Underserved, Underfunded, and Unseen: The Realities of HIV/STI Prevention
Join the Infectious Disease Alliance (IDA) for a transformative virtual webinar addressing the critical need for tailored HIV/AIDS and STI interventions for high-risk populations. This session emphasizes the importance of empowering marginalized voices, featuring insights from keynote speakers, innovative strategies for community-driven solutions, and discussions on policy advocacy. Attendees will gain actionable knowledge to foster equitable healthcare practices and engage in an interactive Q&A with leading experts.
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Science in the Crosshairs: Research Advocacy in a Time of Crisis
Join AVAC and partners for a critical conversation on the escalating threats to health research and equity-centered science. This webinar will unpack the implications of the proposed FY26 US federal budget—which includes sweeping cuts to NIH, CDC, USAID, and the elimination of vital global and minority health research programs. Together, we’ll explore what these attacks mean for communities, researchers, and implementers and identify actionable advocacy strategies to fight back.
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INTEREST 2025
The annual International Conference on HIV Treatment, Pathogenesis, and Prevention Research (INTEREST) Conference is the premier scientific conference for HIV in Africa and brings together scientists involved in HIV treatment, pathogenesis, and prevention research from around the world. The conference will showcase cutting-edge knowledge in the diagnosis and treatment of HIV and the prevention of the HIV-1 infection. Additionally, it will continue to foster building a community of African physicians and scientists to facilitate the implementation of local solutions for the management of patients living with HIV-1 infection and for the prevention of HIV transmission.
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Politics and Global Health: The Need for a New, Resilient Architecture
Recent, dramatic shifts in global health funding include cuts to US and UK foreign aid. This has had a cascade of devastating consequences on treatment and prevention programmes, including for HIV and TB across the globe. Mitchell Warren will provide updates on AVAC’s court challenge against the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID and offer his insights into what a more resilient global health funding infrastructure could look like.
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Self-Care in an Era of Misinformation and Disinformation
Join The Reunion Project on April 9 from 1-2:30pm ET for the next webinar in our Long-term Survivor Toolkit series where we will consider strategies to prioritize our own self-care and wellness and by doing so, support the community around us. We are living in trying times and it is important now more than ever to check in with ourselves and each other. Together we will make a plan and take action.
We will be joined by featured speaker Kenyon Farrow—American writer, activist, director, and educator focused on progressive racial and economic justice issues related to the LGBTQIA+ community. We will also be joined by a panel of community members who will share their own experiences and practices when considering their own self-care and wellness routines as people living with HIV. Let’s join together and lift each other up.
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Fight for our Lives Emergency Townhall
Join AVAC and GBGMC for the next “Fight For Our Lives” Emergency Townhall to learn more about how the recent freeze on US government foreign assistance has impacted the availability of PrEP, including the rollout of injectable cabotegravir for PrEP, and what this means for key populations and LGBTQ+ communities.
WHO-Lancet Global Health Series: Shaping the Future of Clinical Trials
WHO and partners will convene to launch the Lancet Global health series: Shaping the Future of Clinical Trials. Details and registration link below.
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Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: Moving forward post-the 2024 US Election
Held on March 12, you can view the event recording below.
Featuring:
Sekai Chikowero, Vice President of Programs, EngenderHealth
Francine Coeytaux, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor, Plan C Pills
Eszter Kismödi, Chief Executive, Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters
Mitchell Warren, Executive Director, AVAC
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State of PEPFAR
Join the Congressional Caucus on Black Women & Girls Co-Chairs Robin Kelly (IL-02), Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12) and the Global AIDS Policy Partnership for a hybrid briefing discussing the current status of PEPFAR programming, the significant impact PEPFAR has on Black Women globally, and the consequences that follow terminated funding.
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CROI 2025 Community Breakfast Meetings
The Community Breakfast Clubs are virtual webinars coordinated by the CROI Community Liaisons, the European AIDS Treatment Group, AVAC, and their global collaborators. They feature researchers and advocates discussing some of the most consequential science being presented at CROI.
Session Recordings
Breaking New Ground: The latest advances in HIV cure March 10, 2025
AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittee and European AIDS Treatment Group hosted the first virtual Community Breakfast Meeting (CBMs) for the 2025 CROI meeting. Speaker details and recording below:
Moderator: Michael Louell, University of Washington-Seattle, Fred Hutch Center for AIDS research
Speakers
Dr. Katie Bar, University of Pennsylvania, CROI Scientific Program Committee
Dr. Marina Caskey, Rockerfeller University
Dr. Steven Deeks, University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Ms. Doreen Mora Moracha, HIV Cure Advocate- Kenya, CROI Community Educator Scholar
The End of AIDS — Near and Far? (40 Years of HIV) March 11, 2025
AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittee and European AIDS Treatment Group hosted the second virtual Community Breakfast Clubs (CBCs) for the 2025 CROI meeting. Speaker details and recording below:
Moderator: Grace Kumwenda, AVAC
Speakers:
Dr. Chris Beyrer, Duke Global Health Institute
Chilufya Kasanda, Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign – Zambia, CROI Community Educator Scholar
Still Here! Living with HIV Long-Term March 12, 2025
AVAC, the CROI Community Liaison Subcommittee and European AIDS Treatment Group hosted the third and final virtual Community Breakfast Clubs (CBCs) for the 2025 CROI meeting. Speaker details and recording below:
Moderator: Sean Hosein, European AIDS Treatment Group – Canada
Speakers:
Kennedy Mupeli, Center for Youth of Hope – Botswana, CROI Community Educator Scholar
Dr. Peter Hunt, University of California San Francisco, CROI Scientific Program Committee
Dr. Laura Waters, The Mortimer Market Centre – London
