Ishdeep Kohli
@ishdeep_kohli
Global health development &media expert Vice-President Programs & Partnerships JSPH School of Public Health | Passionate #EndAIDS #EndGBV #SDGs #BuildBackBetter
Takeaways from #IAS2025 1. The impact of funding cuts 2. Africa at the centre 3. Lenacapavir—the magic word 4. The growing toolbox of long-acting options 5. Strides & setbacks in paediatric & adolescent care 6. bNAb breakthroughs 7. Harnessing technology iasociety.org/blog/takeaways…
#Kigali Call To Action—global rallying cry to protect hard-won progress in the fight against #HIV—Launching in advance of #IAS2025—highlights urgent threats—funding cuts, political setbacks & rising inequality—& outlines how to reclaim momentum with a bold, equity-driven agenda.

#AIDS2026—the 26th International AIDS Conference, taking place in Rio de Janeiro #Brazil 🇧🇷 & virtually on 25-30 July 2026, comes at a crucial time for the #HIV response. – to rethink, rebuild and rise. #RethinkRebuildRise #EndAIDS2030

#NelsonMandelaInternationalDay Theme: “It’s still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity.” The Nelson Mandela International Day is used as a means to spread the message of peace, reconciliation and equality across the globe. #peace🕊️ #MandelaDay2025 #StandUp4HumanRights
Will we-the-quails unite to lift the net or wither away the gains made in #AIDS response? “Unity is strength” @EamonnMurphy63—Director of UNAIDS for Asia Pacific & Central Asia & Eastern Europe regions #IAS2025 #EndAIDS2030 @cns_health citizen-news.org/2025/07/will-w…

Six-Month #HIV Prevention Injection Could Be a ‘Game Changer’ #IAS2025 Long-acting injectable PrEP may improve access-protection & adherence—especially for young people & pregnant women Hasina Subedar—senior technical advisor—🇿🇦 National Dept of Health managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/six-month…
“#PEPFAR has been one of the greatest success stories in global health, transforming the #HIV response,” @iasociety President Beatriz Grinsztejn—Global advocacy played a crucial role in persuading #US lawmakers to protect this vital programme. #EndAIDS2030 iasociety.org/ias-statement/…
High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development The central @UN platform for the follow-up & review of the #2030Agenda #HLPF2025—Advancing sustainable, inclusive, science-&-evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda & its SDGs for leaving no one behind. #LeaveNoOneBehind
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#KIGALI – Relief swept through delegates at the International AIDS Society #IAS2025 conference in Kigali🇷🇼as news broke that the US Senate had moved to shield the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (@PEPFAR) from proposed budget cuts @HealthPolicyW healthpolicy-watch.news/pepfar-spared-…
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Rwanda’s HIV leadership on display #IAS2025 Dr Sabin Nsanzimana—Rwanda’s Minister of Health—“Together, we met @UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets ahead of schedule & continue to harness cutting-edge science to deliver more targeted-integrated interventions” @aidsmap aidsmap.com/news/jul-2025/…
#IAS2025: “We will not be erased” a community Call to Action This year the strongest messages from the opening of the IAS conference at IAS 2025 came from community delegates who took to the stage to say clearly & with pride “we will not be erased” @EATGx eatg.org/hiv-news/ias-2…
#KIGALI – Relief swept through delegates at the International AIDS Society #IAS2025 conference in Kigali🇷🇼as news broke that the US Senate had moved to shield the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (@PEPFAR) from proposed budget cuts @HealthPolicyW healthpolicy-watch.news/pepfar-spared-…
#UequalsU—U=U is short for Undetectable=Untransmittable Means—when a person living with #HIV—adheres to effective antiretroviral treatment—the virus in their blood reduces to a level that is undetectable—bringing the chance of passing the virus on to zero. unaids.org/en/resources/p…
HIV Self-Testing Significantly Increases Diagnosis & Treatment Initiation #IAS2025 HIV self-testing has become crucial in addressing diagnostic test shortages & saving costs—Anna Bershteyn, Ph.D., associate professor Dept of Population Health @nyugrossman managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/hiv-self-…