PEPFAR released its new Strategy for Accelerating HIV Epidemic Control (2017-2020) during the UN General Assembly held mid-September 2017 in New York City. Click here to read a statement from IAPAC’s President/CEO José M. Zuniga. PhD, MPH, regarding the association’s support for the strategy..
Fast-Track Cities Initiative on first anniversary
On the 1-year anniversary of the Fast-Track Cities Initiative (1 December 2015), IAPAC’s President/CEO reflects on a year’s worth of momentum as Fast-Track Cities lead and IAPAC, UNAIDS, UN-Habitat, and the City of Paris support efforts to attain 90-90-90 and zero discrimination and stigma targets. Click here to access IAPAC’s Fast-Track Cities 1-year anniversary statement.
HIVSmart! self-testing app partnership announced
IAPAC, RI-MUHC, and SYMPACT-X announced a partnership to implement the HIVSmart! self-testing app in high HIV burden Fast-Track Cities. Click here to view the September 15, 2017, press release.
White House convenes meeting focused on leveraging the US National HIV/AIDS Strategy in US Fast-Track Cities
The White House, in partnership with IAPAC and other US stakeholders, convened a one-day meeting on November 3, 2015, to identify ways of leveraging the recently updated US National HIV/AIDS Strategy in US Fast-Track Cities. Click here to access the meeting report.
Lancet commentary published: “90-90-90 and Ending AIDS: Necessary and Feasible”
Public health leaders from IAPAC, the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis authored a Lancet commentary entitled, “90-90-90 and Ending AIDS: Necessary and Feasible,” published July 22, 2017, on the eve of the 9th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Paris. Click here to access the commentary.
IAPAC Guidelines for Optimizing the HIV Care Continuum for Adults and Adolescents released
The new IAPAC Guidelines for Optimizing the HIV Care Continuum for Adults and Adolescents feature 36 evidence-based recommendations – including ‘test and start’ – meant to optimize the HIV care continuum and support the global attainment of the UN 90-90-90 Targets. Click here to view the September 30, 2015, press release or here to access the recommendations summary table.
Fast-Track Cities Initiatives well represented at IAS 2017
The Fast-Track Cities initiative was well represented at IAS 2017 in Paris last month. In addition to a panel session reflecting the experiences of five Fast-Track Cities, the 2017 UNAIDS Global Update (Ending AIDS: Progress Towards the 90-90-90 Targets) featured the initiative to promote accelerated urban AIDS responses striving to attain the 90-90-90 Targets. IAPAC also launched three Fast-Track City dashboards – Bangkok, Nairobi County, and New Orleans – and presented two Fast-Track Cities-themed posters related to 90-90-90 and HIV care continuum data and expanding access to HIV self-testing. Click here to view a video from the Fast-Track Cities panel session at IAS 2017.
UNAIDS Launches Global AIDS Update 2017
UNAIDS launched its Global AIDS Update 2017 in Paris on July 20, 2017, entitled, “Ending AIDS: Progress Towards the 90-90-90 Targets.” The report includes case studies from many Fast-Track Cities in which IAPAC is engaged in HIV care continuum optimization. Click here to access the report, or click here to read the two pages from the report that cite the Fast-Track Cities initiative..
Discussion paper released at 29th African Union Summit: “2 Million African Community Health Workers”
At the July 3, 2017, opening of the 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UNAIDS and other partners, including IAPAC, released a discussion paper entitled, “2 Million African Community Health Workers.” The discussion paper links the community health worker movement to the African Union’s “Africa Health Strategy,” the “Catalytic Framework to End AIDS, TB and Eliminate Malaria by 2030,” and the potential economic dividend of addressing high youth unemployment throughout Africa. Click here to access the discussion paper.
New York City launches its Fast-Track Cities dashboard
New York City launched its Fast-Track Cities dashboard June 5, 2017, during a panel discussion at Adherence 2017. The web-based platform allows cities to report progress against the UNAIDS 90-90-90 and targets. Click here to read the launch press release, or here to access the New York City dashboard.
IAPAC mourns the passing of Mark A. Wainberg, PhD
IAPAC mourns the passing of Canadian HIV researcher, Mark A. Wainberg, PhD, who identified lamivudine (3TC) as effective against HIV, fought HIV denialism, advocated global scale-up of antiretroviral therapy, and promoted the right of HIV-vulnerable people to live free of social intolerance. Click here to read IAPAC’s statement.
IAPAC launches Recommendations for the Rapid Expansion of HIV Self-Testing in Fast-Track Cities
IAPAC launched Recommendations for the Rapid Expansion of HIV Self-Testing in Fast-Track Cities during a joint Brazilian National STI, HIV/AIDS & Viral Hepatitis Program – IAPAC meeting of that country’s cities held January 26, 2017, in Brasília. Developed in collaboration with ASLM, the recommendations promote interventions to break down barriers to this testing technology and promote linkage to HIV care and prevention. Click here to access the recommendations.
IAPAC recognizes 150 individuals at 30th anniversary commemoration
IAPAC recognized 150 individuals, 12 posthumously, who have influenced its mission, vision, and programs over the association’s three-decade history. The “IAPAC 150” were announced at IAPAC’s 30th anniversary commemoration, held October 13, 2016, in Geneva. The “IAPAC 150” are a diverse group of global health leaders, clinicians and researchers, public health specialists, and people living with HIV/AIDS and their advocates from within affected communities. Click here to read the “IAPAC 150” announcement press release.
