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Px Pulse explores vital topics confronting the field of HIV prevention research. Our monthly podcast will deepen your knowledge and help you “check the pulse” of this fast-paced field and the urgent challenges still ahead. Tune in for interviews, first-person accounts and robust discussion from advocates, researchers, policy-makers and community stakeholders as they take on critical issues facing HIV prevention research today.
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S5E19 S5 Ep19: Up Next: A monthly pill for PrEP?
The drug maker Merck recently announced its plans to start two new trials, known as the EXPrESSIVE program, testing a monthly pill for PrEP. A once-a-month PrEP pill holds great potential for the…
S5E18 S5 Ep18: Critical Advocacy: How Civil Society is defending the HIV Response and Global Health
The upending of US policy by the new presidential administration has collapsed the foundation for global health and the HIV response at every level, from research to program delivery. It’s been a…
S5E17 S5 Ep17: Lawsuit Wins and What’s at Stake
On February 10, AVAC and the Journalism Development Network came forward with Public Citizen to sue the new US presidential administration, seeking emergency relief from the funding freeze on all…
17: Community-Led Monitoring: Transforming the HIV response in Malawi
Community-Led Monitoring has been on the rise in the HIV response. Known as CLM for short, it’s a tactic being championed and implemented to ensure that communities play a direct role in monitoring…
S5E16 S5 Ep16: An Advocacy Chronicle on Universal Healthcare in Tanzania, with Atuswege Mwangomale of Sikika
In this episode of PxPulse:The Advocacy Chonicles, Atuswege Mwangomale goes deep on the advocacy work behind the passage of Tanzania’s Universal Healthcare Law. Atu serves as Head of Health Programs…
S5E15 S5 Ep15: The Votes Are In: What’s next for the US’ role in global health and HIV prevention? KFF’s Jen Kates and AVAC’s Suraj Madoori lay out the challenges and the priorities in 2025 and beyond.
In the days and years ahead under a Trump Administration, advocacy for choice, freedom, science, and rights will require deep strategic shifts to protect hard-fought gains in global health generally,…
S5E14 S5 Ep14: PxPulse: The Advocacy Chronicles with Danielle Campbell from PrEP in Black America
In this episode of the Advocacy Chronicles, we put the spotlight on the US, on the dismal statistics on access to PrEP in Black communities, on the state of HIV prevention among Black Americans…
S5E13 S5 Ep13: Lenacapavir: The case for investing in delivering HIV prevention
The promise of long-acting PrEP has been super-charged this year by studies showing the powerful efficacy of an antiretroviral known as lenacapavir (LEN). This episode of PxPulse goes deep on LEN…
S5E12 S5 Ep12: An Advocacy Chronicle on U=U in SA with Mandisa Dukashe
On this episode of PxPulse:The Advocacy Chronicles, Mandisa Tyadi Dukashe, Treatment Technical Lead at the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) describes her work in helping to inspire and…
S5E11 S5 Ep11: The Advocacy Chronicles with Ruth Akulu
On this episode of the Advocacy Chronicles: A look at advocacy in Uganda for the Dual Prevention Pill (DPP), a new product combining oral PrEP and oral contraception. Ruth Akulu is a member of the…
S5E10 S5 Ep10: PxPulse: The Advocacy Chronicles with SMUG’s Allan Mwasa
In this episode, Nsubuga Allan Mwasa a Ugandan activist, a clinical psychologist, and a representative of Sexual Minorities Uganda, or SMUG, an organization that has been at the forefront of the…
S5E9 S5 Ep9: An HIV Vaccine: Looking into the future with Nina Russell
It’s considered one of the most important and most difficult scientific enterprises in the history of modern medicine—the hunt for an HIV vaccine. It has led to vast knowledge of HIV and the immune…
S5E8 S5 Ep8: PxPulse: The Advocacy Chronicles with APHA’s Yvette Raphael
Our debut episode of the Advocacy Chronicles features Yvette Raphael, the Executive Director of Advocacy for Prevention of HIV and AIDS (APHA) in South Africa, and a leader in the development of The…
S5E7 S5 Ep7: Decolonizing Global Health: Dr. Madhukar Pai and COMPASS Africa Tell Us Why and How
In this episode of PxPulse, we talk about why and how the decisions that shape global health must be made by those facing the greatest risks. As the world evaluates the pandemic response and debates…
S5E6 S5 Ep6: Inclusion of Pregnant and Lactating People in HIV Research: What you need to know
People who are pregnant or lactating (PLP) have historically been excluded from research because of concerns for the developing fetus. But this has led to a dearth of data on new interventions…
S5E5 S5 Ep5: PEPFAR at 20: Keeping the promise
2023 is a big year for PEPFAR. PEPFAR’s considered one of the greatest US foreign policy and global development achievements of the century; the program has saved upwards of 25 million lives since it…
S5E4 S5 Ep4: Evolving Strategies for an HIV Vaccine: One researcher explains where the field is going and why?
With several large HIV vaccine trials in the last few years finding no efficacy, the field is in transition. There are diverse ideas in vaccine research, but there's no clear concept that's ready to…
S5E3 S5 Ep3: LGBTQIA+ Advocacy in Uganda: Facing down fear and fighting for justice
In March 2023, the Ugandan Parliament moved forward broad-reaching legislation to further criminalize LGBTQIA+ people. The bill would make it a crime to even identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
S5E2 S5 Ep2: PPPR Advocacy 101: Find out what it means for you.
Over the coming months, global leaders will make key decisions about several initiatives to prepare for the next pandemic. What they commit to and how much they will spend, and how well these plans…
S5E1 S5 Ep1: The Shape of Pandemic Preparedness is Being Decided. Now is the Time for Collective Action.
Health leaders and advocates around the world are in the midst of creating a new architecture to deal with pandemics. This means new structures, systems and financing for pandemic prevention,…
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