Foundation Blog
News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
Posted by
Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
January 25, 2013
Mothers and babies at a clinic in Mozambique,
where the Foundation has provided over 1.1
million women with the services they need to
prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.
(Photo: EGPAF)
This week, we’re learning more about HIV-resistant cells, thinking about Dance Marathon, and reading about the rights of children living with HIV.
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Posted by
Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
January 24, 2013
It's the first snowy day here at EGPAF's headquarters in Washington D.C., reminding us of this August snowstorm in Lesotho. Last year, EGPAF provided 108,038 women in Lesotho with prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. (Photo: EGPAF, 2012)
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Posted by
Sydney van Horn
Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 2013
Sydney (far left) and friends at the UCLA Dance
Marathon 2012. (Photo: Hom Photography)
I am a Dance Marathoner: I have gotten completely buried in dancer bags, rubbed tennis balls on my sore feet, and lost more hours of sleep than I care to admit. And some people would call me crazy to take this on yet again after graduating. Me? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
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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).
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Posted by
Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
January 21, 2013
The first issue of HIVCORE Highlights newsletter,
the publication of the HIVCORE project.
EGPAF is taking part in a new partnership focused on improving the scale and speed of HIV care and treatment and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) efforts.
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Posted by
Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
January 18, 2013
Elizabeth Glaser, founder and inspiration of
EGPAF, meeting President and Mrs. Reagan.
(Photo: EGPAF) This week, we’re learning about what to expect from HIV/AIDS public policy efforts in the United States in 2013, reading about new research into how to use the HIV virus to prevent AIDS, and thinking about the optimal time to begin treatment for HIV.
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