Ahead of #WorldMentalHealthDay, our Editorial highlights the value of lived experience in mental health research and services, alongside critical challenges in its implementation.

Read now: spkl.io/633257VNub

🆕 New Journal of the International AIDS Society supplement!

How can implementation research help turn #HIV evidence into action?

Explore lessons learned, best practices & future directions for advancing the field.

📖 Read the supplement:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17582652/2026/29/S5

Last week, 118 participants came together in #Cairo at our #IASEdFund workshop.

Discussions focused on expanding PrEP access, reducing #HIV-related stigma, community engagement & supporting implementation of #Egypt’s national AIDS strategy.

📷 View more highlights: www.instagram.com/p/DeOko5UDd4...

🌍 Community priorities are central to #IAS2027

Four civil society partners are helping drive community components, develop activities & engage networks:

🔹 @brentallankidd.bsky.social, @ASHMMedia
🔹 Luciana Kamel, INI-Fiocruz
🔹 Pank Sethi, @positiveeast.bsky.social
🔹 Florian Vock, Aids-Hilfe Schweiz

🎓 Keep learning. Stay informed. Catch up anytime.

🎥 Watch 150+ IAS webinar recordings on #IASPlus, featuring diverse perspectives from across the global #HIV response on a wide range of topics:

https://plus.iasociety.org/search/resources/type-of-content/104

💜 Harm reduction is essential to an effective HIV response.

Explore resources on #HarmReduction, bringing together evidence, insights & practical tools to advance person-centred #HIV prevention, treatment & care, strengthen integrated services, inform policy, & advance community-led responses. 👇

🌍 Progress in #HIV science must go hand in hand with equitable access.

In a new interview Kenneth Ngure discusses his priorities as IAS President and what it will take to ensure advances in HIV science reach the people and communities who need them.

Read the interview 👇

📢 Calling community organizations across Europe!

Apply for up to USD 10,000 to turn scientific evidence into community-led impact & showcase your work at #HIVR4P2027 or #IAS2027.

📅 Learn more & apply by 25 October:

https://bit.ly/Community-Project-Grants

📢 Call for papers! The Journal of the International AIDS Society will launch a supplement on long-acting antiretroviral regimens in conjunction with #IAS2027.

✅ Learn more & submit by 1 December 2026:

https://www.iasociety.org/sites/default/files/JIAS/JIAS_Call_for_papers_JIAS_long_acting.pdf

👗 From #Rio to #NYC, #HIVUnwrapped continues to put #HIV science and fashion in the spotlight.

After taking to the runway and bringing an interactive exhibition to #AIDS2026, HIV Unwrapped made its latest stop at #NYFW, using fashion to challenge HIV stigma and spark new conversations.

We’re kicking off the #IASEdFund workshop in #Cairo!

Over the next 2 days, together with Al Shehab Foundation & the Egyptian National AIDS Program, we’re bringing together communities, policy makers, healthcare workers, researchers & partners to turn evidence into action for #Egypt’s #HIV response.

💜 #HIV services are stronger when people and communities are at the centre of their design and delivery.

Learn how IAS programmes are helping shape services around people’s needs, strengthen stigma-free care and elevate lived experiences and community voices. 👇

💡 #AI was a major topic at #AIDS2026 – from its potential to transform the #HIV response to how we use it responsibly, effectively & equitably.

🎥 Explore sessions on AI & HIV, now free on #IASPlus:

https://plus.iasociety.org/search/resources/convening/402/type-of-content/99?query=AI&search-op=and

"At the July #AIDS2026 conference in Rio, Jason Mitchell, a public health specialist leading #Fiji's #HIV response, described it as the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the world, noting that two-thirds of cases are in those ages 20-34."

🌍 What were key takeaways from #AIDS2026?

Hear IAS President Kenneth Ngure & other leading experts unpack the latest trends, emerging priorities & critical discussions from the conference:

https://plus.iasociety.org/search/resources/content-theme/34/type-of-content/104?query=2026&search-op=and

📣 #AIDS2026 content is now freely available on #IASPlus!

Explore over 1,700 resources from the 26th International AIDS Conference, including conference sessions & e-posters.

📲 Dive into the research, insights & discussions from AIDS2026:

https://plus.iasociety.org/search/resources/convening/402

⏳ Just 1 week left to apply!

The IAS CIPHER Research Grant Programme offers up to USD 140,000 over 2 years for early-stage #investigators in low- and middle-income countries working on #paediatric & adolescent #HIV.

📅 Deadline: 30 Sep, 18:00 CEST

Learn more & apply 👇

🔬 With #HIVR4P2027 announced for #Geneva, discover what to expect from the only global conference focused exclusively on #HIV prevention research & how it will build shared momentum with #IAS2027 across the HIV science community.

https://www.iasociety.org/news-release/hivr4p-2027-take-place-geneva

📢 #HIVR4P2027 is coming to #Geneva, #Switzerland!

The IAS will host the only global conference focused exclusively on #HIV prevention research from 10–12 July 2027, immediately preceding #IAS2027 from 12–15 July.

Learn more now 👇