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News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
Posted by
Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
May 4, 2011
Just two weeks ago, we announced right here on our blog that we were nominated for a Webby Award in the Public Service and Activism, Online Film and Video category, and that we needed your help to win. Well, you spoke up and your voice was heard!
We are proud (and excited) to announce that we have won not one, but two awards -- a Webby Award, and a Webby People's Voice Award -- for our advocacy video, The Time to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS Is Now.
Click past the jump to learn more about the Awards and for some words of thanks from all of us at the Foundation for helping carry us to the win.
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Posted by
Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
April 15, 2011
We've got some exciting news to announce: Out of thousands of entries, the Foundation has been selected as one of five finalists in the Public Service and Activism Video category in the 15th Annual Webby Awards!
The Webby Awards are like the Academy Awards of Internet video, advertising, and interactive content, and the list of nominees for this year's awards is star-studded, to say the least.
But the process doesn't stop with our nomination. Now, we need your help. We need you to visit the Webby Awards website and vote for our video, The Time to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS is Now, to win. Our category is filled with some serious competition and we don't stand a chance without your vote.
Click past the jump to read a little more about the Webby Awards, but more importantly, to learn how to vote.
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Posted by
Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
April 7, 2011
This week, the buzz in Washington, D.C. and around the country is all about the federal budget and the possibility of a government shutdown. Some members of Congress are calling for drastic cuts to foreign aid – as high as $800 million to HIV/AIDS programs worldwide.
Watch this short video to learn more about how much the federal government spends on these lifesaving programs.
U.S. Foreign Aid: Setting the Record Straight from EGPAF on Vimeo.
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Posted by
Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
January 21, 2011
In 2002, only three percent of HIV-positive pregnant women were accessing the critical services to prevent transmission of the virus to their babies. Flash forward nearly a decade and the progress is impressive. With the help of the Foundation's USAID-funded Call to Action project, we are now reaching 45 percent of these women.
Earlier this week, IRIN/PlusNews interviewed Foundation country director for Malawi about this progress and what is in store for her country in the future.
Click past the jump for more information and links to the IRIN/PlusNews article.
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Posted by
Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
December 28, 2010
During the holiday season around the world, there is a lot of focus on food. Global Health Corps Fellow Mara Gordon, who is working with the Foundation in Malawi, recently returned to her native Ohio for the holidays, and blogged about a mainstay in the diet of both countries: corn.
She wrote about the abundance of it in the American Midwest, its sometimes scarcity in Malawi, and how both situations present their own unique problems for health and nutrition, particularly for children.
Click past the jump for more about her trip and a link to her latest blog post.
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Posted by
Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
December 20, 2010
Potso, one of the Horse-riders for Health,
and his horse, Rooikat are filmed.
If you visited our website last week, follow us on Twitter, or are our friend on Facebook, you probably know that the Foundation was featured as part of the ABC News series on global health, “Be the Change: Save a Life.”
The series kicked off on Friday night’s television show ABC 20/20, and showcased the Foundation’s innovative “Horse-riding for Health” program. ABC’s Deborah Roberts followed a pony courier to deliver drugs and test results to fight HIV in remote clinics in the mountainous kingdom of Lesotho.
If you missed Friday's ABC 20/20, you can see the video after the jump and learn more about how you can support the Foundation's work around the world.
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