Foundation Blog
News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
While the discovery of therapies to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV may be one of the biggest success stories in the fight against this virus, there is still an urgent need for an HIV vaccine that is safe and effective for infants and children, as well as adults.
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First things first: thank you for visiting a new and improved pedaids.org.
If you’re a fan of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and you’ve visited our site in the past, we want to thank you for returning. If you’re a first time visitor looking for more information about who we are and what we do, we encourage you to take 3 minutes and 58 seconds out of your day to watch this video.
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Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Free State, South Africa
May 10, 2010
Last week, community members flocked to Thaba N’chu clinic in Free State, South Africa dressed in warm, traditional Basotho blankets to listen to district health officials highlight the urgent need to get tested for HIV and halt the spread of HIV and AIDS in their communities and across South Africa.
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Posted by
Jane Shuma
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
April 9, 2010
On 24 March 2010, the first lady of Tanzania — her excellence Mama Salma Kikwete — visited the Monduli District Hospital HIV Care and Treatment Centre (CTC), one of the clinics EGPAF supports in Tanzania’s Arusha region. Mama Kikwete’s objectives for the visit were to:
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