What We're Reading: Thank Yous, Hill Meetings, and Cell Phones

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
May 10, 2013

Earlier this year, EGPAF President and CEO
Chip Lyons visited Ndhiwa district to learned
more about how EGPAF is helping the region
battle AIDS and provide better care for people
living with HIV. (Photo: EGPAF)

This week, we’re learning why a Foundation Ambassador is grateful, thinking about HIV and drug resistance, finding out more about the fight to keep infants and children healthy, and reading about how cell phones are helping one African country combat HIV.

Can Ndhiwa eliminate new pediatric HIV infections?

Posted by Eric Kilongi

May 9, 2013

At the Oridi Dispensary in Ndhiwa, this poster
helps healthcare workers track prevention of
mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) efforts,
helping nurses and physicians and allowing
more women to get tested and treated for HIV.
(Photo: EGPAF)

Located on the south shore of Lake Victoria in Homa Bay District, the region of Ndhiwa could be among the first high HIV-burden districts in Kenya to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

Child Survival Top Topic in Hill Briefing

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
May 8, 2013

EGPAF’s Dr. Laura Guay, World Vision
International’s Martha Newsome, and Dr. Joy
Lawn of Save the Children at a Monday Hill
briefing on child health and survival.
(Photo: EGPAF)

Global health and child survival experts gathered on Capitol Hill on Monday to share new information about child health and child and maternal mortality. “This is a story of great success, in many ways,” Dr. Joy Lawn, director of the Saving Newborn Lives program at Save the Children, said. Moderated by Kaiser Family Foundation vice president and director Jennifer Kates, Ph.D. and featuring Save the Children, World Vision International, and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, the briefing focused on the health and survival of children around the world.

"Twatotela" (Thank You)

Posted by Martha Sichone-Cameron
Washington, D.C.
May 7, 2013

EGPAF Ambassador Martha Sichone-Cameron,
her husband Andy, and their two boys, Josiah
and Judah. (Photo: EGPAF)

For over 25 years, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) have supported the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. At this year’s CWA conference held in April, Foundation Ambassador Martha Sichone-Cameron addressed the attendees and thanked them for their support. In this blog, Martha writes about how deeply appreciative she is of CWA and all those who continue to fight for the end of AIDS.

Getting to Know Our Global Health Corps Fellows

Posted by Chelsea Bailey
Washington, D.C.
May 6, 2013

Madalitso Tolani and Andrea Garces, Global
Health Corps fellows are working with and
learning from EGPAF staff in their placement in
Malawi. (Photo: EGPAF)

Each year, the Global Health Corps pairs fellows from the United States with international counterparts and places them in health care organizations around the world.

This year, GHC Fellows Mwitwa Chileshe and Lauren Smith were placed in EGPAF’s country office in Zambia, while Andrea Garces and Madalitso Tolani were placed in EGPAF’s Malawi office. Continue reading to learn about their experiences working with the Foundation in the field.

What We're Reading: The Chase for a Cure, EGPAF in Malawi, and Treatments for Children

Posted by Chelsea Bailey
Washington D.C.
May 3, 2013

HIV (in yellow) attacking a human cell. Over
thirty years after the beginning of the AIDS
epidemic, how close are we to a cure?
(Photo: Science magazine)

This week, we’re reading about why one New York Times writer says the word ‘cure’ is still premature when discussing HIV, thinking about how working for EGPAF in Malawi has benefitted a Global Health Corps Fellow, and learning about a recent study that argues an infrequently used treatment regimen might be more effective than current practices for treating pediatric HIV.