Congrats, Kevin Fenton!

The #Mpox outbreak in Africa underscores the urgent need to leverage #TRIPS provisions to accelerate and expand access to vaccines in LMICs. It is crucial we prioritize global health equity and ensure all nations can produce and distribute vaccines swiftly. #VaccinesForAll WTO

We are excited about welcoming Ningbo, Kunming, Suzhou as 1st Fast-Track Cities in China. Our VP Sindhu Ravishankar delivered a talk about what it means to be a Fast-Track City. We hope that one or all three cities will join us at #FTC2024 in Paris. iapac.org/conferences/fa…

Texas accounts for the largest share of Americans aged <65 without health insurance (18.8% of residents as of 2022, among them people living with #HIV). After Texas, Oklahoma (14.3%), Wyoming (14.1%), and Florida (13.9%) have the highest share of uninsured residents in the US.

UPCOMING WEBINAR - Mpox Awareness Among Gay, Bisexual Men, MSM in Africa - August 19, 2024 In light of the recent outbreak of #Mpox, there has been a significant amount of information and misinformation circulating about this disease. To address this, we are organizing a webinar

Florida, Texas, and Wyoming are Medicaid non-expansion states leaving 1000s of uninsured people without an affordable health care option, including PLHIV. #HIV care should not be denied to anyone because of their socioeconomic circumstances.

STATEMENT: #Mpox Response in 2024 is a Litmus Test of Global Solidarity against Inequities. Africa CDC World Health Organization (WHO) WHO African Region Fast-Track Cities José M Zuniga iapac.org/2024/08/17/iap…

📌Have questions about #mpox? Learn more here: who.int/news-room/ques…

What is #mpox? Learn more👉bit.ly/3AvAOwf

We are saddened by the loss of this amazing leader in the #HIV prevention research area. May Professor Kawango Agot rest in peace, and her legacy continue in the work advanced by those whom she mentored.

Published today: WHO #smallpox and #mpox vaccine position paper. Publié aujourd’hui: Position de l’OMS sur les vaccins antivarioliques. iris.who.int/bitstream/hand… The product of months of work by the World Health Organization (WHO) Vaccines and Emergency Departments with the support of many global experts.

NEW IN JIAPAC: Dissemination of the Women-Centred #HIV Care Model: A Multimodal Process and Evaluation journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Adding 1 focused on #HIV and intersectional stigma – a short film, “Human First,” available at: youtu.be/NBYmbWzbAog?si…

NEW IN JIAPAC: #HIV Self-Testing for Efficient #PrEP Delivery Is Highly Acceptable and Feasible in Public Health HIV Clinics in Kenya: A Mixed Methods Study. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Our September issue is ready! Featuring the IAPAC Commission on the future of urban HIV responses, financial incentives effects on viral suppression, anal cancer in people with #HIV and more. Available here: thelancet.com/issue/S2352-30… Cover: ilustratoro (IG)

Thank you Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, MD, MPH, FIDSA for your words of commitment and encouragement for City of St. Louis and CityofSTLDOH as a new #HIV jurisdictional plan is developed!

Tyrell Manning, HIV Prevention Manager of CityofSTLDOH provides an overview of the grant deliverables outlined for #HIV prevention before we begin breakout sessions for focus populations to build City of St. Louis HIV jurisdictional plan!

Inspiring to see the breakout groups return to outline #SMARTIE goals for generating the City of St. Louis Jurisdictional #HIV Plan! Focusing on integrating holistic efforts inside grant specific prevention and treatment efforts

Next 5-year European Commission mandate is the last chance to accelerate progress towards #SDG3 before the 2030 deadline. We must urgently act on #HIV, #TB, and hepatitis to meet the deadline. The time for bold, data-driven health policies is now! ECDC #HealthSDGs

We are proudly co-hosting a session with Prevention Access, GNP+, AIDS United, and The Well Project next week at @NMAC #USCHA in NOLA. Our joint session, #UequalsU: The Good News Strategy to End the #HIV Epidemic, is not to be missed! Fast-Track Cities Institute