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joined a multidisciplinary group of 20 global public health experts to make 10 recommendations to shape a new public health architecture, including the active engagement of cities and municipalities.

IAPAC awarded ten grants for the first round of the Fast-Track Cites Implementation Science Fund.

IAPAC joined 39 other organizations in a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) about COVID-19 vaccine reimbursement policies for federally qualified health centers.

Rabbi Allen I. Freehling was the first Chair Emeritus of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care.

Six Fast-Track Cities in the United Kingdom – Aberdeen, Bristol, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Liverpool – as well as Berlin announced today that they have surpassed the HIV 90-90-90 targets.

For the first time in its 15-year history, the Adherence 2020 Virtual conference was held online to accommodate the ongoing public health restrictions related to COVID-19.

International public health experts called for the development of a new “global health order” in response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the Virtual Fast-Track Cities 2020 conference.

Representatives from UNAIDS, IAPAC, PEPFAR, and the WHO spoke about disruptions to HIV health services caused by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Representatives from IAPAC, UNAIDS, PEPFAR, and the WHO raised concerns about COVID-19 disruptions to HIV health services at a virtual AIDS 2020 pre-conference session.

IAPAC is retrofitting its Fast-Track City dashboards to visualize confirmed COVID-19 case, death, and recovery data alongside existing municipal-level HIV data.

IAPAC has launched a $750,000 Fast-Track Cities Implementation Science Fund to support clinical and community researchers in enhancing urban HIV responses.

IAPAC and UN-Habitat announced a new partnership at the 10th World Urban Forum to strengthen the efforts of Fast-Track Cities to end their urban HIV, tuberculosis, and viral hepatitis epidemics.

The 10th World Urban Forum coincides with the beginning of a global “Decade of Action” to attain key Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

The Fast-Track Cities 2020 conference will convene over 1,000 delegates from hundreds of current and prospective Fast-Track Cities in every region of the world. Mayor Medina said the focus of the conference’s high-level panel will be on drug policies and harm reduction.

IAPAC welcomed several new cities and municipalities to the Fast-Track Cities network to commemorate World AIDS Day 2019. The initiative marked its fifth anniversary since the Paris Declaration on Fast-Track Cities was first signed on World AIDS Day 2014.

Health officials in New York City and Geneva announced today that these two Fast-Track Cities have surpassed the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. New York City is the first in the United States to surpass the targets by attaining 93-90-92. Geneva became the fifth European municipality to reach this important milestone by attaining 90-96-93.