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- The US government's pre-conference session was disrupted by activists protesting PEPFAR cuts, and the same session displayed a map of Africa that mislabelled all six countries it identified — one Reuters found carried an OpenAI watermark, prompting a State Department apology. HIV i-Base / NBC News / Reuters
- The IAS presidency passed to Kenyan HIV-prevention scientist Kenneth Ngure at the AIDS 2026 closing ceremony, succeeding Brazil's Beatriz Grinsztejn. International AIDS Society
- Nearly 200,000 doses of the twice-yearly injectable PrEP lenacapavir have been given across high-burden African countries, with demand outpacing supply and a target of three million people by end of 2028. aidsmap
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