**SUNDAY 17/06 PRE-AIDS2016 MEDIA TELECONFERENCE - MSF PRIORITIES, HIV STUDIES, BARRIERS TO CARE**

MSF Will Outline Progress Made Since Durban 2016, Priorities for AIDS2016, Present Ongoing HIV Projects, Studies and Barriers to Care.

MEDIA ADVISORY
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @MSF_HIV


**SUNDAY PRE-AIDS2016 MEDIA TELECONFERENCE** Doctors Without Borders Will Outline Priorities for the International AIDS Conference, Present Ongoing HIV Projects, Studies and Barriers to Care

MSF will highlight progress made since first Durban conference in 2000 in the fight to get ahead of the HIV epidemic, gaps that persist

DATE: Sunday, July 17 from 4-5pm (South Africa time)

LOCATION: Call-in number attached (local numbers for each country), Pin: 25150624#

DETAILS: The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will host a media conference call before the historic International AIDS Conference kicks off. This call will offer a brief summary of what MSF will be talking about this week, including policy changes we’ve been pushing for, the lack of testing and treatment options available in certain regions like West and Central Africa, and the critical role that community engagement plays in care. We will also highlight the vast improvements we’ve seen in South Africa since 2000 thanks to affordable treatment options, along with initial findings from MSF’s innovative pilot project in rural KwaZulu Natal, 90-minute drive from the conference venue. MSF has been treating people with HIV/AIDS since the late 1990s and currently supports treatment for more than 250,000 people living with HIV in 19 countries, primarily in Africa.

SPEAKERS:

  • Sharonann Lynch, HIV/AIDS Policy Advisor at MSF
  • Ousseni Tiemtore, HIV/TB Advisor for MSF's Southern Africa Medical Unit
  • Eric Goemaere, HIV/TB Unit Coordinator for MSF's Southern Africa Medical Unit
  • Julia Hill, MSF’s Deputy Head of Mission for South Africa
  • 15 minutes for questions from the media

CONTACTS:

Share

Latest stories

Website preview
Why is this Ebola outbreak so different?
On May 15, 2026, the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Health officially declared an Ebola disease outbreak in the northeast of the country, where Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams are operating. Since then, authorities have reported nearly 500 suspected cases and more than 130 deaths across multiple health zones. On the same day, Uganda announced the virus had crossed its borders. The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus - rarer and one for which no vaccine or treatment has been approved yet. Here is what we know about the unfolding crisis in the DRC and Uganda.
msf-sa-press.prezly.com
Website preview
South Sudan: New MSF report exposes escalating attacks on civilians
Indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian structures – including bombing hospitals – forced recruitment, sexual violence, access constraints and shrinking humanitarian space are realities for people in South Sudan, as described by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in their report on escalating violence in the country, “They Killed Them While We Were Running”. The report details that a total of 12 attacks on MSF staff and facilities left an estimated 762,000 people without access to healthcare between January 2025 and April 2026.
msf-sa-press.prezly.com
Website preview
DRC: MSF preparing large-scale response to Ebola outbreak in Ituri province
Following the official declaration of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak by the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 15 May, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is preparing to rapidly scale up its medical response in Ituri province, in the country’s northeast.
msf-sa-press.prezly.com

About Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa

Contact

70 Fox Street, 7th Floor Marshalltown, Johannesburg South Africa

011 403 4440

DL-JNB-Joburg-Press@joburg.msf.org

www.msf.org.za