''Post-AIDS' and global health discourses: Interdisciplinary Perspectives'. (360G-Wellcome-106559_Z_14_Z)

Ideas of a 'post-AIDS' future have gained momentum in the global north despite the continuing effects of HIV/AIDS in the global south in particular. While assessing the ways in which 'post-AIDS' is being interpreted across a range of disciplinary and global contexts, this symposium prioritises how the cultural, historical and ethical insights from Medical Humanities work can transform approaches to 'post-AIDS' and the global health discourses circulated by, amongst others, the Joint United Natio ns Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organisation. Throughout, we foreground interdisciplinary themes drawn from Medical Humanities, such as the role of language choice and biomedical terminology in global health discourses. Though a significant body of research on HIV/AIDS and global health exists, there has been little sustained attention to interdisciplinary perspectives by scholars, policy makers, and global health organisations despite how these discussions complement a rang e of disciplinary approaches, policy initiatives and treatment and prevention programmes. Alongside these perspectives, we engage with the current global health moment by addressing the 2015 benchmark year for the United Nations 2000 Health Development goal which aims to 'combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases'. Overall, we consider how and why 'post-AIDS' reflects a distinct shift in global health.