Even the International AIDS Society never had a nurse on its board which is really shocking given that they are the first ones to give treatment to HIV/AIDS patients.
Blogs
Role of nurses in HIV/AIDS management: They are the first caregivers but not policymakers
Debjani Arora
Opinion: 4 lessons for primary health care from the global response to HIV
Beth Tritter and Jeffrey Markuns
Last month, alongside the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam, the International AIDS Society-Lancet Commission launched a groundbreaking
AIDS 2018: Finding ways to break barriers and build bridges to improve HIV prevention, care, and treatment
SHARE staff
People infected and affected by HIV face multiple, far-reaching barriers every day – from structural barriers affecting their access to services and care, to societal and scientific barriers keeping them from enjoying healthy, safe, and full lives. We highlight some of these barriers, and what innovative approaches are being developed to bridge them.
Using media for good: MTV Shuga’s role in promoting sexual and reproductive health among youth
Johanna Theunissen, Communications Officer, Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Malawi/SHARE staff
One of the most powerful plenaries during AIDS 2018 took place on the final morning, under the theme Building bridges for the next generation, featuring MTV Shuga, a behavior change and demand creation campaign which seeks to impac
The power of data
Elizabeth Wetzel, Regional Research Fellow for Baylor College of Medicine – Children’s Foundation Malawi
Data helps provide insight into what is working and what needs to be changed to improve outcomes along the HIV cascade of care. The Tingathe Outreach Program uses monitoring & evaluation and research data to provide the highest quality services and most cost-effective strategies to support patients and providers along the HIV cascade. At AIDS 2018, Tingathe presented on how they use data to inform the program.
My key takeaways from AIDS 2018: We need to better reach youth and men
Bheki Moyo, Managing Director of Grassroot Soccer Zimbabwe
Bheki Moyo, Managing Director of Grassroot Soccer Zimbabwe, shares his personal connection to some of the key messages at AIDS 2018 and the top three things he will take home with him after the conference.
Driving demand creation for oral PrEP: Insight to impact
Definate Nhamo, Senior Program Manager, Pangaea Zimbabwe AIDS Trust (PZAT)
In the early stages of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation, two key elements to a successful program have emerged: implementation science to inform rollout and demand creation strategies to promote the product. The pre-conference session ‘Insight to Impact: Driving Demand Creation for HIV Prevention’, organized by the OPTIONS Consortium explored the intersections of public health science and marketing and communications to understand how to drive demand for HIV prevention.
“We are not defined by our status”: Addressing young people’s needs holistically
Diana Taonga Tembo Kennedy Training Fellow and Master Coach, Grassroot Soccer
Young people living with HIV are not just a statistic, we are not defined by our status. There is more to us and to our needs than just our HIV status. This is one of the key messages that I hope gets amplified at the 2018 International AIDS Conference.
The key to my health is in my own pocket – Gcobisa shares her AIDS 2018 experience
Gcobisa Madlolo and Elmari Briedenhann, WitsRHI
Gcobisa Madlolo, a young woman from South Africa, proud pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) user, and now a global ambassador, shares her AIDS 2018 experience.
New journal supplement on key populations is here!
Rose Wilcher, Director, Research Utilization, FHI 360
The USAID– and PEPFAR-supported LINKAGES project is excited to announce the arrival of a new supplement in the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) titled Optimizing the Impact of Key Population Programming Across the HIV Cascade.
