Archive: Jul 2024

Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, participated in a panel focusing on decriminalizing sex work for effective HIV response.

AIDS conferences have a long history of activism and global politics. This year the US election, the need to replenish the Global Fund, and funding for other pressing global problems, feature.

AIDS 2024 had a strong emphasis on HIV, human rights, and politics. Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Administrator of the UNDP, gave a talk: “Global Health is a Matter of Global Politics”.

Front-line activists described the rise since 2023 in repressive laws and policies targeting marginalized communities around the world at the 25th International AIDS Conference.

An underlying theme at AIDS 2024 is attention to global targets and if the “global HIV strategy” (if there is such a singular thing) is on track or off.

AIDS 2024 is open, writes our Editor in Chief Joe Amon. There is a searchable online program with 2,557 abstracts.

VIEWPOINT Sandra Smiley and Michele Heisler Climate change has numerous impacts on health, both current and projected.[1] These health impacts are disproportionately borne by people experiencing poverty, inequity, and marginalization.[2] Two…

The outcome of the US federal election in November will impact the health and human rights of millions of people across the globe. US commitment to global health is essential.

by Sarthak Gupta On June 13th, 2024, the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Daniel Karsai v. Hungary, held that there is no right to self-determined death under the European Convention of Human Rights

by Alice Rothchild: In the United States, the right of medical personnel to speak out about the ongoing assault on Gaza and the urgent need for a ceasefire is under threat.