2025 Statements
Debt and Its Impacts on TB and HIV Investment
November 18, 2025 — Public financing and domestic resources for health are straining under debt burdens as countries struggle to build up domestic revenues in the face of weak tax systems and volatile markets.
Monday, Nov 17, 6:30 pm: 29th Annual Jonathan Lax Memorial Lecture at The Wistar Institute Honors Richard Jefferys
November 17, 2025 — On Monday, Nov. 17th at 6:30 pm EST, Richard Jefferys, Basic Science, Vaccines and Cure Project director at the Treatment Action Group (TAG), delivers the 29th annual Jonathan Lax Memorial Lecture at The Wistar Institute in recognition of his outstanding contributions to HIV research, education and advocacy.
TAG Profoundly Disappointed and Outraged at Lack of Healthcare Protections
November 17, 2025 — Treatment Action Group (TAG) is profoundly disappointed and outraged at the lack of healthcare protections for people living with and affected by HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis C (HCV) in the bill to end the US government shutdown.
Governments and Donors Must Step Forward to Fund Global, Equitable Access to New TB Vaccines in Development
November 6, 2025 — Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the report published today by the World Health Organization TB Vaccine Accelerator Council on how to finance global, equitable access to new TB vaccines.
TAG to Honor Gloria Reuben, Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, and Richard Lynn at the 2025 Research in Action Awards
October 7, 2025 — TAG’s annual Research in Action Awards is our most anticipated night of the year.
TAG and ANEA Coalition Condemn Proposed $2 Billion in Cuts to HIV Funding
September 25, 2025 — Treatment Action Group and ANEA Coalition strongly condemn the House Labor, Health and Human Services proposed $2 billion in federal cuts to domestic HIV programs, including plans that would dismantle the CDC’s Division of HIV Prevention and slash $535 million from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.
Joint Statement: Activists Demand $40-a-Year Generic Price for Breakthrough HIV Prevention Drug Be Made Available to All Low- and Middle Income Countries
September 24, 2025 — A global coalition reacted to two deals announced today to make long acting lenacapavir (LEN-LA), a 6 monthly HIV PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) injection that provides virtually 100% protection against HIV infection, at $40 per person per year in 2027.
24 Hours to Save AIDS Research
September 16, 2025 — On September 16 at 11 am (U.S.) savesaidsresearch.org starts a massive marathon to save AIDS funding.
Joint Statement Calling for Secretary Kennedy Resignation
September 4, 2025 — On Sept. 3 20+ organizations — including TAG — signed this Infectious Diseases Society of America’s (IDSA) joint statement calling for the resignation of Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The letter outlines the many ways Kennedy’s “agenda” is meant to undermine science and public health.
TAG Statement on the Criminalization of Homelessness and Drug Use, and the Cure Hepatitis C Act of 2025
August 7, 2025 — The current administration’s Executive Order on Ending Crime and Disorder on America’s streets is yet another direct attack on science and basic human rights.
