Washington Post: Gilead delayed safer HIV drug to extend monopoly profits, advocates allege “…An HIV-prevention group called PrEP4All Collaboration filed a petition Wednesday with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office contending Gilead knew its new, improved drug — approved in 2015 and now part of Gilead’s combination therapies Genvoya and…

The Independent: Vladimir Putin bears responsibility for the HIV epidemic facing Russia Iskander Yasaveev, doctor of sociology and senior researcher at the Center for Youth Studies at the Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg “…Vladimir Putin has not spoken about HIV during his third presidential term, and is silent about…

SciDev.Net: Q&A: Africa lacks chronic disease policies — WHO’s Tedros “There is a lack of strategies to tackle chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease in the African region, posing a key challenge for those working to improve healthcare on the continent, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.…

New York Times: Venezuelans’ Struggle to Survive, Told in Pictures Nicholas Kristof, New York Times opinion columnist, and Fabiola Ferrero, photographer “To visit Venezuela today is to see how misrule can shatter a country. Years of corrupt, incompetent, and autocratic rule have left Venezuelans hungry and children dying for want…

Breitbart: Over 70,000 Venezuelans with HIV Have Little to No Access to Treatment “Over 70,000 Venezuelans with HIV have little to no access to treatment, the Venezuelan outlet Runrunes reported Sunday, citing a recently published report. The report, first presented last month by the head of the National AIDS Program…

New Humanitarian: We won’t achieve zero Ebola cases in Congo until we get language right Mia Marzotto, senior advocacy officer at Translators without Borders (TWB) “…Fifteen months into the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, we are still asking people to overcome the fear of an indiscriminate disease and…

TIME: In Addressing HIV, the U.S. Has a Lot to Learn From Namibia “…The U.S. has played a leading role in the global HIV/AIDS response; bipartisan political support has led to the funding of multinational efforts to detect, prevent and treat the disease and the U.S. works hand in hand…

Devex: Opinion: Communities together — accelerating uptake of promising new HIV/AIDS medicines Nagesh Borse, acting director for the HIV/AIDS task order on GHSC-PSM “…Critical to the global HIV/AIDS community’s efforts is ensuring people living with HIV have access to the latest antiretroviral drugs that effectively suppress viral load. … We…

Woodrow Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program’s “New Security Beat”: Quality of Care and Universal Health Coverage Should Be Basic Human Rights Sarah Barnes, project director for the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative, discusses the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 held in November and the importance of access to sexual…

AP: U.N. expert: Zimbabwe hunger ‘shocking’ for country not at war “Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation and the number of people needing help is ‘shocking’ for a country not in conflict, a United Nations special expert on the right to food said Thursday. Hilal Elver said she…