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March 4, 2022

USA: PAC and other HIV advocates disappointed about DaBaby’s return to Rolling Loud festival; artist fails to deliver on commitments following on-stage offensive and uninformed comments about HIV/AIDS

The rapper is slated to perform at ‘Rolling Loud’ festival, after making offensive remarks at last year’s event about gay men and PLHIV.

February 24, 2022

Private: USA: PAC’s own Lamar Greene talks about their new project at Prevention Access Campaign, and their passion for HIV, health, reproductive rights, and Black History Month

Lamar is focused on the Fair Pay and Treatment Project, a PAC global endeavor aimed at developing guidelines to fairly treat and compensate PLHIV for their value when being utilized for campaigns and speaking engagements.

February 18, 2022

PHILIPPINES: EpiC launches Free to Be U campaign to tackle HIV stigma; U=U strategic pillar

The Meeting Targets and Maintaining HIV Epidemic Control (EpiC) Project announced the launch of the Free to Be U Campaign, their latest opus to combat stigma surrounding the HIV. Campaign promotes U=U as well as testing and treatment to destigmatize HIV.

February 7, 2022

USA: Congresswoman Barbara Lee recognizes PAC and U=U as part of the solution to ending the epidemic in a 2022 Resolution on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

PAC and U=U are prominently featured as part of the 2022 resolution to reduce HIV in Black communities. Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus Co-chair, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, reintroduced a resolution supporting U=U’s essential role in the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which has been observed on February 7th each year since 1999.

January 8, 2022

GHANA: HIV community in Ghana work to eliminate stigma; U=U integral to solution

Ghana News Agency Team Regional Office Stakeholder Engagement platform seeks to be catalyst for addressing and eliminating stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV through prevention education, including U=U.

December 21, 2021

CANADA: PAC’s Own Christian Hui Shares Personal HIV+ Journey and Dedication to U=U Movement

Christian Hui, a Toronto-based HIV+ activist and social worker dedicated to bringing awareness to HIV stigma and the importance of treatment and U=U, shares his story of triumph over racism, xenophobia, and homophobia.

December 13, 2021

USA: NEJM: Global disparities in TasP 10 years later despite therapeutic evidence of U=U

A new paper in the New England Journal of Medicine highlights the global disparities in the knowledge and utilization of treatment as prevention (TasP) in stopping the spread of new HIV transmissions , and calls for a significant scaling up of information sharing about TasP among clinicians and advocates worldwide.

December 13, 2021

JAPAN: Japan AIDS Society adopts widespread application of U=U for HIV treatment and prevention

Japan AIDS Society held a symposium focused on U=U education targeting multiple stakeholders including clinicians and media. Its goal was to drive rapid uptake of U=U within the care continuum and ensure widespread knowledge and understanding to control the epidemic.

Latest News

USA: PAC and other HIV advocates disappointed about DaBaby’s return to Rolling Loud festival; artist fails to deliver on commitments following on-stage offensive and uninformed comments about HIV/AIDS

Private: USA: PAC’s own Lamar Greene talks about their new project at Prevention Access Campaign, and their passion for HIV, health, reproductive rights, and Black History Month

PHILIPPINES: EpiC launches Free to Be U campaign to tackle HIV stigma; U=U strategic pillar

USA: Congresswoman Barbara Lee recognizes PAC and U=U as part of the solution to ending the epidemic in a 2022 Resolution on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

GHANA: HIV community in Ghana work to eliminate stigma; U=U integral to solution

CANADA: PAC’s Own Christian Hui Shares Personal HIV+ Journey and Dedication to U=U Movement

USA: NEJM: Global disparities in TasP 10 years later despite therapeutic evidence of U=U

JAPAN: Japan AIDS Society adopts widespread application of U=U for HIV treatment and prevention