An exciting new Alliance global partnership icon – representing the shared vision, mission and values of the 28 national members of the global Alliance – has been launched.

The Alliance’s work tackling HIV in Zambia was highly commended in the international aid and development category of the 2007 Charity Awards, announced on 21 June.

The World Bank has agreed to fund an Alliance project aimed at reducing the spread of HIV and mitigating the impact of AIDS in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Health workers and carers in Brazil are welcoming an Alliance-initiated project with HIV-positive adolescents, reporting that workshops are helping to end their isolation.

Senegal is lagging behind neighbouring countries in promoting the greater involvement of people living with HIV, an Alliance-facilitated workshop has revealed.

An Alliance-organised monitoring and evaluation workshop in Zambia for linking organisation and country office partners in Anglophone Africa has given staff a rich opportunity to share experiences and learn about good practice from colleagues.

The Alliance has developed a revised edition of the anti-stigma toolkit Understanding and challenging HIV stigma: Toolkit for action and it is now available to download.

A trainer’s viewpoint: trainers who have attended stigma-reduction training of trainers workshops in Kenya describe some of the ways the training has affected their lives and their communities.