The International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO) developed this brief to provide the HIV community with current information and analysis of new and updated clinical data on the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in preventing HIV transmission to sexual partners of people living with HIV.… Read more
29 June 2017 — Geneva, Switzerland — ICASO’s Executive Director, Mary Ann Torres, representing the organization at the 40th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board, made an intervention during the thematic segment, entitled “HIV Prevention 2020: A Global Partnership for Delivery.” Mary Ann’s remarks, which were made during the panel “What is required for prevention scale-up?,” centered on the underachievement of prevention spending against UNAIDS-defined targets, specifically that one quarter of all money spent in the AIDS response be invested in prevention programs. She used the recent report from ICASO and EANNASO, “A Quarter for Prevention?” to illustrate her concerns. The full text of her intervention follows.… Read more
29 June 2017–Geneva, Switzerland — At the 40th meeting of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB), ICASO Executive Director Mary Ann Torres made an intervention regarding the dire situation facing people living with and at risk for HIV in Venezuela. During her remarks, others in the room stood up and held signs reading “SOS Venezuela,” in a visual demonstration of support. The full text of her intervention is below, in English and Spanish. Some photos of the session are also included at the bottom of this post.… Read more
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a major financier of national HIV responses and a vital source of prevention investments. By 2015, the Global Fund supported 3.6 million pregnant women to receive ARV prophylaxis to prevent transmission to their unborn children and distributed 5.3 billion condoms.… Read more
20 January 2017
Tirau, New Zealand; Toronto, Canada
ICASO (International Council of AIDS Service Organizations) and INA (Māori, Indigenous & South Pacific) HIV/AIDS Foundation strongly endorse the Undetectable = Untransmittable (U = U) Consensus Statement issued by the Prevention Access Campaign.… Read more
