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Wim Vandevelde (he/him)
@wimvandevelde.bsky.social
Treatment access activist 🌈
The right to health is a fundamental part of our human rights and of our understanding of a life in dignity 🌐 Posts my own etc
“It is quite clear that various organisations are starting to consider synthetic images instead of real photography, because it’s cheap and you don’t need to bother with consent and everything”

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost
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October 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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EATG is at the #EACS2025 in Paris, 15–18 October!
Join us for key sessions, workshops, activities in the Community Corner and the launch of a Glasgow Manifesto Report as we spotlight Europe’s role in tackling HIV.

Read more→ www.eatg.org/events/eatg-...

@eacsociety.bsky.social
EATG at EACS 2025 | EATG
This is an overview of EATG activities at the 20th European AIDS Conference (Paris, 15-18 October 2025)
www.eatg.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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🚨 UNAIDS Must Not Be Sunset! 🚨
The Fight AIDS Coalition (FAC) has issued a statement rejecting the UN80 proposal to dismantle UNAIDS by 2026.

Please SHARE widely: bit.ly/4pzwbpU

SIGN ON to the NGO Delegation statement here 👉 unaidspcbngo.org/news/with-th...

#FightAIDSNow
September 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Too many lives are being lost because CD4 testing is being deprioritized. The CD4 Monitoring Fact Sheet offers a clear picture of where the gaps are, and what can be done to fix them.

📥 Download your copy here: tinyurl.com/CD4testing
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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📣 Just 1 day remains to apply for the #AIDS2026 Community Project #Grants!

Each selected organization will receive up to USD 10,000 to support projects that deliver measurable #HIV impact in #Brazil and across #LatinAmerica.

📝 Learn more & apply today!
Community Project Grants | AIDS 2026
AIDS 2026 Community Project Grants Deadline: 19 September 2025 Funding: Up to USD 10,000 per project Eligible regions: Brazil and the Latin America & Caribbean (LAC) region Submit your grant applicati...
www.iasociety.org
September 18, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Call their bluff, let Big Pharma walk!

“NHS was built to be universal free & public. If it becomes another playground for hedge funds & Big Pharma, it wont be envy of the world anymore. It will be just another cautionary tale about the power of corporate capture”

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Big Pharma is throwing its toys out of the pram — and Wes Streeting is caught in the crossfire
The privatisation playbook: starve the NHS of funding, let public services fail, then hand them over to profiteers while blaming “inefficiency.”
open.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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It is over for the genocide deniers.

Even the BBC is now splashing on the UN commission of inquiry concluding that Israel has committed genocide.

Those who supported Israel's onslaught:

You backed a genocide.

You will never scrub the shame away.
September 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week gaycitynews.com/hiv-unwrappe...
‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week
The floor was on fire when molecular structures met ballroom aesthetics and decades of scientific research to create colorful couture at "HIV Unwrapped," a
gaycitynews.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ageing with HIV: The Glasgow Manifesto | Psychosocial Challenges, Mental Health and Resilience in Ageing and Older People Living with HIV –Webinar #3 | EATG www.eatg.org/events/agein...
Ageing with HIV: The Glasgow Manifesto | Psychosocial Challenges, Mental Health and Resilience in Ageing and Older People Living with HIV –Webinar #3 | EATG
This series of webinars aims to call attention to the key considerations of the Glasgow Manifesto developed by the International Coalition of Older People Living with HIV (iCOPe HIV). The webinars foc...
www.eatg.org
September 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"A key objective of outreach efforts was to trace young people who had defaulted on HIV treatment and support them in returning to care."

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Pepfar funding cuts end Cape Town programme supporting orphans with HIV
The cut in Pepfar funding provided to HIV programmes has had many deleterious effects, one of which is the loss of a Cape Town-based initiative that provided support for orphans and vulnerable childre...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
September 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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So delighted that the legendary AIDS and social activist Mr @zackieachmat.bsky.social will soon visit @mcgill.ca to receive the inaugural Paul Farmer Award for Global Health Equity and deliver the lecture!

If you are in Montreal, join in person

If not, join online

www.mcgill.ca/globalhealth...
September 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Several vaccines have shown promise against cancer, but this one is notable because it’s “off-the-shelf” — not custom-made for each patient — which makes it simpler & potentially less expensive.
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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The Blow to Transparency: How Big Pharma Turned Principles of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Against Itself

Analysis by Vineeth Penmetsa

genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/the-blow-t...
September 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Join us on 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research NOW to hear about the incredible successes of the NIH-funded HIV research networks, with leaders Myron Cohen, Larry Corey, Joseph Eron, and Sharon Nachman on YouTube: bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch #HIV
September 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Event Program | 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research saveaidsresearch.org/program
Event Program | 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
saveaidsresearch.org
September 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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An expert panel about the next generation of HIV researchers is happening now on 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research. Join Monica Gandhi, John Sauceda, and Allison Agwu on YouTube: bit.ly/45Qftts #saveAIDSresearch #HIV #HIVresearch
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Join us for 24 Hours to Save AIDS Research in TWO days to hear from Annette Sohn, Trevor Hoppe, Larry Corey, Kara Chew, and many more! Register bit.ly/45U1keO. #HIV #saveAIDSresearch #HIVresearch
September 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you have had a TB research grant terminated or a funding application that has been affected, please consider completing this form and sharing it with other TB researchers within your professional network: globaltbcab.org/tb-news/help...
Help TAG Track TB Research Funding Disruptions - Global TB Community Advisory Board
Since assuming office in January 2025, the Trump Administration has slashed funding for medical research through a series of executive orders, funding suspensions, grant terminations, and procedural d...
globaltbcab.org
August 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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The BBC News website has pages & pages of coverage related to farmers protesting inheritance tax, including events where only a few hundred turn out.

In London yesterday 100,000 people marched for trans rights, and nothing.

Imagine if it was 100,000 anti immigrant activists, they'd cover that.
July 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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🌐 Let’s keep the momentum going beyond #IAS2025!

📝 Join current, past & future IAS leaders, including Beatriz Grinsztejn, Birgit Poniatowski, Kenneth Ngure, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Linda-Gail Bekker, Chris Beyrer, Adeeba Kamarulzaman & Sharon Lewin, in signing the #KigaliCalltoAction!
The Kigali Call to Action: Standing Together for the Global HIV Response
The Kigali Call to Action is a global rallying cry to protect hard-won progress in the fight against HIV. Launched during IAS 2025, it highlights urgent threats—funding cuts, political setbacks, and rising inequality—and outlines how to reclaim momentum with a bold, equity-driven agenda. We urge World Leaders to deliver on promises by recommitting to five key principles that will reinvigorate the fight against HIV. Read the text of the letter below.
actionnetwork.org
July 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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It has been five months since the murder in Gqeberha of Imam Muhsin Hendricks, and there has been no public update from the police or any indication of progress in the case.

Read groundup.org.za/article/afte... by Yaseen Bardien
After five months, silence on murder of imam Muhsin Hendricks
Hendricks, who was openly gay, was gunned down in Gqeberha in February
groundup.org.za
July 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Fewer than 24,000 of over 147,000 claimants have been compensated, while some 385,000 people have registered an intention to claim, and over 175,000 have made appointments to have their claims processed.

Read groundup.org.za/article/r5-b... by Sipokazi Fokazi
Huge delays in payouts to miners with silicosis and TB
Delays by the multi-billion rand Tshiamiso Trust have meant 84% of lodged claims have not received compensation
groundup.org.za
July 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
“Successful people I know don’t fight AI, they teach themselves how to direct it and use it to their benefit. They understand that humans will always be in charge of technology.”
July 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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US Drafts Plan to Change PEPFAR's Focus From HIV to Diseases that Could Threaten Americans

"Plus the creation of new markets for American drugs and technologies,” @nytimes.com.

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US Drafts Plan To Change PEPFAR's Focus From HIV To Diseases That Could Threaten Americans - Health Policy Watch
US State Department officials are developing a plan to transform the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) from an entity that tackles HIV to
healthpolicy-watch.news
July 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM