Press releases

The Alliance's latest press releases will appear on this page. For older releases, please refer to the press archive. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact Sarah Wheeler, senior media officer, on 01273 718949. Email: swheeler@aidsalliance.org. Or Simon Moore, head of communications, on 01273 718744. Email: smoore@aidsalliance.org.

Latest releases

  • New funding opportunities for civil society to tackle HIV

    The International HIV/AIDS Alliance today welcomed the call from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria for new funding proposals to tackle HIV. Thanks to the introduction of some new measures, civil society and affected and marginalised communities (including sex workers, men who have sex with men and injecting drug users) will now have greater opportunity to access money from the Global Fund to support responses to HIV.

    03 March 2008

  • International HIV/AIDS Alliance and UNAIDS renew collaborating centre agreement

    The Alliance and UNAIDS have renewed their commitment to work together to support the global efforts to reach universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services for all those in need collaboration, with the signing of a new agreement for the Alliance to act as a UNAIDS collaborating centre.

    17 January 2008

  • Significant shift in African AIDS response required

    The role of civil society organisations and how best to fund them in their fight against HIV/AIDS come under the spotlight at the Civil Society, HIV/AIDS and Africa: capacity, sustainability, partnerships conference being held in Johannesburg, South Africa from December 5 to 7.

    07 December 2007

  • Conference focuses on building civil society capacity in fight against HIV/AIDS

    The role of civil society organisations and how best to fund them in their fight against HIV/AIDS come under the spotlight at the Civil Society, HIV/AIDS and Africa: capacity, sustainability, partnerships conference being held in Johannesburg, South Africa from December 5 to 7.

    06 December 2007

  • Shift in HIV/AIDS project funding required

    Funding models and the role of civil society in the response to HIV need to be re-evaluated if we are to overcome the HIV epidemic in Africa.

    06 December 2007

  • Côte d’Ivoire: a beacon of hope for HIV/AIDS NGO funding and capacity building

    While years of civil strife have contributed to Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) recording the highest HIV prevalence in Western Africa, recent interventions show that progress can be made in the effort to reduce HIV infections.

    06 December 2007

  • Senegalese intervention paves way for success in HIV/AIDS programmes

    Active participation by civil society organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Senegal has led to this West Africa country boasting once of the lowest HIV prevalence rates in sub-Saharan Africa. It has also been praised for having one of the most successful responses to HIV among low and middle-income countries.

    06 December 2007

  • Revised HIV data shows need to invest in hardest hit communities

    The Alliance has welcomed the news that fewer people around the world are estimated to be living with HIV than previously thought. This follows the release of better epidemiological data from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organisation (WHO), which has given a more accurate understanding of the global HIV epidemic.

    20 November 2007