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It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss of Dr. Suniti Solomon, a pioneer of HIV research and treatment in India. Dr. Solomon documented India’s first HIV case in 1986 when blood samples of six commercial sex workers tested positive. Suniti’s dedicated work in HIV epidemiology, prevention, care, support and related gender issues, all started at a time when many were reluctant to delve into what was a little known field. It’s because of her commitment and ground breaking research t...

The Journal of the International AIDS Society is pleased to announce the publication of the special issue “PrEP Implementation Science: State-of-the-Art and Research Agenda”. This timely special issue addresses the wide-ranging issues around the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis for the prevention of HIV transmission. Click here to read the supplement    

The Board and the staff of the International AIDS Society mourn the passing of Alan Brotherton, a global leader in HIV activism, from the earliest days in Australia and working in Asia-Pacific and internationally. The impact of Alan´s role in the fight against HIV and AIDS will be felt forever - he was a fearless champion in the very early days of the disease for those people most affected. Alan chaired People Living With HIV/AIDS NSW and Australia’s National Association of People Living With ...

The Journal of the International AIDS Society is pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a supplement on police, law enforcement and HIV. The aim of this supplement is to explore the positive role that the police can play in the HIV response, and share best practices from those working effectively with police against HIV and discrimination, particularly as it relates to marginalized and at-risk populations. Submit your abstract now (no longer than 350 words) by 30 July 2015. For more infor...

In the 18 April issue of The Lancet, IAS leaders – Chris Beyrer, Linda-Gail Bekker, Anton Pozniak, and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi – call for the world to move faster on PrEP (the open access article is available here). The commentary comes as the IAS is preparing a host of new scientific and implementation data on PrEP and other biomedical prevention efforts at the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment & Prevention in Vancouver (IAS 2015). www.ias2015.org.

The Journal of the International AIDS Society is pleased to announce the publication of the abstracts presented at the Congress on HIV Drug Therapy in the Americas, taking place on the 16-18 April 2015, in Mexico City, Mexico. Click here to access the supplement

The Journal of the International AIDS Society is pleased to announce the publication of the special issue “HIV and adolescents: focus on young key populations”. This timely supplement covers the HIV-specific issues encountered by adolescents, and young key populations in particular. Click here to read the supplement.        

The Journal of the International AIDS Society is pleased to announce the publication of the special issue “Women and ARV-based prevention: opportunities and challenges” which addresses the wide-ranging issues around the use of current ARV-based HIV prevention methods, generally known as microbicides, for the prevention of HIV infection in women. View the supplement