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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 >>
Hold The Line: Fulfil The 2027 #EndTB Commitments Without Shifting Goalposts
Monday, 13 July 2026, 8:05 am | CNS
In 2023, world leaders of 193 countries unanimously adopted the Political Declaration to end TB at United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting. More >>
Rising Above HIV Diagnosis And Turning Pain Into Purpose
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 7:47 am | CNS
Through Adolescent Friendly Health Clinics, we hold a day long camp once every month on a Sunday, so that the participants do not have to miss their school. More >>
Why Are We Still Not On Track To End TB Despite Decades Of Scaling Up TB Services?
Monday, 6 July 2026, 7:57 am | CNS
Local leaders, particularly mayors, are critical to accelerating TB elimination. While national governments set policies, local governments drive implementation. More >>
Governments Must Protect Maputo Protocol To Resist Anti-Rights Pushbacks And Advance Gender Equality And Right To Health
Tuesday, 30 June 2026, 8:05 pm | CNS
“The regressive draft African Charter on Family Sovereignty and Values is yet another assault on sexual and reproductive health rights and justice, as well as bodily autonomy and human rights in general. More importantly, this draft Charter ... More >>
Rising Patriarchal Resistance In Africa Against Gender Equality And Health Rights
Monday, 29 June 2026, 1:17 pm | CNS
The latest attack on the gender rights come in the form of a draft 'African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values' that was endorsed by 20 African countries at the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values. More >>
India's Highest Court Finally Realises The Monetary Worth Of A Homemaker's Unpaid Care Work
Friday, 19 June 2026, 6:22 pm | CNS
What we need is a people centric feminist response that addresses patriarchal norms around masculinity, entitlement and control, And thanks once again to the Supreme Court for breaking the eerie silence and starting the conversation. More >>
Will Governments Make Tobacco Industry Pay For All The Harms It Causes?
Sunday, 7 June 2026, 5:48 pm | CNS
It is time for accountability and make the tobacco industry, that is the Big Tobacco pay for ALL the harms they have caused to human life and our planet. More >>
