In This Issue

Next month, an historic gathering will take place in Durban, South Africa, during the week prior to the International AIDS Conference, as hundreds of Black Women convene for the Women Now! 2016 Pan African Women's Summit. April Eugene reports on this very important meeting to discuss women's rights and press for women to be more highly prioritized in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Earlier this month the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance held an interfaith service before the United Nations High Level Meeting on AIDS to ask: What does the HIV/AIDS response require of faith communities? Read on to learn more about the gathering.

We also run a story about a recent study by an NIH-funded research team that is restoring hope that an end to HIV/AIDS could be within reach—at the same time it asserts that a major increase in commitment and resources is necessary in order to get there. Our friends at AIDS.gov bring us up to speed on that study as well as about the two issue briefs HHS has funded to educate CBOs serving the formerly incarcerated about connecting their clients to healthcare coverage and care.

Finally a new study has found that ¾ of emergency room patients who received antibiotics to treat suspected sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) tested negative for the infections.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill