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Yeztugo
LatestHealth · October 12, 2026
What Is Yeztugo? Who Can Get It and What It Costs

Yeztugo (lenacapavir) is a twice-yearly HIV PrEP shot. Find out who can get it, how the subcutaneous injection works and what it costs in 2026.

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DoxyPEP
HealthOctober 12, 2026
What Is DoxyPEP and What Does It Not Prevent?

DoxyPEP is a doxycycline dose taken after sex to lower the risk of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea. Learn what it does not prevent, including HIV and herpes.

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LGBTQ Health Care
HealthOctober 12, 2026
LGBTQ Health Care: How Stigma Limits Access

Learn how stigma and discrimination limit LGBTQ health care access, from HIV and mental health to confidentiality, and what providers can do to help.

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activism on border
NewsSeptember 30, 2026
MPACT ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS TO ADVANCE GLOBAL IMPACT

Mpact's new board combines expertise in tech, culture, & community to strengthen cross-sector collaboration, & drive meaningful progress for queer communities.

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Stephan Rabimov Joins Mpact Board
NewsAugust 17, 2026
Stephan Rabimov Joins Mpact Board

Marketing Executive Stephan Rabimov Joins Mpact Global Board to Advance Technology, Public Understanding, and HIV Equity San Francisco, CA — August 2026 — Stephan Rabimov, a senior marketing leader who has shaped public understanding of proof-of-human technology at Tools for Humanity (World.org), ha

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QueerVax campaign artwork
HealthJuly 18, 2026
Benefits of vaccinations for the queer community

Vaccines are one of the few health tools that protect a whole community at once. QueerVax exists because access to them still depends on who you are and where you live.

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Community health workers meeting around a table
AdvocacyJuly 5, 2026
PrEP access in Southeast Asia: what CHASE Phase 2 found

Country by country, the gap between a PrEP policy existing and a person being able to start it is where most of the work still sits.

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Right To campaign artwork
AdvocacyJune 18, 2026
ESA Networks: defending GBMSM rights in East & Southern Africa

Criminalisation does not only prosecute people. It reorganises health systems around the assumption that some communities will not come forward.

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Community members at an Mpact gathering
CommunityJune 2, 2026
Mérida Positive: growing support networks in Yucatán

What a peer support network looks like when it is built by the people who need it, in a city where the nearest specialist clinic is a bus ride away.

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Global Fund engagement campaign artwork
NewsMay 20, 2026
Global Fund engagement: what changed in the 2026 cycle

Meaningful involvement is written into the guidance. Whether it happens still depends on who is in the room when the country dialogue is scheduled.

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Get Your Copy of Anal About My Health Comics: Issue 1!
HealthMay 25, 2021
Get Your Copy of Anal About My Health Comics: Issue 1!

We believe real stories are the key to sex education, and our communities do best when they learn from their peers. That’s why MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights has expanded our award nominated Anal About My Health campaign into this series of comics on sexual health and harm reduc

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