Equity Is the Word

Equity Is the Word is a global health equity collective centered on improving supporting BIPOC/LGBTQ+ org create more impactful & sustainable businesses.

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Exactly .@benphillips76!

[Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation @EGPAF]

@amfAR @HIVpxresearch “You know what is more expensive than ending AIDS, not ending AIDS.” Ben Phillips (@unaids) highlights the importance of financing in finishing the fight against #HIV. #AIDS2024

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Hear! Hear!
Great work .@juanmichaelii!!!

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We will not get rid of these unfair anti-#SexWorker laws if we do not join hands with racial justice movements and trans-feminists activists.
@swopusa @GATEOrg @SisterLoveInc

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We cannot accept the dehumanisation of #SexWorkers, refugees & people under oppressive governments like in #Palestine. We must #PutPeopleFirst.

@AIDS_conference .@iasociety .@AuntyPoz .@akeliah

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@USAmbGHSD of @PEPFAR: We really need to fund & strengthen the organisations that have leadership based in #Equity. They need to be sustainable.

#EndHIV @JNkengasong .@akeliah @iasociety @AIDS_conference .@UNAIDS @GlobalFund

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#TrustBlackWomen

.@UNAIDS #HealthEquity

[IAC - the International AIDS Conference @AIDS_conference]

👏 @DTHF_SA’s @LindaGailBekker 🇿🇦 receives a standing ovation after presenting full results from the PURPOSE 1 study. The results confirm #lenacapavir demonstrated 100% efficacy for #HIV prevention in cisgender women.

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Allyala Nandakumar of @TheHellerSchool: If we do not are #Equity then we will never have sustainable success on addressing #HIV.
.@AIDS_conference .@akeliah .@UNAIDS @PEPFAR @KFF

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@BakitaKK is awarded the Prudence Mabele Prize at @AIDS_conference.

I am humbled that I am awarded this prize. I honestly thought it was a scam when I first was emailed. It means the world to be mentioned in the same breath as Prudence.

.@akeliah @SisterLoveInc

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.@juanmichaelii: I pledge to use my role as Senior Editor of @TheBodyDotCom to eliminate & not perpetuate stigma & discrimination for the communities we proclaim to support.
#Lesbian #NonBinary #SubstanceUsing
@AIDS_conference @iasociety .@akeliah

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Jerome Salomon of @WHO launches Sustainability in #HIV Response satellite at @AIDS_conference with a call to focus on
1) Sustainable Delivery Goals
2) Align priorities among responses
3) End Criminalization of Key Pops
4) Disease elimination approach
5) Resource allocation

[IAC - the International AIDS Conference @AIDS_conference]

Princess Stéphanie of #Monaco, @UNAIDS Executive Director @Winnie_Byanyima & IAS Executive Director Birgit Poniatowski met with community members at the #AIDS2024 Global Village today! #PutpeopleFirst

[IAC - the International AIDS Conference @AIDS_conference]

💬 Your words have power! Choose them with care to #PutPeopleFirst:

✅ "People living with HIV"
❌ "Infected people"

✅ "HIV acquisition"
❌ "Infection"

✅ "A person who has acquired HIV"
❌ "Spreading HIV"

🌐 Join us in using inclusive language! https://t.co/fWUfLdwv5a

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Collective member @juanmichaelii proclaims: We (people w #HIV) are standing in place & asking to be accepted. We should not be asking for it. We should be demanding it.
@iasociety @PreventionAC @TheBodyDotCom @seroproject @gnpplus .@akeliah

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We see many new options but we have to ensure those options are real for most impacted groups.

This options will likely include twice yearly injections, implants, and monthly oral pills. Different people want different things.

It's that simple.

.@iasociety @juanmichaelii