Sarah Konopka

Practice Area Lead, HIV & AIDS @MSHHealthImpact. Supporting evidence-based, #GenderResponsive #HIV services for all. Strong #healthsystems save lives.

[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

As a deadlier strain of #mpox spreads to multiple African countries, @WHO, @AfricaCDC, local governments and partners are further scaling up the response to interrupt disease transmission. But more funding and support for a comprehensive response are needed.

I am considering convening an International Health Regulations Emergency Committee to advise me on whether the outbreak of mpox should be declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).

Thank you @sciencecohen for spotlighting this important and urgent issue.
https://t.co/hX4WkouBei

[MSH @MSHHealthImpact]

MSH at #AIDS2024: #LocalLeadership was the name of the game at Wednesday's #SatelliteSession, "Accelerating Local Leadership of Health System Functions as a Critical Pathway to Sustainability of the #HIV Response," moderated by MSH Vice President Aday Adetosoye. Key highlights:

[IAC - the International AIDS Conference @AIDS_conference]

“Reigniting political commitment to meet the demands of #HIV is a shared responsibility. This commitment must be embedded in primary healthcare integration, protective laws, and sustainable resourcing.” – New @iasociety President @BGrinsztejn 🇧🇷 #AIDS2024

[Sarah Konopka @HIVexpert]

@AIDS_conference

[Sarah Konopka @HIVexpert]

“How do we address this unholy policy syndemic?” @JesseMilanJr asking the tough questions at an excellent session on the policies and politics of #HIV #PutPeopleFirst #AIDS2024

@MSHHealthImpact

[Winnie Byanyima @Winnie_Byanyima]

World leaders have pledged to end the AIDS pandemic as a public
health threat by 2030—but doing so
will require more resources & better
protection of human rights.
#AIDS2024
#EndAIDS2030
https://t.co/aEzBmAODSM

[MSH @MSHHealthImpact]

MSH at #AIDS2024: #Sustainability was the keyword underlining a spirited conversation we had during Tuesday’s #SatelliteSession, "Sustaining the #HIV Response: #EncouragingEquity and Leveraging #CountryLeadership and @PEPFAR Platforms,” co-sponsored by MSH & @KFF. Key highlights:

[Sarah Konopka @HIVexpert]

Join us tomorrow for this important discussion on where we go from here.

📍Hall B0a
⏰ 18:00-19:30
🗓️ Tuesday 23 July

#AIDS2024 #PutPeopleFirst

[Winnie Byanyima @Winnie_Byanyima]

My joint statement with @volker_turk on why laws criminalizing LGBTQ+ people must be consigned to history.

Stigma kills. Solidarity saves lives.

@UNAIDS @UNHumanRights
👇🏾
https://t.co/zOQCwOAUYP

[IAC - the International AIDS Conference @AIDS_conference]

Just released – @UNAIDS report, “The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads”, highlights the need to urgently increase funding and tackle #HumanRights abuses to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. #GlobalAIDSUpdate2024 #AIDS2024

Read the report: https://t.co/2gvIsP3dBj

[IAC - the International AIDS Conference @AIDS_conference]

"The AIDS response is short of 9.5 billion USD every year…some of the donors who have been supporting the response are now saying they cannot afford it."

- @UNAIDS Executive Director @Winnie_Byanyima 🇺🇳 #GlobalAIDSUpdate2024 #AIDS2024

[Sarah Konopka @HIVexpert]

Great to see Ukraine’s best practices in harm reduction highlighted by Anna Koshikova, Eurasian Movement for the Right to Health in Prisons, Ukraine, during a session on #integrated, #personcentered healthcare.

#AIDS2024 #PutPeopleFirst #HIV @MSHHealthImpact

[UNAIDS Global @UNAIDS]

@AIDS_conference @GlobalFund @gnpplus @GermanyDiplo @GermanyUN The #GlobalAIDSUpdate2024 report is out!

It shows that the world is at a critical point in the HIV response. We can #endAIDS, but only if leaders choose the right path now.

Read findings: https://t.co/03BuX5AkAv
Watch live: https://t.co/0I2U7kOcEm

[Sarah Konopka @HIVexpert]

📍 We’re ready - let’s go! #PutPeopleFirst #AIDS2024 #healthsystems @MSHHealthImpact

[IAC - the International AIDS Conference @AIDS_conference]

Join us now for the launch of this report! #PutPeopleFirst #AIDS2024

[GNP+ @gnpplus]

🚀 Exciting News! Join us on Sept 8th, 2023, in Kampala, Uganda, as we launch the #HIV Prevention #ChoiceManifesto for women and girls in Africa. #Champions4Choice, empowerment, and the right to health and dignity. Let's unite to #EndNewInfections. 💪🌍 #FacilitateChoice

https://t.co/oU5LnbYcdu

[IAS - the International AIDS Society @iasociety]

Your words have power. Choose them with care.

✅"People living with HIV"
and not ❌"Infected" people

✅"HIV acquisition"
❌"Infection"

✅"A person who has acquired HIV"
❌"catching" or "spreading HIV"

Check out our website: https://t.co/t1Cx1rdfoY

#HIVLanguageMatters #HIV

[Sarah Konopka @HIVexpert]

Accessible, affordable & safe - with options. Couldn’t agree more. Strong procurement & supply chain management, partnerships with community & private sector, & financing strategies can get us there #HIV #healthsystems #equity @MSHHealthImpact

[SID-US @sidunitedstates]

#HappeningNow In-person Breakout Session: Inclusive Global Health: "Nothing About Us Without Us" (Nihil de nobis, sine nobis)

[Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy @StateDeptGHSD]

I had the honor of testifying about #PEPFAR20YearsofImpact before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. I am grateful for the continued bipartisan support for @PEPFAR, a program that has changed the course of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and that, with our partners, will play an important role in ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

https://t.co/2sChH1TqN3

[Eva kiwango @EvaKiwango]

.@UNAIDS welcomes S Africa's regulatory approval of Cabotegravir long-acting PrEP, a vital HIV prevention option for people at risk of HIV infection, especially young women. To ensure wide roll-out to help SA end AIDS by 2030, action for low price & broad tech sharing are key.