In Malawi, Marching Towards the End of AIDS

Posted by Chip Lyons
Lilongwe, Malawi
March 28, 2013

EGPAF President and CEO Chip Lyons speaks
at the launch of a new EGPAF project
supporting HIV treatment and health systems
strengthening in Malawi.
(Photo: Eric Kilongi/EGPAF)

This week, EGPAF CEO and President, Chip Lyons, traveled to the country offices in Malawi, the first country in Africa to create a policy at the national level using the World Health Organization (WHO)’s “Option B+” strategy, which provides life-long antiretroviral treatment (ART) to all HIV-infected pregnant women regardless of their immunity (CD4) levels.

Kenyans Succeeding at Eliminating New HIV Infections in Children

Posted by Chip Lyons
Ndhiwa, Kenya
March 20, 2013

EGPAF President and CEO Chip Lyons
(Photo: EGPAF)

This week, I am visiting our programs in Kenya – a country with the fourth-largest number of people infected with HIV in the world.

The two facilities I visited yesterday in Ndhiwa district of Kenya’s Nyanza region showed me how our work, with support from the U.S President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), is helping to shape the trajectory of HIV/AIDS among children.

The Beginning of the End of AIDS

Posted by Chip Lyons
Washington, D.C.
February 21, 2013

EGPAF President and CEO Chip Lyons at the
inaugural Global Champions of a Mother’s
Fight Gala. (Photo: Getty for EGPAF)

On February 20, EGPAF President and CEO Chip Lyons attended our first annual “Global Champions for a Mother’s Fight” gala, an opportunity to honor some of our heroes in the battle against pediatric HIV/AIDS and discuss global change, innovation, and advocacy. EGPAF was privileged to recognize Johnson & Johnson, Amy Towers, and Cookie Johnson for their commitment to creating an AIDS-free generation.

The Rights of the Child Living with HIV

Posted by Chip Lyons
Geneva, Switzerland
January 22, 2013

Only 28 percent of children living with HIV
have access to the ARV treatments that can
save their lives. (Photo: EGPAF)

On Thursday, 17 January, I traveled to Geneva, Switzerland for several reasons: to meet with our Geneva staff, to attend a day-long meeting of the Global Steering Group that is strategically pushing forward on effective implementation of the Global Plan, and to conduct EGPAF’s first-ever briefing of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC).

A World AIDS Day in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Posted by Chip Lyons
Washington, D.C.
December 2, 2012

(Photo: EGPAF/James Pursey, 2012)

Every December, World AIDS Day provides an important moment to pause and reflect on the progress we’ve made during yet another year fighting the AIDS pandemic. This one ends with great optimism about our ability to achieve an AIDS-free generation, and a reminder of what we still need to do to get there. Read the latest message from EGPAF's President and CEO Chip Lyons for details.

Making a Campaign Commitment to an AIDS-Free Generation

Posted by Chip Lyons
Washington, D.C.
September 24, 2012

At a clinic in Mozambique. (Photo: EGPAF)

As the weather cools down and the 2012 US Presidential campaign heats up, Foundation President Chip Lyons calls for a campaign commitment to make one big push to end HIV and AIDS in children and mothers around the world.