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This is such a heartbreaking loss to international HIV prevention, treatment and care. aidsmap has been such a brilliant partner. Solidarity to the staff, board and those impacted by this closure.

My first first-author paper has just been published. 🥳✨ In this work we report the impact on sexual health service access for gbMSM during the pandemic. A special thanks to Charlie Witzel for his encouragement & support and all coauthors for their input. journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Why Sir Keir Starmer’s op-ed for Attitude cannot run without context or correction buff.ly/3XVTbE6 buff.ly/3XVTbE6

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On this day in 2013, an artist called Audrey Amiss died alone in her south London flat, aged 79. She documented the last day of her life by pasting some food packaging into a scrapbook, and recording the things she noticed in her final hours.

Very proud of my friend Bright from ACON presenting his work on sexualised drug use engagement among Asian gay, bisexual and queer men in Australia 🩷 #AIDS2024

Linda-Gail Bekker PURPOSE 1 (now published!) 0 HIV infections on LEN F/TAF no better than background Adherence to oral PrEP very low AMAZING results! Choice matters. But I'm gonna ask about HIV testing strategy....no RNA #AIDS2024

[Publication alert 🚨] Our long-awaited paper on HIV self-testing needs & networks finally out at #AIDS2024! tinyurl.com/5n62pz83 Big thanks Charlie Witzel and UCL Global Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine! HIVST programs should consider ppl’s testing needs and perceived social support IAC - the International AIDS Conference

Fascinatingly fruitful discussion with 200 ppl worldwide at #AIDS2024 workshop conceptualising/measuring #Chemsex! Big thanks Charlie Witzel Dr Adam Bourne, Rayner Tan, Stephane Ku Dr Carol Strong and all facilitators! Can’t wait for AP Chemsex symposium this Nov! IAC - the International AIDS Conference

if we could not use the 2024 MPOX outbreak to rehabilitate the public image of a gay journalist who has spent much of the last two years propagating harmful anti-trans rhetoric under the guise of 'science journalism', that would be great

As Africans face mpox (again), we must address stigma, which is extremely high & deeply rooted. Our VERDI quali study in Nigeria finds that people will use other names eg chickenpox - to avoid mpox stigma. Healthcare workers are part of the stigma & should be part of the solution

While it feels odd to share academic activities this given the state of the world (!)... We (myself, James Cummings Jamie Hakim) are running a hybrid book launch from DigitalIntimaciesUK THIS Friday, 20th Sept at 5pm UK time. Join us! tickettailor.com/events/queerki… Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society (CBSS)

🔔 Last call to register for the ASSIST Symposium on September 23rd! Don’t miss out on expert insights into online postal self-sampling and its role in improving sexual health services. Join us at the Wellcome Collection or online. 📝 buff.ly/4dINgra

THIS JUST IN: Thailand's landmark Marriage Equality Bill has been promulgated in the Royal Gazette on Tuesday evening. The law comes with a 120 day moratorium to accommodate all the law changes, meaning same sex couples can finally tie the knot in Jan '25. ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/documents/3648…

This awful situation is as predictable as it was avoidable. If only international law was actually enforced and not allowed to be breached with such impunity. What a complete failure of the international community, and as always, civilians - Arab & Israeli - will pay the price.

Devastating results from the UK Health Security Agency annual report on HIV in England: 6,008 new HIV diagnoses in 2023, up 56% from 3,859 in 2019. Evidence of the cuts which have decimated our services. gov.uk/government/sta…

The death toll in #Lebanon is rising, and hospitals are overwhelmed with the influx of injured patients. The health system has been weakened by successive crises and is struggling to cope with the immense needs. I met with Arab League Ambassadors in Geneva to discuss the health

Excited to announce I’ve received one of the first Wellcome Accelerator Awards. This will fund development of an innovative interdisciplinary research network in (re)emerging infections in pregnant/lactating people & babies - groups often left out of pandemic research 1/X

Our team is developing the UK’s 1st national menopause education & support programme, with a focus on diversity. If you are trans, non-binary or gender diverse & (could be) affected by menopause please consider joining an online focus group. Message/email for info. Date tbc.