Funding of $1m has been confirmed by USAID for the Alliance’s behaviour change work in the Caribbean. USAID has been a key donor for the Alliance’s Caribbean programme since it started in 2003.

Corporación Kimirina, the Alliance linking organisation in Ecuador has developed a new national prevention campaign, in partnership with other actors in the country’s AIDS response, which aims to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Addy Chen is a programme officer for the Alliance in Myanmar (and previously a consultant). As well as working with men who have sex with men, he also works on the greater involvement of people living with HIV. Addy is profiled in a recent Treat Asia Report, where he tells the story of how he got involved in HIV work. He also comments on the Global Fund’s pullout from Myanmar, describing it as disastrous for the country’s 45,000 people who need antiretrovirals.

Peer education is proving effective in prevention work, but peer educators need identity cards for their own protection. This was the key message coming out of the first annual peer educators’ forum held in Mongolia.

The Alliance in Madagascar has been acting on its belief that improving communication between parents and children is key to the sexual and reproductive health of young people.

A film prominently featuring the Alliance’s HIV prevention initiatives in New Delhi was launched at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Standing up for HIV prevention is from award-winning director Staffan Hildebrand.

The Street Kids, Orphans and Widows Association (SKOWA), Zambia has been having a tangible impact on the community. The Loop highlights how SKOWA has been changing people’s attitudes towards HIV and those living with it, and encouraging safer sexual behaviour.

The initiative will use revenues from air passenger duty to fund responses to HIV, tuberculosis and malaria and to boost public health systems in developing countries. It also aims to drive down the cost of essential medicines.