GAPW releases bulletin, defends a human right perspective and explains why we need a new AIDS watchdog
To engage in critical reflection and analysis about the current state of global AIDS policy. This is the challenge that Global AIDS Policy Watch seeks to take up with this inaugural issue of the GAPW Bulletin.
Read moreContraception uptake improves along HIV treatment cascade
Women living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment (ART) are more likely to report single and dual-method contraception use, the longer they are enrolled on HIV treatment.
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Test and treat from a human rights perspective
Since the late 2000s, biomedical approaches to HIV prevention and treatment have become increasingly central to global HIV and AIDS policy guidelines and initiatives. The reasons for this are complex. […]
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HIV and AIDS in the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health: genealogies, lessons learned, challenges that remain
On October 2014, a group of around 30 researchers, activists and human rights experts[2] met in Delhi at the invitation of Anand Grover, the outgoing Special Rapporteur on the right […]
Read moreHIV Cure News 2014: Barcelona Doctors Believe They’ve Found Cure to AIDS-Causing Virus
By using blood transplants from the umbilical cords of individuals with a genetic resistance to HIV, Spanish medical professionals believe they can best the AIDS-causing virus. The procedure has already been successful, “curing” a patient in just three months.
Read moreARASA commends the Gaborone High Court for protecting the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in Botswana
The AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA) has lauded the Botswana High Court for protecting the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in Botswana after the court found on Friday, 14 November 2014.
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Financing and the Post-2015 Agenda: Making the Case for HIV
The Post-2015 Scenario In September 2015, the UN General Assembly will be adapting a new set of development goals, with 2030 as its end-goal timeline. The proposed goals, currently referred […]
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