptiste @ “AI & HIV: Who owns the future of public health". See our #AIDS2026 #AIHIV roadmap, avac.org/wp-content/u...

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A year’s supply of the monthly PrEP pill alimatravir could cost just $3 to make. Yet Merck’s licence excludes Brazil & other countries with high HIV rates, restricting access to affordable generics. This is not equitable access. itpcglobal.org/2026/07/28/a... @abiaids.bsky.social

itpcglobal.orgAlimatravir Should Cost $3 a Year: A Voluntary License Won't Get Us There - ITPC GlobalMerck's early voluntary license (VL) for alimatravir (MK-8527) is being sold as a breakthrough in access, but it isn’t - it is the same corporate-controlled mechanism that continues to fail our commun...
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How do you fund CLM when fiscal space is shrinking? How do you generate data when civic space is closing? How do you turn evidence into policy when the political environment is working against you? Those are the questions on the table at SY03 10:30 in Rm 204 #AIDS2026

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STOPAIDS
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Don't miss our amazing event as part of the HEAR CSO consortium!

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What does global health architecture reform mean for the HIV response? Join community leaders and global health experts at #AIDS2026 @wacihealth.bsky.social @stopaids.bsky.social @csem4uhc.bsky.social @gnpplus.bsky.social @gfanafrica.bsky.social @solangebap.bsky.social

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#AIDS2026 has begun. Rio de Janeiro. 8000 people. One question: who gets access to the medicines that can end AIDS, who is locked out and who decides? ITPC is here. In the sessions, in the Global Village, anywhere communities need us. #RethinkRebuildRise

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“I’m not afraid to be arrested; I’m afraid to lose all that we’ve fought for.” Mari Chokheli, TB People, Georgia. Communities have been here before. The crisis looks different. The stakes are the same. #AIDS2026

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💊Thai HIV network TNP+ has opposed a patent application linked to monthly oral PrEP candidate MK-8527, arguing it lacks novelty and could restrict future competition and affordable access to #HIVprevention. Read more makemedicinesaffordable.org/thai-hiv-org...

makemedicinesaffordable.orgThai HIV Organization Challenges Patent Application to Safeguard Future Access to HIV Prevention Pill MK-8527 - Make Medicines AffordableThai HIV network TNP+ has opposed Merck’s MK-8527 patent application, arguing it could restrict future access to affordable monthly oral HIV prevention.
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Communities are challenging unmerited patents, pushing for law reform, holding decision makers accountable. When communities and governments work together, real progress is possible. Read the full report 👉 itpcglobal.org/resource/we-... #MakeMedicinesAffordable

itpcglobal.orgWe are activists: ITPC Annual Review 2025 - ITPC GlobalFollowing the 2025 withdrawal of US funding, community systems stepped in to fill in the gaps in global health infrastructure. Documenting crises in real time, activists shifted from shock to strategy...

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AVAC
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A great podcast discussion with AVAC's ED on the future of #PrEP and what it will take to ensure #lenacapavir reaches the people who need it most.

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🎧Amid funding cuts & fragile systems, can #lenacapavir for #HIVprevention succeed? AVAC's Mitchell Warren discusses. Listen here👉https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qOtXEmfmxmK2iVXmL7UjS #PrEP #MakeMedicinesAffordable @avac.org

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🎧Amid funding cuts & fragile systems, can #lenacapavir for #HIVprevention succeed? AVAC's Mitchell Warren discusses. Listen here👉https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qOtXEmfmxmK2iVXmL7UjS #PrEP #MakeMedicinesAffordable @avac.org

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🌍 ITPC's AI Survey for Communities is now in English, French, Spanish and Russian. We've extended the survey to 5 July to make sure every community voice is heard. 10 mins. 100% anonymous. 👉 shorturl.at/hoqW1 #CommunityIntelligence

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“HIV treatment existed, but the cost was prohibitive. For millions those medicines may as well have been on another planet.” Communities challenged that. Prices fell. Lives were saved. Same science. Different choices. Today calls for the same courage. Save the future. End AIDS by 2030

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Possibility is not the same as sustainability. Excitement is not the same as access. Access is a political choice. Equity is a political choice. Solidarity is a political choice. Secure the future. End AIDS by 2030. 👉 shorturl.at/0etwx #HIV #EndAIDS #MakeMedicinesAffordable #HLM2026AIDS

shorturl.atITPC statement on the political declaration on HIV: Hold the Line. Finish the Job. - ITPC GlobalToday, world leaders gather at the United Nations for the 2026 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS. The global HIV response has saved millions of lives and become one of the greatest public health achievem...
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Communities need access, not just announcements. The UN HIV High-Level Meeting is today. ITPC’s @solangebap.bsky.social is in the room challenging world leaders on medicines access, IP barriers, financing, and community leadership. Read our statement 👉 shorturl.at/0etwx #HLM2026AIDS

shorturl.atITPC statement on the political declaration on HIV: Hold the Line. Finish the Job. - ITPC GlobalToday, world leaders gather at the United Nations for the 2026 High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS. The global HIV response has saved millions of lives and become one of the greatest public health achievem...
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NEW TOOLKIT: The Global Fund GC8 window is open. Community engagement can't stop at proposal submission. ITPC Global's new guide covers the full cycle, from NSP updates to grant approval. Even in shrinking fiscal space, community power must expand. 👉 shorturl.at/Y1CvM

shorturl.atNEW TOOLKIT LAUNCH: Strengthening Community Action in Global Fund GC8 (2027–2030) - ITPC GlobalA critical shift is underway in global health financing. As fiscal pressures intensify across low- and middle-income countries and debt burdens continue to rise, the space for health investment is nar...
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When communities are at the table, health priorities stay in focus. Reflections from Uganda, Kenya, and the COMET CLM & AI Advocacy Alignment Workshop in Lilongwe show what community-led monitoring looks like in GC8 practice. 👉 shorturl.at/s5ztB

shorturl.atReflections from the Community Advocacy Network (CAN) GC8 Window 1 COMET CLM Implementation, AI & Advocacy Alignment Workshop - ITPC GlobalThe Global Fund Grant Cycle 8 (2027–2030) Window 1 process has reinforced a critical principle: when communities are meaningfully engaged, health priorities become more grounded, evidence-informed, an...
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A TB drug that could cost US $30 per treatment course costs up to $1,700. #MakeMedicinesAffordable partners in 7 countries are fighting back, challenging evergreening patents on delamanid to open the door to affordable generics. 👉 shorturl.at/YJVQk

shorturl.atThailand, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan Fight Delamanid Monopolies in an Effort to Expand Affordable TB Treatment - Make Medicines AffordableMMA partner organizations in Uzbekistan, Thailand and Ukraine have filed patent oppositions against applications covering delamanid, an antibiotic used to...