amfAR: Issue Brief: The Expanded Mexico City Policy: Implications for the Global Fund This new amfAR brief examines the implications of the Trump administration’s expanded Mexico City policy for the Global Fund and estimates Global Fund investments that are subject to the policy. “…The Expanded Mexico City Policy (EMCP or…

Axios: Federal lawsuit against Gilead puts patent rights on trial (Herman, 11/8). Financial Times: U.S. sues Gilead over HIV patent infringements (Mancini, 11/7). The Hill: Trump administration sues HIV prevention drug maker for patent infringement (Sullivan, 11/7). STAT: HHS sues Gilead for refusing to reach a licensing deal over patents…

Health GAP: PEPFAR Funding Cuts Threaten the Future of People Living with HIV in Kenya Maureen Milanga, associate director of international policy and advocacy at Health GAP, examines PEPFAR’s Country Operating Plan (COP) process for Kenya and the implications of proposed funding cuts for HIV efforts in the country. Milanga…

CNN: Scientists discover first new HIV strain in nearly two decades “For the first time in 19 years, a team of scientists has detected a new strain of HIV. The strain is a part of the Group M version of HIV-1, the same family of virus subtypes to blame for…

New York Times: Trump Administration Sues Gilead, Maker of HIV-Prevention Drugs “The Trump administration on Wednesday sued Gilead Sciences, a pharmaceutical company that sells HIV-prevention drugs that can cost patients up to $20,000 a year [in the U.S.], accusing the company of earning billions from research funded by taxpayers without…

CNN: Pakistan’s latest HIV outbreak was a crisis waiting to happen Arshad Altaf, HIV and injection safety expert who works as a consultant for the WHO “…Unfortunately, unsafe injection practices are common at private clinics and dispensaries [in Pakistan]. … This has led to numerous outbreaks of both hepatitis B…

Al Jazeera: ‘Delhi in ICU’: Spike in respiratory diseases due to toxic smog (Kuchay, 11/5). Devex: Q&A: On advocacy in a changing political environment (Cornish, 11/6). The Guardian: Prisoners may be denied life-saving HIV treatment in UAE, campaigners say (Dehghan, 11/5). New Humanitarian: Leave or die. The choice confronting HIV-positive…

U.N. Dispatch’s “Global Dispatches Podcast”: Peter Piot: How Prepared are We for the Next Big Global Epidemic? Mark Leon Goldberg, editor of U.N. Dispatch and host of the Global Dispatches Podcast, speaks with Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, “about epidemics and what can…

UNAIDS: Worldwide, more than half of new HIV infections now among key populations and their sexual partners “In 2018, the global distribution of new HIV infections in 2018 crossed a threshold: the majority of global new infections were among key populations and their sexual partners. This change is a result…

Al Jazeera: Can the world afford universal health care? (11/2). Borgen Magazine: The End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act (Gordon, 11/1). Devex: Q&A: James Love on the biggest challenges in the fight for affordable drugs (Green, 11/4). Devex: 5 myths drowning out progress on WASH (Root, 11/4). DW: Philippines struggling to…