What We're Reading: Fighting HIV in Zambia, Maternal Health in Malawi, and Elizabeth Glaser's Doctor

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
April 5, 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, we’re learning about how Zambia is fighting HIV, reading about how prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV efforts are succeeding across southern Africa, finding out more about HIV funding changes for 2013, and thinking about how Elizabeth Glaser’s doctor has fought for people living with HIV for 30 years.

For Elizabeth Glaser's Doctor, A Lifetime of Dedication

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
April 5, 2013

Dr. Michael Gottlieb was one of the first to
treat people living with HIV and AIDS in the
United States, and has been a champion for
people living with HIV for over three decades.
(Photo: Townhall.com).

In June 1981, a young doctor named Dr. Michael Gottlieb published an article written with several colleagues in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.” The article noted the emergence of pneumocystis pneumonia among gay men in the Los Angeles area. Little did Dr. Gottlieb know at the time that these cases were the first identified instances of what would become known as AIDS.

What We're Reading: Texting, Flooding, The End of AIDS in Malawi, and What Women and Girls Need

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
March 29, 2013

Malawi health minister Catherine Gotani Hara
at the launch of an EGPAF-supported
five-year project to improve HIV/AIDS services
and strengthen local health systems.
(Photo: Eric Kilongi/EGPAF)

This week, we’re reading about how texting is helping women in Tanzania have healthier pregnancies, thinking about the connection between HIV and tuberculosis (TB), learning about a new EGPAF-supported program in Malawi, and remembering the importance of fighting for women and girls.

What We’re Reading: Women’s History Month, Living with HIV, and New HIV Strategies for Mothers

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
March 15, 2013

EGPAF Ambassadors Josephine Nabukenya and
Janice McCall at Dance Marathon 2012 at UCLA.
(Photo: EGPAF)

This week, we’re learning more about how a D.C. organization is fighting for women and girls living with HIV, thinking about the challenges of growing up with HIV, and reading about how an EGPAF Ambassador honored her late daughter.

Celebrating Women in the Fight to Eliminate HIV/AIDS

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
March 13, 2013

EGPAF co-founders Susie Zeegen,
Susan DeLaurentis and Elizabeth
Glaser (L-to-R). (Photo: EGPAF)

This month, we’re taking the time to honor women and girls in the United States and around the world who are focused on the fight against HIV as we celebrate Women’s History Month. We’re sharing stories, interviews, and perspectives from women and girls, and remembering our own powerful legacy of women involved in creating an AIDS-free generation.

We'll be updating this page each time a new blog highlighting a different woman is published, so check back frequently!

Women’s History Month: Fighting for Gender Equality

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
March 11, 2013

Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health
and Gender Equity. (Photo: CHANGE)

Around the world and in our own backyard, women are fighting for the rights of women and girls and for an AIDS-free generation. One of these women is Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), a Washington, D.C.-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to “promote the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of women and girls globally by shaping the development and implementation of U.S policies.”