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Sir Elton John, the iconic musician and longstanding advocate in the fight against AIDS, has recently expressed optimism about the potential eradication of AIDS by 2030. While addressing MPs in Westminster on Wednesday (29 November), Elton John, who has been pivotal in HIV prevention through his Elton John AIDS...
I'm Healthy, And I Live With HIV
Today (1 December) is World AIDS Day, and to celebrate, New Zealand’s leading HIV peer support organisation has released “I’m Healthy, and I Live with HIV” - a new video campaign to highlight that despite facing a myriad of challenges, people living with HIV can, and should, live quality,...
The Global Fund
The UK government has reduced funding for a significant HIV prevention fund helping to fight HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria around the world. The move to slash funding follows last year’s pledge of £1.4 billion to The Global Fund, which has now been reduced to £1 billion. All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on...
Elton John Medal
Sir Elton John has been presented with the National Humanities Medal for his work fighting HIV/AIDS by US President Joe Biden. Elton John was presented the award following a performance at the White House on Friday, 23 September - leaving Elton “flabbergasted”, adding, “I’m never flabbergasted, but I’m flabbergasted.” Presenting the...
Boris Johnson
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing criticism from LGBTQ+ health groups after mixing up HIV and AIDS again. Johnson’s comments were made while speaking about vaccines and advances in medical research during his address to 200 business leaders at a Global Investment Summit. According to The Telegraph, during his speech,...
AIDS
Disruptions in healthcare services due to the coronavirus pandemic could lead to an extra 500,000 AIDS-related deaths in sub-Saharan Africa by next year, more than doubling the death toll in 2018. A modelling group convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS have suggested that six months of interrupted...
AIDS 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to create havoc across the globe, the world’s leading AIDS Conference is now the latest event to be affected. The 2020 International AIDS Conference which was scheduled to be held in San Francisco from July 6 has announced that the event will now be staged virtually. In a...

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