Global Cause
HIV AIDS
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Childhood HIV TB: the silent killer
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious diseases, and one of top 10 causes of death in children globally. In 2018, a total of 1.12 million children contracted TB and 205,000 died. Of 1.3 million children needing TB preventive therapy, only 27.5% gained access. Additionally, the threat brought about by the COVID-19 outbreak...
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HIV: a tale of huge progress and persistent challenges
Since it first emerged as a global health issue in the 1980s, the outlook for people living with HIV has been transformed from a terminal illness to a long-term condition, thanks to better testing and effective treatment. Untreated HIV damages the immune system, leaving people at risk of infections and cancer. However, medication allows immune...
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The missing link: HIV and Mental Health
Thanks to advances in science and medicine, HIV is now a manageable chronic condition, and those who are on effective treatment have an undetectable viral load, which means they cannot pass the virus on. However, HIV still remains heavily stigmatised. The sad fact is that HIV stigma has not really moved on since the 1980s...
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Ending the silent epidemic of child and adolescent TB
The COVID-19 pandemic is set to eliminate many years of progress against the HIV and TB epidemics. Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable in the face of such a setback. Before the pandemic hit, roughly a million children developed TB each year and a quarter of them died. Children with TB die from the disease...
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People protecting people and communities from HIV
COVID-19 has shaken health responses around the world and shone a light on the importance of equipping individuals and communities with the knowledge to take control of their health. We must continue the fight against HIV and AIDS. The response to COVID-19 reflects what communities have been doing in helping to tackle HIV and AIDS for years. Individuals around the...
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Investing in TB is critical to overcome HIV
Tuberculosis (TB) is the world’s deadliest infectious disease, accounting for 1.4 million deaths globally in 2019. It is also the leading cause of death among those with HIV/AIDS. Nick Herbert (Lord Herbert of South Downs), Chair of the Global TB Caucus and Global Equality Caucus discusses the impact of COVID-19, the TB and HIV pandemics...
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HIV prevention is in crisis
The global response to COVID-19 has shown what’s possible. Now we need the same commitment to ending AIDS. AIDS isn’t over. We may have effective treatments and innovative prevention tools, but we have failed to get new HIV infections under control. By 2020, the goal was to achieve fewer than 500,000 new infections annually. Judging...
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HIV and tuberculosis: Ensuring people’s access to treatment during the pandemic
As the global coronavirus pandemic continues, we need to maintain continued access to HIV and TB essential medications worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 1.2 million lives, and many more deaths have likely gone unreported. The life science industries, governments, researchers, and numerous public health organisations are all working together to find vaccines,...
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Tackling HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) matters
With HIV on the rise in EECA, a ground-breaking partnership is helping to tackle HIV in the region To many, the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic felt uncomfortably similar to the early years of the HIV epidemic, with the same fear, stigma, and speculation about how they are transmitted. COVID-19 has now been...
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There is a hidden risk called Latent Tuberculosis Infection (LTBI)
TB is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV, causing more than one third of all AIDS-related deaths.1 10% of people with LTBI develop active TB during their lifetime, but for people living with HIV the risk is dramatically increased – from 80 to 110 times more!2 Adults and adolescents living with...