The G7’s HIV/AIDS response wanes precisely when global leadership is required

When G8 leaders came together in 2002, Canada committed to defeat HIV/AIDS. Today, the G7 must reinvigorate its effort to end the pandemic.

We have a responsibility to share our concerns with G7 states, and encourage them to work together to avoid the global collapse of the HIV/AIDS effort, writes Julio Montaner. Unsplash photograph by Bermix Studio

Opinion

BY JULIO MONTANER

June 23, 2025

Twenty-three years ago, the G8 sherpas visited me in my office in Vancouver in advance of the 2002 G8 Summit in Kananaskis, Alta. They were curious about the success of our strategies to manage and control HIV/AIDS. To my surprise and delight, a key outcome of that summit wa...

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