HIV/AIDS

Publications12 April 2026

The Global AIDS Strategy For 2026–2031: Towards ending AIDS

UNAIDS publishes new strategy emphasising a shift toward country-led leadership, integrated people-focused services, and empowered communities.

News1 April 2026

APCOM joins IDPC to strengthen regional advocacy for harm reduction, HIV prevention, and rights-based drug policies for MSM engaging in chemsex across Asia and the Pacific.

APCOM joins IDPC to advance harm reduction and rights-based HIV prevention for MSM engaging in chemsex in Asia and the Pacific.

Publications24 February 2026

Shrinking civic space and marginalized populations in Eastern Europe & Central Asia

EHRA and partners analyse how shrinking civic space and punitive legal frameworks are undermining community-led HIV and TB responses in the region, directly impacting LGBTQI+ people, people who use drugs, sex workers, and people living with HIV.

IDPC in the Media20 February 2026

A law at war with itself: How Ghana’s drug policy is failing its public health mission

Recent health data reveal that Ghana's Narcotics Control Commission Act (2020) has worsened HIV outcomes by failing to bring about a public health approach to drugs.

Events

14th International Conference on Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users (INHSU 2026)

Prague, Czech Republic

6 October 2026 - 9 October 2026

INHSU 2026 will convene researchers, practitioners, advocates and people who use drugs in Prague to advance evidence-based approaches to HIV, hepatitis and harm reduction in substance use settings.

Publications12 February 2026

Needle and syringe programmes for people who inject drugs: Operational guide

WHO, UNAIDS and UNODC provide practical, step-by-step guidance for implementing and scaling up needle and syringe programmes as a core harm reduction intervention to prevent HIV, hepatitis C and overdose among people who inject drugs.

News12 February 2026

Donor nation cuts to global health financing affect millions

Major donor nations have slashed pledges to the Global Fund, creating a multi-billion-dollar financing gap that threatens to reverse decades of progress and endanger millions of lives.

Publications14 January 2026

What we need, not what we’re given: recommendations for action from young sex workers who use drugs

Schneider et al. argue that criminalising sex work and drug use forces young sex workers into danger, undermining health and rights, and call for decriminalisation, safe supply and peer-led harm reduction.

News11 December 2025

Fiji’s HIV epidemic escalates: New rapid assessment highlights urgent gaps in access to safe injecting equipment, HIV prevention, and stigma-free care among people who inject drugs

The lack of harm reduction services is accelerating one of the world’s fastest-growing HIV epidemics, underscoring urgent needs for sterile drug use equipment, community-led outreach, and an evidence-based national response.

Publications11 December 2025

Characterizing non-fatal overdose among people who inject drugs in India: Prevalence and risk factor analysis, 2022–2024

Gunaratne et al. reveal high levels of non-fatal overdose, identifying structural, behavioural, and health-related factors that call for urgent expansion of harm reduction, mental health support, and overdose prevention.

News3 December 2025

World leaders pledge $11 billion to fight AIDS, malaria and TB, short of target

Amid shrinking global health budgets, the Global Fund secured $11.34 billion—well under its $18 billion goal—to continue the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria.

Publications1 December 2025

Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response - 2025 World AIDS Day report

UNAIDS examines the threats facing the HIV response, including funding cuts, rising criminalisation, and growing gender-based violence, urging bold action to safeguard progress and build sustainable, community-led systems of care.

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