Foundation Blog
News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
Posted by
Denise Alves
Maputo, Mozambique
December 9, 2011
Foundation affiliate Country Director Paula Vaz
(right) with a group of young girls at the
World AIDS Day event in Mozambique.
(Photo: EGPAF/Denise Alves)
December 1st is commemorated around the globe as World AIDS Day, a day to think and reflect about the HIV/AIDS pandemic and remember those lost during the three-decade fight against the disease. More that that though, it is an opportunity to celebrate the positive impact of the work of the Foundation and other partners is having in our collective efforts to eliminate pediatric AIDS in Mozambique and around the world.
Click through the jump to find out what the Foundation's team in Mozambique had in store for youngsters around Maputo.
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Posted by
Stephanie Calves
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
December 8, 2011
ICASA reception.
This week, I joined Foundation staff, partners, and fellow HIV/AIDS organizations at the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The theme of the meeting was “Own, Scale-up and Sustain,” with many discussions focused on health systems strengthening and strategies to promote country ownership of HIV/AIDS programs. This theme showed the increasing importance of local response in combating HIV/AIDS. Click past the jump to read more.
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Posted by
Charles Lyons
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
December 7, 2011
Ryan White.
Last week on World AIDS Day -- amid talk about an historic opportunity to create an AIDS-free generation -- we were reminded that the stigma and ignorance surrounding this disease is not necessarily a thing of the past. The news that a 13-year-old boy has been banned from attending a school in Pennsylvania because he is HIV-positive brought back a flood of memories from an earlier and darker time in the history of the AIDS pandemic.
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Posted by
Jill Peterson
Kigali, Rwanda
December 2, 2011
Photo: EGPAF/Jill Peterson
On December 1, people around the world marked World AIDS Day. Now, as always, we at the Foundation remember Elizabeth Glaser’s passion for and dedication to ending pediatric AIDS, and we reaffirm our commitment finishing the work she started. One mother’s fight has now become our fight.
The Foundation's Rwanda country office commemorated World AIDS Day at the country's offical event in Kigali City. The Foundation helped plan the event, which launched a three-month-long campaign that will continue in districts throughout Rwanda.
Click through the jump to see photos and learn more about the event.
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Posted by
Sanyu Nkiinzi
Mbarara, Uganda
December 2, 2011
Community members march throug town
to commemorate World AIDS Day.
(Photo: EGPAF/Sanyu Nkiinzi)
On December 1, people around the world marked World AIDS Day. Now, as always, we at the Foundation remember Elizabeth Glaser’s passion for and dedication to ending pediatric AIDS, and we reaffirm our commitment finishing the work she started. One mother’s fight has now become our fight.
The Foundation's Uganda country office commemorated World AIDS Day with an event in Isingiro District. The event featured a march through the district's main town, HIV testing and counseling, musical and dance performances, and speeches by local political leaders and HIV activists.
Click through the jump for photos and more about the event.
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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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