Asia Pacific leaders warn attacks against health and gender are undoing decades of progress
By Shobha Shukla At a recent global meeting, a session cut through the usual conference optimism with a stark warning:…
Anti-rights backlash and funding cuts threaten HIV gains, advocates warn at AIDS 2026.
By Shobha Shukla African feminists demand a pause on the flawed AU violence convention as community services collapse and key…
54 months to end AIDS and TB: Communities say, ‘Trust us to lead or miss the target.’
By Shobha Shukla From India to Eswatini, Kenya to Georgia, Nepal to South Africa, people living with HIV and TB…
Communities must be financed, not just celebrated, says UNAIDS’ Eamonn Murphy ahead of AIDS 2026
By Shobha Shukla As the global HIV response faces shrinking funding, increasing pressure on civil society, and growing attacks on…
Hold the line: Fulfil the 2027 #EndTB commitments without shifting goalposts
Shobha Shukla Can we ever end tuberculosis (TB), the deadliest infectious disease on Earth, without ensuring that every single person…
Rising above HIV diagnosis and turning pain into purpose
By Shobha Shukla To this day, 23-year-old Sneha (name changed to respect confidentiality) does not know with certainty how she…
Why are we still not on track to end TB despite decades of scaling up TB services?
By Dr Tara Singh Bam Over the past several decades, TB control programs have made significant progress in expanding diagnosis…
Nyaruguru: Residents comforted as specialist healthcare arrives on their doorstep
By Annonciata Byukusenge For years, people in Nyaruguru District made a familiar, exhausting journey, hours on the road to Huye,…
Will governments make the tobacco industry pay for all the harms it causes?
By Shobha Shukla “How can we allow the tobacco industry to fill its coffers while we, the people, have to…
Dignified menstruation is an entry gate towards a period-friendly world and SRHRJ.
By Shobha Shukla “Dignified menstruation is rooted in the right to dignity, the right to freedom, the right to equality,…