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CEO @stopaids. Fighting for access to quality HIV & health services & human rights for all: particularly those most marginalised in society.
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Ulla Jasper: As a philanthropy @FondationBotnar, this is a truly meaningful project to support. It is important to recognise the opportunity we have to contribute to an initiative of this nature - one that is relevant, significant, and capable of creating lasting impact in the communities it serves.
#WHA79 #CostsOfConnection
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@MollyPughJones: Young people are a core part of what we've been doing and involved at every stage, key to our success!
#WHA79 #CostsOfConnection
Please take this important action today and urge the UK government to invest to end AIDS in the next few years
✨ Did you know that thanks to a new drug called lenacapavir, ending AIDS in 5 years is a real possibility?✨
🚨But recent funding cuts risk wasting this opportunity.🚨
Sign our pre-written letter and tell your MP to act now.📝
👉endingaids.eaction.org.uk/uk…
#WorldAIDSDay2025
$11.34bn pledged @globalfund replenishment summit last night. EC, Japan, France, Sweden, China, Gulf States all still to pledge. They must make significant pledges to get at least a total of 14bn and secure the full US 2:1 match! My & partner analysis:
bit.ly/43OAAfE
Game-changing new drugs mean we can now end AIDS by 2030 if we choose to. @YinkaIlori_’s artwork is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when we choose hope.
@10downingstreet & @yvettecoopermp please maintain a pledge of £1 billion to the @globalfund & choose to #EndAIDS!
Thanks to @APPGGlobHealth for hosting - great to be part of this important conversation.
Yesterday the @APPGGlobHealth brought experts together to discuss reforming global health architecture, exploring how to streamline governance and reasons for hope despite funding cuts. Thanks to all our speakers for a thought-provoking discussion!
ALT APPG Global Health & Security meeting on global health architecture reform speakers and organisers. Left to right: Pete Baker (Center for Global Development), Mike Podmore (STOPAIDS), Tom Pegram (UCL Global Governance Institute), Dr Beccy Cooper MP (APPG Chair), H.E. Nimisha Madhvani (Ugandan High Commissioner to UK), Moses Mulimira (Global Health Partnerships), Zoe Gray (Global Health Partnerships), Dr Lauren Sullivan MP (APPG Vice Chair), Jonathon Foster (APPG Co-ordinator / Global Health Partnerships).
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UNAIDS Executive Director @Winnie_Byanyima urged parliamentarians, from global north and south, to use their legislative, budgetary, and representative power to drive progress in global health and protect human rights— especially for people living with or at risk of HIV.
#WHS2025
Today @STOPAIDS @UNAIDS @UNITE & @Equality_Caucus cohosted a powerful @GPP_HIV round table with 15 global MPs @ the German Bundestag - as part of #WHS2025 - to discuss how to build global political & financial leadership to #EndAIDS -fully funding @GlobalFund @UNITAID & @UNAIDS !
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We’re not safe until we’re all safe. This week, the Conservatives outlined plans to cut the UK’s ODA should they win the next election. This would result millions of unnecessary deaths, many from the world’s most life-threatening diseases. Full response ➡️bit.ly/4mSE7jB
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Melanie Scagliarini underlined that resilient healthcare systems are the backbone of HIV prevention — a lesson made painfully clear during COVID-19. She stressed that continued ODA cuts will make the 2030 goal impossible to reach.
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.@MichaelPodmore, CEO of @STOPAIDS, spoke candidly about how recent aid cuts have hit the global HIV response hard, warning that years of progress could be lost without renewed commitment from the UK and its allies. The science is ready, it’s the political will that must catch up.
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The message was clear: this isn’t just about numbers or funding targets, it’s about real lives right now, and in the future. Britain has been a world leader in the fight against HIV. With courage, compassion and consistency, it still can be. #CPC25
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Looking forward to this important conversation on what we need to do to end AIDS as a public health threat globally and how the UK can lead.
Looking forward to hearing from the CEO of @STOPAIDS, @MichaelPodmore at our event with @BritainLeads next month.
Mike will join the excellent @LGBTCons patron, @CityHallTories and @Conservatives AM @AndrewBoff.
See STOPAIDS statement also celebrating this huge step - making game-changing Lenacapavir affordable & catapult the HIV response forward. stopaids.org.uk/2025/09/26/s…
To stop the spread of HIV, prevention medicines must be more affordable.
Soon a lenacapavir treatment will cost just $40 a year for 120 lower-income countries.
A landmark price drop agreed by @UNITAID and @CHAI_health - with UK backing - to protect people all over the world.
Will FfD4 just repeat the errors of the past and remain exclusive and elitist? The future must be inclusive decision-making with civil society and communities! #CommunitiesAreExperts #InclusiveDecisionMaking #AllEyesOnSeville
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Inequality is rising & the UK government is cutting vital public services. Enough is enough.
📢On the eve of the budget, we went out with 20 charities & trade unions, and hundreds of you, to demand that Chancellor @RachelReevesMP tax the super-rich, instead of cutting welfare.
Today I am at a reception to mark #WorldTBDay2025 - Thx @FCDOGovUK Minister Catherine West and South Africa deputy High Commissioner Dineo Mathlako for expressing commitment to the @GlobalFund and to make the replenishment a success together. SA are increasing pledge by 25%
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We stand in solidarity with activists mobilising outside of Parliament and fighting the deadly cuts to UK aid.
The government has other means to increase its revenues, rather than stripping the UK's contribution to saving lives and building a safer world for all.
