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09 July 2025The First Generation Without AIDS Is Within Reach If We Refuse to Settle
By Peter Sands, Executive Director
We stand at the edge of an extraordinary possibility: to end the AIDS pandemic, eliminating HIV as a public health threat. Over the last few decades, more than 40 million people have died of AIDS and there are another 39 million people living with HI... -
I was 18 when I was diagnosed with HIV. The months leading up to my diagnosis were filled with fear and confusion. I wanted to donate blood, to do something good – but what followed was a series of healthcare missteps and poor communication. Eventual... -
I was pregnant with my first child when I was diagnosed with drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB). I’d already suffered years of misdiagnosis. In an instant, all the joy I felt as an expectant mother turned to fear and anxiety. -
23 April 2025Ending Malaria Makes Everyone Healthier, Safer and More Prosperous
By Peter Sands, Executive Director
A few months ago, alarm bells rang across global health networks as a mysterious disease emerged in a remote corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The outbreak seemed to defy easy explanation — it was circulating in the remote parts of th... -
24 March 2025Long Seen as the “Pandemic of the Poor”, TB is a Threat to us All
By Peter Sands, Executive Director
Despite being preventable and curable, tuberculosis (TB) has regained its position as the number 1 infectious disease killer worldwide, causing 1.25 million deaths in 2023. As a respiratory infection prone to drug resistance, TB poses a looming threa...