🚀 Thrilled to launch our first IAS Digest, a newsletter providing updates on pressing issues facing people living with, affected by & working on #HIV !

✉️ Check out our inaugural #IASDigest , dedicated to upholding human rights & putting people first! iasociety.org/ias-digest-uph…

📝 The IAS is welcoming letters of intent to host #HIV R4P2026 , the 6th #HIV Research for Prevention Conference, in #Asia and the #PacificIslands region.

☑️ Learn more about the selection criteria, bidding process & submit an #LOI by 14 June! iasociety.org/hosting-hivr4p…

I'm honoured to help shape #AIDS2024 , ensuring that we put people first in the global #HIV response.

Help us spread this important approach by sharing a message, photo or video with the #PutPeopleFirst hashtag!

Find out more: aids2024.org/put-people-fir…

📣 #AIDS2024 opens in 3 months & we’re thrilled to kick start our social campaign!

Join thousands around the globe in sharing how you &/or your organization put people first & why it matters.

📱 Post your message, photo or video using #PutPeopleFirst !

aids2024.org/put-people-fir…

📣 Only two weeks remain to submit an #AIDS2024 late-breaker #abstract !

Learn about the selection criteria and apply. Don't delay as applications close 2 May. aids2024.org/abstracts

📣 #HIV R4P2024 #abstract submissions close in 1 day!

✅ Submit an abstract by 10 April at 23:59 CEST for the potential opportunity to share your research at the 5th #HIV Research for Prevention Conference, taking place in #Lima & virtually this October! bit.ly/4czCIue

📣 Submissions for the #HIVR4P2024 #Journalist #Fellowship Programme close tomorrow (Wednesday, 10 April at 23:59 CEST)!

The programme covers travel, accommodation & registration for the conference in #Peru this October.

✅ Learn more, apply & RT! bit.ly/43mqMYO

Very proud of Benjamin Howden who is one of NHMRC ten of the best in 2024 for his amazing work using #genomics to stop infectious disease outbreaks including #COVID_19 in 🇦🇺Doherty Institute University of Melbourne

Looking for key highlights & expert insights on the newly released report by the IAS–Lancet Commission on Health & Human Rights?

✅ Join Duke Global Health, The Lancet, the IAS & leading experts for a free online panel discussion on Monday, 25 March at 14:00 CET! duke.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📰The IAS–Lancet Commission on Health & Human Rights final report is out!

It examines the decline in the upholding of human rights worldwide & the implications for health.

🌍Read the report & discover how we can refocus our commitment to human rights!

thelancet.com/journals/lance…

🗓️ Only a few days remains to apply to the 2024 Advocacy-for-Cure Academy!

The academy, organized by IAS & AVAC, will feature interactive workshops with leading experts in eastern Africa from 8-10 June.

✅ Learn more & apply! bit.ly/4a0uQjr

#HIV #fellowship

Our consultation confirmed that harm reduction – needle & syringe programmes, opioid agonist therapy, & making naloxone available to prevent opioid overdose – is an essential part of an integrated, person-centred, evidence-based & effective HIV & hepatitis response. #CND67

“The path to achieving the #SDGs and ending the #HIV pandemic is not a mystery but a choice.”

📨 Our 2024 Annual Letter is out!

🔎 Find out more about the key areas around which the IAS will convene, advocate and educate this year: bit.ly/3VbvUgj

📣 HIV Vaccine Science Academy applications close tomorrow, 13 March at 23:59 CET!

The academy awards fellowships to 15 early- to mid-career investigators & clinical scientists to take part in workshops on #HIV #vaccine research.

✅ Please apply & share! bit.ly/3vi90ZU

🗓️ Today on #InternationalWomensDay , IAS President Sharon Lewin is calling out the importance of diverse mentorship.

🙋‍♀️ We want to hear from you! How have mentors from different backgrounds helped you progress in your profession? #IWD2024 #WomensDay

💃 As we prepare to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay tomorrow, IAS President-Elect Beatriz Grinsztejn speaks about the power of female role models.

🙋‍♀️ We want to hear from you! How have successful women helped empower you?

#IWD2024 #WomensDay

♀️ Tomorrow is #InternationalWomensDay , a time for celebration & reflection.

Immediate Past IAS President Adeeba Kamarulzaman shares her advice for breaking through the old boys’ network.

🙋‍♀️What about you? What advice would you give to other women out there?

#IWD2024 #WomensDay

📣 The IAS & AVAC are thrilled to announce applications are now open for 2024 Advocacy-for-Cure Academy!

The academy will feature interactive workshops with leading experts in eastern Africa from 8-10 June.

✅ Learn more, apply & share! bit.ly/4a0uQjr

3/6: “If these bills become laws, they will set back the substantial gains made towards ending the #HIV pandemic....There is an urgent need for the governments of these countries to work with, not against, communities most vulnerable to #HIV .”

- IAS President Sharon Lewin

1/6: IAS is deeply concerned at the passing of a bill criminalizing same-sex relationships in #Ghana , the latest in an upsurge of anti-gay political acts in Africa.

Ghana’s Parliament passed Human Sexual Rights & Ghanaian Family Values Bill on 28 Feb. 🧵

bit.ly/3Tp853q