Partnering with the community

We’re proud of our enduring commitment to the HIV community, whether it be through our 30+ year Positive Action Programme or through our digital campaigns, collaborating as partners, advocates, and champions to address the issues that matter most. At AIDS 2024, we’ll be using our platform to amplify the voices of the HIV community, ensuring that their voices are heard, shining a spotlight on the communities that are disproportionately impacted by HIV. We’re excited to be facilitating several events throughout the week of the conference:

• HIV Science as Art: In collaboration with Münchner Aidshilfe, the first regional AIDS aid organisation in Germany. we’re proud to sponsor HIV Science as Art. a groundbreaking exhibition merging the talents of 12 artists living with HIV with 12 scientists from across the globe. Together, they produce 12 original artworks, spotlighting both the advancements in HIV science and the human dimension of living with the virus. The artwork will be displayed in The Brainlab Tower from 22 July. The artwork will be auctioned, and the money raised will go to fund projects supporting the HIV community in Eastern Europe.
• Community event: AIDS 2024 delegates and our partners who are in Munich are welcome to join us on the evening of the 23 July at for a community event focused on how we will end the epidemic. Bringing together people from across the HIV ecosystem, including local community groups, scientists, activists and policymakers, the event will provide an opportunity for networking and lively discussion on what should be the priority areas of focus and collaboration. This event will follow on from a symposium hosted by our Patient Engagement team earlier in the day focused on person-centred engagement across medicine development, healthcare, and advocacy.
• Digital storytelling session: Join us in the ViiV Positive Action booth in the Global Village on 24 July at 10:45 – 11:30 am UTC for a discussion with our HIV in View visionaries Doreen Mora Moracha and Axel Bautista, who will talk about how they use their respective digital channels to educate their audiences on HIV. They’ll discuss how to dispel myths and misconceptions to change the narrative around what it’s like to live with HIV. They will provide some practical recommendations on how they’ve built an online community to tackle HIV stigma through reaching a wider audience.
• HIV: Four Decades Later: Attend the premiere of the documentary ’HIV, 4 decades later’ to hear the experiences of people living with HIV in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay. This heartfelt documentary, directed by Uruguayan filmmaker Luis Ara, will bring you closer to the colourful lives and challenges faced by the HIV community in Latin America.

Save the date and mark your calendars for AIDS 2024 in Munich, where innovation, collaboration, and progress converge for the benefit of all those living with and impacted by HIV.