What We’re Reading: Men’s Role in Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission, In Search of an HIV Vaccine, and Tracking Global Health Funding

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
April 26, 2013

At an EGPAF facility in Malawi, health care
workers are trained in prevention of mother-
to-child transmission (PMTCT) clinical
techniques. Photo: James Pursey/EGPAF

This week, we’re learning about the challenges of getting men involved in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) efforts, thinking about how antiretroviral medications may affect children’s hearts, reading about global health funding, and finding out more about the fight to eliminate HIV in Mozambique.

Students Visit EGPAF, Get Crash Course in Fight to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS

Posted by Michelle Betton
Washington, D.C.
April 25, 2013

EGPAF’s Dr. Laura Guay shares her
experiences in the HIV/AIDS field with students
from the Foxcroft School on Tuesday.
(Photo: EGPAF)

Students in an epidemiology class at the Foxcroft School in Middleburg, Va. visited EGPAF this past Tuesday to learn more about EGPAF’s work and impact in the battle against pediatric HIV and AIDS.

Doctors Persaud and Luzuriaga, Former EGPAF Award Winners, Featured on Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" List

Posted by Chelsea Bailey
Washington, D.C.
April 24, 2013

Last week, Dr. Deborah Persaud, Dr. Katherine
Luzuriaga, and Dr. Hannah Gay were recognized
as three of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential
people of 2013.
(Photo: David Despau/Time Magazine)

You’d be hard-pressed to find medical professionals whose work is more celebrated and in the spotlight right now than Deborah Persaud, MD and Katherine Luzuriaga, MD. This year, in recognition of their groundbreaking work on what has been called the “Mississippi baby” study – the first documented case of a functional HIV cure in an infant – the doctors have been named to Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” list.

In the Fight to Eliminate HIV, Do We Need a Vaccine?

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
April 23, 2013

Nicholas Hellmann, MD is Executive Vice
President for Medical and Scientific Affairs
for EGPAF and a leading expert in the field
of HIV/AIDS research. (Photo: EGPAF)

Much of recent media attention on the fight to eliminate HIV has focused on creating a cure for HIV, but there is another side to the research: the hunt for a vaccine to prevent HIV from ever taking hold. To learn more about the challenges and possibilities of an HIV vaccine, we spoke with Nick Hellmann, Executive Vice President for Medical and Scientific Affairs for EGPAF.

UN Official: HIV/AIDS Undermining Mozambique's Development

Posted by Arsenio Manhice
Maputo, Mozambique
April 22, 2013

Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona,
United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme
poverty and human rights at a meeting in
Mozambique with EGPAF’s Fundacao Ariel
team and other NGOs. (Photo: EGPAF)

Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, said last week that the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues to exert a terrible human toll and undermine development progress.

What We're Reading: Pushing Congress to Act on AIDS and the Changing Landscape of HIV/AIDS Funding

Posted by Chelsea Bailey
Washington, D.C.
April 19, 2013

Oscar-winning actress and activist Charlize
Theron embraces EGPAF Ambassador
Florida Mwesiga. (Photo: EGPAF)

This week, we’re proud of our Ambassadors who are pushing Congress to back an AIDS-Free generation and fighting the stigma of women living with HIV/AIDS, and we’re learning about funding cuts to PEPFAR and Dr. Deborah Persaud making Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people.