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Social, economic, legal and political issues that may affect the lives of people living with HIV, including stigma, discrimination, criminalisation, travel and insurance.

Human rights

HIV care suffers under Senegal anti-gay law

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The Lancet (requires free registration)
10 August 2026
People & personal stories

‘The boy who wanted a cure’: How Kenyan scientist became a global HIV leader

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Daily Nation
6 August 2026
HIV & criminal law

New data presented at AIDS 2026 reveal renewed rise in HIV criminalisation amid global anti-rights backlash

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HIV Justice Network
2 August 2026
HIV & criminal law

New research identifies how healthcare systems become gateways to HIV criminalisation

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HIV Justice Network
2 August 2026
Access to healthcare

Brazil: MSF at AIDS 2026 demanding affordable access to lenacapavir everywhere

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Médecins Sans Frontières
2 August 2026
Finance & funding

Global Activists Protest French Ambassador for Global Health Anne-Claire Amprou at the 26th International AIDS Conference

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Health GAP (Global Access Project)
2 August 2026
Travel

New analysis finds HIV travel restrictions are shifting from border bans to hidden migration barriers as global progress stalls

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HIV Justice Network
31 July 2026
HIV & criminal law

New global Guidance on HIV decriminalisation launched at AIDS 2026

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HIV Justice Network
31 July 2026
Experiences of stigma

What if “a child” sees it? Conservative Christians rage over ad about HIV prevention

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LGBTQ Nation
31 July 2026
HIV & criminal law

Pennsylvania ends enhanced criminal penalties for people living with HIV

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LGBTQ Nation
27 July 2026
Global health initiatives

Amid Row Over Exclusion, US Concedes that HIV Approach Needs to Include ‘All People at Risk’

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Health Policy Watch
27 July 2026
Government, leadership & policy

AIDS 2026: Activists challenge US Government’s claims to manage PEPFAR

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i-Base
27 July 2026
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

Book review: Living Well with HIV: a DIY guide

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i-Base
14 July 2026
People & personal stories

Walt Odets, influential author on HIV and gay men, dies

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Bay Area Reporter
14 July 2026
Human rights

‘Witch-hunt’ in Niger as military regime rounds up LGBTQ+ population

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The Guardian
1 July 2026
Government, leadership & policy

Does the UN Political Declaration on HIV/ AIDS Even Matter Anymore?

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Jirair Ratevosian (Substack)
30 June 2026
Access to healthcare

Medicaid work requirement rule: Making a harmful law worse for people with HIV in the US

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HIV Medicine Association
29 June 2026
Activism & civil society

‘A matter of life or death’: the activists confronting US Congress about slashing HIV funding

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The Guardian
23 June 2026
Drug policy & policing

“It’s Authoritarian”—Harm Reduction Under San Francisco’s Backlash

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Filter
17 June 2026
Human rights

Defending HIV and health services and human rights in Cameroon

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Frontline AIDS
9 June 2026
HIV in the arts & media

Russell T Davies says Tip Toe is ‘natural legacy’ of It’s A Sin as HIV portrayal praised

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Pink News
6 June 2026
HIV & criminal law

Louisiana Enacts Significant Reform of HIV Exposure Law

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The Center for HIV Law and Policy
6 June 2026
Global health initiatives

Activists Arrested Protesting Secretary Rubio’s New Attacks on Lifesaving Global AIDS and Health Programs During Senate Foreign Relations Committee Testimony

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Health GAP (Global Access Project)
6 June 2026
Government, leadership & policy

Malawi’s civil society is shaping health systems that last

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Frontline AIDS
6 June 2026