Foundation Blog
News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Washington, D.C.
December 1, 2011
In honor of World AIDS Day, the Foundation joined the ONE Campaign on Capitol Hill to educate policy makers about the crucial role of the U.S. in eliminating pediatric AIDS worldwide. Read how U.S.-led programs helped one mother in her fight to protect her children from HIV, and how we can make her fight our own.
Photo Caption: Foundation Ambassador Florence Ngobeni-Allen and Dr. RJ Simonds, Vice President of Program Innovation and policy for the Foundation answer questions during Tuesday's briefing on Capitol Hill. (EGPAF/Bob Yule)
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Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Washington, D.C.
November 22, 2011
Over the past two weeks, we’ve been reading about several ways to end pediatric AIDS. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton started the conversation with a new plan to create an AIDS-free generation. Foundation CEO Chip Lyons continued it with an editorial about ending new HIV infections in children. And now CSIS has released a report outlining what it will take to scale up programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
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Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Washington, D.C.
November 8, 2011
Thirty years ago, when the fight against HIV first began, the reality of the epidemic was fairly bleak. AIDS was seen as a death sentence. In just a few years’ time, it left its mark around the globe, from San Francisco to South Africa. But the past three decades have also seen tremendous progress in HIV research, prevention and treatment, much of it as a result of U.S. leadership.
Today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reminded us of our past successes and outlined a new way forward to create an AIDS-free generation. Read more inside.
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Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Washington, D.C.
November 2, 2011
A mother and child wait to be seen by a
doctor in Uganda. (Photo: EGPAF/
James Pursey)
As budget talks continue to heat up over the next few weeks, funding for lifesaving global health programs, including HIV/AIDS, are at risk of being drastically reduced.
According to a recent CNN article published earlier this week, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is one of the important programs that could suffer from budget cuts.
The U.S. foreign aid budget, which includes programs like PEPFAR, accounts for less than 1 percent of overall federal spending – a relatively small amount and a fraction of what the U.S. spends on other areas of the budget. But the return on investment around the world is enormous.
Click through the jump to learn how you can help save these critical programs.
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Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Washington, D.C.
October 7, 2011
This week, we’re reading about new HIV/AIDS research that raises concerns about a link between injected contraceptive use and HIV transmission.
A recent study, published earlier this week in the British medical journal, The Lancet, followed a group of nearly 3,800 discordant couples – in which one partner, either male or female, is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative – around Africa for two years to determine whether a correlation exists between the use of injected contraceptives and an increased risk of HIV transmission.
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Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Washington, D.C.
October 7, 2011
A young child waits to be seen by a
doctor in South Africa. (Photo: EGPAF/
Jon Hrusa)
HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) affect thousands of children around the world every year. Yet, TB in children remains a largely overlooked and neglected issue. If left untreated, TB and HIV can prove a deadly combination for children.
Last month, Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (ACTION) published a report on childhood TB, which highlights some of the issues and challenges that children living with TB face. The Foundation recently worked with ACTION to post a guest blog on how children are affected by TB and HIV.
Click through to read the guest post.
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