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Ahead Of Global Summit Nigeria Calls On The World To Turn AMR Pledges Into Action
Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 3:54 pm | CNS
The country will host the fifth Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Abuja from 6th to 8th December 2026, the first time the international gathering will be held on African soil. More >>
Gender Equality Must Be Central To Diplomatic Leadership And Right To Health
Saturday, 10 October 2026, 5:51 am | CNS
Globally, women occupy only around 21% of ambassadorial positions despite constituting half of the world’s population More >>
How Community-Led AI-Powered X-Rays Are Helping Find TB Among Those Without Symptoms
Monday, 5 October 2026, 3:08 pm | CNS
Preventing TB along with early and accurate TB diagnosis and linkage to standard treatment, care and support becomes more critical for people with HIV. More >>
AMR Survivor, Lawmaker And WHO Call To Protect Medicines That Keep Us Safe
Friday, 2 October 2026, 7:32 am | CNS
At the AMR Exhibition in European Parliament, a strong call to drop the 'silent pandemic' label, and to turn One Health commitments into laws, funding and accountability More >>
Putting Rights, Choices And Investment At The Heart Of Bodily Autonomy And Sexual Health
Monday, 28 September 2026, 4:46 am | CNS
The price of reproductive healthcare can be measured in dollars. The cost of not providing it is measured in unintended pregnancies, preventable illness, lives lost and opportunities denied to women. More >>
Beyond Unmet Need: Putting Rights, Choice And Investment At The Centre Of Sexual And Reproductive Health And Rights
Thursday, 24 September 2026, 7:31 am | CNS
Investing in sexual and reproductive health and rights is not only a question of meeting health needs - it can also generate substantial health and economic returns, according to the Guttmacher Institute’s “Adding It Up 2024” report. More >>
Longer Lives, Equal Rights: Why Ageing Needs A Gendered Human Rights Response
Thursday, 17 September 2026, 10:22 am | CNS
The inequalities experienced by women earlier in life can accumulate into old age. Poverty, unequal access to health services, discrimination, violence, unpaid care work and exclusion from decision-making can all shape what ageing looks like. More >>
From Sea Barriers To TB Elimination: Lakshadweep’s #endTB Blueprint For India
Wednesday, 9 September 2026, 7:37 am | CNS
The remote archipelago of Lakshadweep islands in Arabian Sea on the south-west coast of India, separated from the land by hours of sea travel, has notified remarkably low numbers of TB cases. More >>
When The Last-Resort Antibiotic Fails
Friday, 4 September 2026, 5:59 pm | CNS
The findings offer one of the clearest multi-centre pictures yet of the clinical and economic burden when common Gram-negative bacteria become resistant to carbapenem antibiotics. More >>
Truth They Do Not Want You To Know: Half The World But Only 27% Of Political Power
Friday, 28 August 2026, 5:55 pm | CNS
Shobha reminded the audience that the right to vote itself was hard-won. New Zealand became the first country to grant women parliamentary suffrage, the product of long feminist struggle. More >>
Put People First: Indonesian Advocates Demand Community-led HIV, TB Responses
Monday, 24 August 2026, 8:55 am | CNS
Aubree pointed to a major policy barrier that young people in Indonesia faced before 2022: access to HIV testing for those under 18 previously required parental consent. More >>
Cambodia's HIV Success: How Leadership, Partnership And Communities Turned Ambition Into Action
Monday, 17 August 2026, 9:11 am | CNS
UNAIDS latest report 2026 released two weeks ago states that by 2025, there were 14 countries worldwide that had achieved 95-95-95 HIV goals. More >>
Shelves Go Dry, Services Collapse, Anti-rights Forces Surge And Deepen The Crises
Monday, 10 August 2026, 7:35 am | CNS
Nelly Munyasia, Executive Director of the Reproductive Health Network Kenya (RHNK) described a healthcare architecture that had become dependent on a single external agency. More >>
Asia Pacific Leaders Warn Attacks Against Health And Gender Are Undoing Decades Of Progress
Thursday, 6 August 2026, 7:59 am | CNS
Gender justice, bodily autonomy and the leadership of key populations are not optional add-ons. They are the foundation on which any credible path to ending AIDS rests. With only 54 months left to the 2030 targets, that foundation is cracking. More >>
African Rights Groups Urge Pause To Flawed Convention On Violence Against Women And Girls
Tuesday, 4 August 2026, 3:36 pm | CNS
Feminists demanded a single, insistent message: pause, listen, strengthen, then ratify. More >>
Cuts To Prevention And Community-Led Services Could Spark HIV Resurgence In Asia Pacific
Thursday, 30 July 2026, 7:43 am | CNS
The UNAIDS report warns that reductions in international financing and cuts to HIV prevention and community-led services could lead to a resurgence of the epidemic. More >>
54 Months To End AIDS And TB: Communities Say "Trust Us To Lead Or Miss The Target"
Tuesday, 28 July 2026, 10:13 am | CNS
With just 54 months left until the global deadline to end AIDS and TB, community leaders from more than a dozen countries delivered a blunt message: nothing will change if people living with HIV remain mere consultees. More >>
Thailand's Community-Led HIV Revolution Is Powered By #PutPeopleFirst
Tuesday, 28 July 2026, 9:36 am | CNS
Legalisation and financing through Thailand’s UHC scheme represent game-changing progress, allowing community organisations to register as service providers and receive direct reimbursement. More >>
World Hepatitis Day 2026: Political Will, Not Just Tools, Will Decide If We End Viral Hepatitis And AIDS By 2030
Tuesday, 28 July 2026, 7:35 am | CNS
In World Health Organization (WHO)'s South-East Asia region the numbers are daunting. The region carries 14% of the global hepatitis-B and hepatitis-C burden. More >>
Communities Must Be Financed, Not Just Celebrated, Says UNAIDS' Eamonn Murphy Ahead Of AIDS 2026
Thursday, 23 July 2026, 7:58 am | CNS
UNAIDS' Eamonn Murphy reminded participants that community leadership was never a gift bestowed by policymakers. Inclusion of communities was earned through decades of activism, courage, lived experience and relentless advocacy. More >>
