How does Civil Society engage the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS? Meet the new North American NGO delegation! UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board and Civil Society – North American NGO Delegation report back   Meet the new North American NGO delegates! Mar 19, 2019 9:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Register for the webinar here The UNAIDS 43rd Programme Coordinating Board …

FSP/PITCH Advocacy Campaign for “Committing to Ending AIDS and Leaving No PLHIV and KP Behind”  Consultancy Terms of Reference Download the full Concept Note 1. Background  PITCH is a five-year programme based on a global Theory of Change which focuses on 9 countries (Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Uganda, Ukraine, Vietnam and Zimbabwe), two regions (Southern Africa and Eastern Europe/Central …

Kochina Rude and her man are playing a rousing game of “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” when she notices a fun new rash in her skirt! All it takes is a trip to the clinic to figure out what might be the cause. WATCH NOW MPact has teamed up with St James Infirmary and TrishTV for our #AnalAboutMyHealth campaign on sexual health …

by George Ayala, MPact Executive Director Several countries funded by the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (U.S. PEPFAR) are facing significant cuts to their 2019 Country Operating Plans (COP). In many cases, funding cuts are in response to poor performance or an inability to reach performance indicators set by the U.S. State Department’s Office of the Global …

By Omar Banos, Sr. Technical Advisor After walking a flight of stairs to the second floor of a rented hall in mid-December 2018, I strolled around the large room appreciating a photo-voice exhibition of photographs, each accompanied by a unique story. The photos were set on easels, spread around the room, poster size, with short statements reflecting on the emotions …

Member States must address pervasive stigma and discrimination on the road to realizing universal health coverage. States should responsibly and sustainably invest in human rights and key populations programming, as well as fully maximize opportunities at UN mechanisms to be accountable to HIV-related human rights and development commitments. By Stephen Leonelli, Senior Policy Advisor, MPact As gay men and other …

Dusty Darling’s got a hot new case… of chlamydia that is! In this classic tale of “Who Done Her?”, one drag queen goes on a mission to retrace her steps after a very informative trip to the clinic. WATCH NOW MPact has teamed up with St James Infirmary and TrishTV for our #AnalAboutMyHealth campaign on sexual health featuring Bay Area drag performers sharing personal testimonials about their …

In today’s episode of Anal About My Health’s STI series, San Francisco drag performer Jillian Gnarling stars as Uma Papillova. After a night in paradise with a salty sailor, Jillian discovers a beautiful new wart growing on her captains quarters! WATCH NOW MPact has teamed up with St James Infirmary and TrishTV for our #AnalAboutMyHealth campaign on sexual health featuring …

President Donald J. Trump The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20500 Cc: The Honorable Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State Dear President Trump: We write to ask that you and your Administration take urgent and immediate action to press the Government of Russia to stop a new wave of discriminatory detention, violence, torture and murder being carried out …

WATCH NOW Having a sexually transmitted infection can sometimes be scary and sometimes embarrassing, but sometimes it just makes for a great story! If you’ve ever walked into the clinic and had the awkward conversation about last weekend’s debauchery with your doctor, you know that honesty is always the best policy. MPact has teamed up with St James Infirmary and …