July 1, 2026
Global health is being reshaped by rapid geopolitical shifts, scientific breakthroughs and the growing role of artificial intelligence — creating both new opportunities and new challenges. Translating scientific breakthroughs into impact requires protecting research, advancing equitable access and ensuring communities are at the center. Explore AVAC’s latest resources to help navigate and shape what comes next.
Think Global Health: NIH Budget Cuts Threaten HIV Research
AVAC’s Stacey Hannah and Mitchell Warren remind us in Think Global Health that “at a moment when scientific progress is advancing, advocates, researchers, policymakers, and communities should push back against politically motivated, fringe, antivaccine sentiments that threaten decades of investment to develop the tool that would finally break the back of the epidemic.”
From Anticipation to Action: The Civil Society Advocates’ Checklist for Lenacapavir for PrEP
The introduction of injectable lenacapavir for HIV PrEP (LEN) is underway–in some places at least. To ensure communities remain at the center of LEN rollout, this new Advocates’ Checklist for Lenacapavir for PrEP Introduction is an immediate, actionable blueprint designed to help civil society organizations (CSOs) and global health advocates pressure-test government commitments, map implementation bottlenecks and demand equitable access. The checklist is designed to support faster, community-centered rollout ahead of broader generic availability in 2027, as described by the co-chairs of the Civil Society Caucus of the Coalition to Accelerate Access to Long-Acting PrEP and AVAC staff.
The Future Won’t Build Itself: Sustaining the Movement CASPR Started
Tuesday, 14 July @ 9:00am EDT 16:00 EAT
Join AVAC and partners to hear the impact stories of ten years of the Coalition to Accelerate and Support Prevention Research (CASPR). Established in 2016, CASPR was funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and designed by AVAC with leading civil society partners to influence HIV prevention research, policy and implementation. With attacks on global health and shrinking resources dismantling hard-won gains, the lessons from CASPR are a call for continued action: strong, community-led advocacy is indispensable to safeguard the future of HIV prevention.
Community First: Practical Strategies for Inclusive Implementation Science
Wednesday, 15 July @ 11:00am EDT 18:00 EAT
Join The Choice Agenda and Hunter College’s Sarit Golub for a participatory discussion on implementation science – including opportunities, pitfalls and ways in which community leadership is essential to success. What are the different types of implementation science, and how do we move forward with community and front-line implementers at the helm?
AI & HIV Newsletter
ICYMI, AVAC launched the AI & HIV Newsletter, a new quarterly resource highlighting the latest tools, research, policy developments and news at the intersection of AI and HIV. Designed for advocates and the global community and guided by an expert advisory board, the newsletter provides readers with the information and resources to engage with AI in ways that strengthen equity, protect individuals and communities and prioritize their inclusion, and ensure that technological innovation advances the HIV response.
12 Days Remain: Add Your Voice to Stop OMB’s Attack on American Science
DEADLINE: JULY 13: Proposed new regulations by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) would use budgetary and regulatory tools to bypass longstanding scientific peer-review and congressional processes, including withholding appropriated funds, restructuring federal agencies, and proposing rules that would give political appointees greater influence over research funding decisions. Public comments are due by July 13th – please consider taking action and visit Stand Up for Science’s STOP OMB portal now.
The pace of change in global health is not slowing and neither is the need for informed, coordinated advocacy. Look out for our AIDS 2026 conference roadmap and more resources coming soon!