What’s New – News and Events from our network

Ashton Josephs for the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS

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  • The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS (CCABA) recently launched a blog to mark World Health Day on Why Collaboration Matters for Children Affected by HIV. Read it here.
  • CCABA Co-Chair Catherine Connor is the Senior Strategic Advisor of Partnerships and Stakeholder Relations at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. She has been appointed as a new board member of The Developed Country NGO Delegation. Find out more here.
  • Friends of the Global Fight have released a new Issue Brief on the crucial role for Congress in protecting a lifesaving legacy. Read it here.
  • Georgetown University’s Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues has released a report documenting milestones in the evolution of the U.S. government’s work to support the development, care, and protection of children globally, as well as coordination efforts across the U.S. government to promote a holistic response to the needs of vulnerable children. Read the report here.
  • Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) has launched a new blog on: Centering Community Leadership in the Global South. Read it here.
  • The Human Rights Funders Network has released a new report: Advancing Human Rights analysis, exploring 2021 grantmaking. Read it here.
  • HIV Prevention 2030: A Global Access Framework for Country-Led Responses has called for scaled-up investments, expanded choice and sustainability to achieve 2030 targets. Read more about the strategy here.
  • Frontline AIDS has launched a new strategy for 2026-2030, to achieve its goal to build a future free from AIDS:. Read it here.
  • The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) has published a new landscape analysis Protecting Lives, Sustaining Progress: U.S. Leadership in Global HIV and Maternal and Child Health. Read it here.

Events

  • The Love Alliance recently held a discussion on Community Leadership and Society Enablers (CLSE) on Thursday 16 April. Find out more about the new paper that was launched and their roadmap here.
  • GFAN hosted a webinar on 22 April about Financing Health through Solidarity Levies: The Role of Communities & Civil Society. Discover more here.
  • The Community Engagement Strategic Initiative hosted a webinar on 23 April on: Unpacking GC8 HIV Guidance – From a Community’s Lens. The webinar brought together experts and advocates to explore GC8 HIV guidance and its implications for community engagement in country dialogue. Find out more here.
  • GNP+ hosted a PLHIV Convening webinar on 23 April, bringing together PLHIV leaders and community advocates to make sure PLHIV voices lead the agenda for the 2026 High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS. Discover more here.
  • Paediatric AIDS Treatment For Africa (PATA) held their latest PATAREAL series event on 23 April – this time sharing real-world cases from Adamawa and Delta States. Learn more about this and other webinars in the series here.
  • The Alliance for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action, Better Care Network, Early Childhood Development Action Network, INSPIRE Implementation Working Group, Moving Minds Alliance and Georgetown University’s Collaborative on Global Children’s Issues are co-convening a webinar on 29 April for child protection, care, and development stakeholders to share and discuss recommendations to address the impact of U.S. foreign aid cuts on children and their families and sustain progress in the changing landscape. Find out more here.
  • Academic Medical Education’s 10th International Workshop on Adolescence, SRHR & HIV 2026 is taking place from 21 – 23 September 2026. This workshop is a unique global platform bringing together multidisciplinary experts working with and for adolescents affected by HIV. The deadline for research abstract submissions is approaching fast — 5 June 2026. Submit yours here.
  • The Seven Alliance, with support from UNAIDS Asia and the Pacific recently circulated a survey that builds on the Global AIDS Strategy (GAS) 2026–2031 consultations, aiming to ensure that community voices across Asia and the Pacific continue to shape regional and global priorities in the HIV response. The survey is now closed, but you can read more about the initiative here.
  • The Elevate Children’s Funders Group has launched an Intergenerational Conversation Series — a space for honest dialogue between funders and young changemakers about what meaningful youth engagement really looks like in practice. This is not a typical webinar series. It’s a living, intergenerational learning space co-designed with Youth for Impactful Philanthropy (YIP) alumni. There are multiple events to join in the coming months. Find out more and register here.

Watch

  • ViiV Healthcare is showcasing a number of case studies on how they are closing gaps in paediatric and adolescent HIV. Watch the videos here.

Apply

  • The International AIDS Society has announced that Late-breaker abstract submissions for the 2026 International AIDS Conference are now open until  6 May. Submit yours here.

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Please share any updates you would like to see in our next ‘What’s New?’ feature by contacting me: Ashton.Josephs@childrenandHIV.org

Ashton Josephs, Communications Adviser
The Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS