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AVAC @avac.org · 12d

Big news this week for injectable lenacapavir for #HIV #PrEP! Terrific summary from @biancahillier.bsky.social at @theworld.org with our ED, Mitchell Warren, @jirairratevosian.bsky.social, @unitaid.bsky.social and Wits RHI

🎧 here: theworld.org/segments/202...

Twice-yearly HIV prevention drug to be offered at new, low cost - The World from PRX

An HIV prevention drug will be made available at a new, low cost in 120 low- and middle-income countries starting in 2027, according to an announcement yesterday. The move is being called a “once-in-a...

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Jul 21

My roundup of big HIV updates from ViiV, Gilead, Merck, WHO and more. I also share reflections on #IAS2025 and the future.
Grateful to Prof Linda Gail Bekker who brought Keith Haring into the conversation—his legacy still speaks volumes. @pozmagazine.bsky.social

www.poz.com/article/hiv-...

The HIV Movement Is Marching Forward—Again

IAS 2025 delivers a clear message: communities are the frontline, not the afterthought.

www.poz.com

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Commission on AI and HIV @ai4hiv.bsky.social · Jun 13

@jirairratevosian.bsky.social led a commentary calling for urgent and ethical integration of AI into HIV prevention systems. This reminds us to move beyond pilots and ensure the real work happens with the community to make lasting, sustainable impacts.
ai4hiv.com/ai-in-hiv-pr...
#AI4HIV #AI4Health

AI in HIV Prevention Systems

An important commentary in The Lancet HIV, led by Commissioner Jirair Ratevosian, calls for urgent and ethical integration of AI into HIV prevention systems. Drawing from the insights of a recent c…

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Jun 23

Thank you @who.int @drtedros.who.int for signing the Kigali Call to Action. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ki... If you work in public health, we invite you to read and sign the petition to world leaders. #IAS2025 @judyauerbach.bsky.social

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 r...

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Mar 26

At a time when progress against HIV remains fragile, political inaction sends the wrong message to communities, donors, and implementing partners worldwide.

Think Global Health @thinkglobalhealth.org · Mar 26

Authorization for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has expired.

PEPFAR's former acting chief of staff @jirairratevosian.bsky.social analyzes the ramifications for the global HIV/AIDS response and the key considerations for the program's future.

PEPFAR Misses Reauthorization Deadline: What's Next for Global HIV Fight? | Think Global Health

The expiration of PEPFAR's authorization could mark a pivotal shift in the HIV/AIDS response

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Mar 18

Eight countries—Haiti, Kenya, Lesotho, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Ukraine—are at risk of running out of HIV treatments - @who.int
📊 Massive impact:
🔹 4.44 million people living with HIV
🔹 11.1% of the global HIV burden facing uncertainty
www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Eight countries could run out of HIV treatments due to USAID cuts, WHO says

The Trump administration's decision to pause U.S. foreign aid has "substantially disrupted" supply of HIV treatments in eight countries, which could soon run out of these life-saving medicines, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

www.reuters.com

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Mar 7

Today is the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, March 7, 1965, when civil rights activists marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, to demand voting rights for Black Americans.

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join me and Mia for a conversation about PEPFAR's future.

Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism @bhekisisa.org · Mar 7

[PODCAST] The Trump administration has an aversion to funding HIV Prevention projects. Is prejudice behind it? @miamalan.bsky.social asks former Pepfar head of staff @jirairratevosian.bsky.social. bhekisisa.org/multimedia/p...

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thanks for an insightful conversation, Mia! Onward.

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 25

New: Our analysis indicates that the Trump administration's proposed 90-day policy review would result in at least 100,000 lives lost over the next year. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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AVAC @avac.org · Feb 25

"By our conservative estimate, the human cost of the new administration's proposed 90-day policy review would be at least 100,000 lives lost over 1 year," write @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @chrisbeyrer.bsky.social and Khai Tram in JIAS.

A must read ▶️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

<em>Journal of the International AIDS Society</em> | IAS HIV Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

Click on the article title to read more.

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 25

Powerful to see this.

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 23

Join us - Keith Haring’s Legacy in Today’s World: A Conversation About HIV Activism

www.csis.org/events/keith...

Keith Haring’s Legacy in Today’s World: A Conversation About HIV Activism | CSIS Events

Jirair Ratevosian and Martha Sichone Cameron join Brad Gooch, author of Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, for a conversation about Haring's legacy and impact on HIV activism.

www.csis.org

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 12

I read this article this morning and had to ask myself—what year is this?

www.tortoisemedia.com/2025/02/12/u...

Uganda HIV clinics to close after USAID funding cuts

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Jen Kates @jenkatesdc.bsky.social · Feb 11

New lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s freeze of foreign aid funding. www.citizen.org/news/nonprof...

Nonprofits Sue Trump Administration to Reverse Freeze on Foreign Aid Funding - Public Citizen

WASHINGTON D.C. — Today, Public Citizen filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against…

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 8

A moment of reckoning for #USAID and all of global health.
We can’t just weather this storm—we have to rise from it transformed.
ratevosian.substack.com/p/a-moment-o...

A Moment of Reckoning

Diary of a Foreign Aid Advocate Under Trump

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AVAC @avac.org · Feb 7

“This is not only bad politics in terms of government-to-government relationships, it is bad medicine, it is bad science, and it is dumb,” says our Executive Director Mitchell Warren.

@cohenjon.bsky.social @jirairratevosian.bsky.social @linda-gailb.bsky.social

www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Madness’: Trump freeze on global HIV prevention efforts sparks disbelief, anger

After chaotic halt, PEPFAR’s global distribution of HIV treatments may be resuming but limits on using drugs to curb viral spread remain

www.science.org

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 8

We need to be clear-eyed about the real challenges ahead for PEPFAR. My views here.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

PEPFAR under review: what's at stake for PEPFAR's future

The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) faces a pivotal moment, confronting one of its most challenging periods since its launch in 2003. The new policy priorities of the administra...

www.thelancet.com

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 4

To all our USAID friends and colleagues—We stand with you in solidarity during this time. Our home is your home, and our hearts and doors are always open to support and uplift you. You are not alone—your mission is our mission.

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 3

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 3

Raskin: "Musk is not the 4th branch of government"

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AVAC @avac.org · Feb 3

#PEPFAR has helped transform global #HIV responses since 2003. Now, a halt in funding by #Trump2025 threatens decades of progress. Lives are at risk, and partnerships are being undone. @miamalan.bsky.social @linda-gailb.bsky.social

bhekisisa.org/opinion/2025...

Too little, too late: What a Pepfar waiver can’t do - Bhekisisa

On Saturday, the US state department issued details of who qualifies for a limited waiver during the Trump administration’s 90-day pause of foreign aid. The freeze has resulted in the temporary close ...

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 3

Members of Congress highlight illegal nature of USAID takeover.

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Dr Jirair Ratevosian @jirairratevosian.bsky.social · Feb 3

Huge turn out in front of former USAID building.

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