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Focus on GHI principles necessary to ensure success of U.S. global health programs

Noting that the Global Health Initiative (GHI) leadership and the three core entities of GHI -- USAID, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and PEPFAR -- announced the closure of the GHI office and an end to the initiative's current phase on July 3, Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity, writes in the Huffington Post's "Politics" blog that "the three agencies will be responsible for ensuring that the GHI principles are implemented in the field to achieve global health goals."

24 Oct 2012

Blueprint for AIDS-free generation must allow HIV funds to be used for family planning

In the Huffington Post's "Politics" blog, Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity, notes that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said at the XIX International AIDS Conference in July that all women should be able to decide "when and whether to have children" and that PEPFAR, in a guidance released last week.

24 Oct 2012

New report shows increasing HIV prevalence, incidence in Uganda

"An HIV/AIDS report by advocacy organizations in Uganda indicates that new transmissions are on the rise amidst troubling trends of increasing prevalence and incidence," Uganda's New Vision reports.

19 Oct 2012

U.S. can draw lessons from PEPFAR success to address epidemic in black America

"Thirty years ago, the CDC reported the first cases of HIV/AIDS in New York and Los Angeles," Foreign Policy In Focus columnist Kwei Quartey writes in the Huffington Post World Blog, noting, "Since the beginning of the epidemic, over 600,000 people have died of AIDS in the United States, and 1.2 million people are currently living with HIV."

15 Oct 2012

PEPFAR releases FY13 Country Operational Plan Guidance

PEPFAR has released its "Fiscal Year 2013 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance" on its website.

15 Oct 2012

PEPFAR launches training initiative for HIV/AIDS organizations in Bahamas

"On Wednesday, October 10, U.S. and Bahamian officials attended the official launch of 'The Caribbean Grant Solicitation and Management Program,' a new PEPFAR initiative that will be executed locally by the U.S.-based nonprofit World Learning through USAID," a press release from the U.S. Embassy in Nassau, Bahamas, reports.

15 Oct 2012

S. African National AIDS Council CEO speaks to PlusNews about reform, funding

Fareed Abdullah, CEO of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), who took office in July, spoke with PlusNews regarding the body's reform, the revival of provincial AIDS councils, resource mobilization, and the appointment of a new board that allows SANAC to operate independently.

15 Oct 2012

U.S. needs better evaluation, more transparency for foreign assistance

"As the importance of America's foreign assistance has grown, so has the number of mechanisms to dispense it," Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) and David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World and co-chair of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network, write in the Huffington Post's "Politics" blog.

12 Oct 2012

Researchers examine relationships between HIV and poverty, food security in separate studies

Foreign Policy reports on "a recent study by Ashley Fox of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine [that] compares rates of HIV infection across 170 regions in 16 sub-Saharan African countries."

9 Oct 2012

PEPFAR scientific advisory board meets to discuss implementation science, coordination

The PEPFAR scientific advisory board met this week to discuss implementation science; reaching key populations, such as drug users and men who have sex with men; and coordinating HIV testing, prevention, treatment and care efforts, the Center for Global Health Policy's "Science Speaks" blog reports.

6 Oct 2012

Lancet examines Obama administration's Global Health Initiative

The Lancet examines the history of the Obama administration's attempt to "reform the way the country delivers development assistance for health abroad" by establishing the Global Health Initiative.

6 Oct 2012

Zimbabwe set to attain 'universal' ARV coverage

"Zimbabwe is set to attain 'universal' coverage for AIDS treatment thanks in part to an $84 million disbursement on Tuesday by the United Nations-backed Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria," the U.N. News Centre reports.

4 Oct 2012

NPR blog examines Global Health Service Partnership

NPR's "Shots" blog profiles Vanessa Kerry, a physician and daughter of Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), and her work to develop the Global Health Service Partnership to send nurses and doctors to work abroad in exchange for a pay-down in their student loans.

28 Sep 2012

Meeting needs of children living with, affected by HIV 'central' to PEPFAR mission

"Meeting the needs of children, including both children living with HIV and those affected by the disease in other ways, is not peripheral to PEPFAR's mission -- it is central," U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby writes in USAID's "DipNote" blog, adding, "It's a responsibility, and an opportunity as part of our push toward an AIDS-free generation."

27 Sep 2012

Presidential candidates should address HIV epidemic more directly

Following the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in July, "delegates left Washington with a clear focus on achieving an AIDS-free generation," Chip Lyons, president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, writes in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

26 Sep 2012

U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique signs PEPFAR funding agreements with CBOs

On Monday in Maputo, Mozambique, U.S. Ambassador Douglas Griffiths signed funding agreements with 29 community-based organizations that will receive a total of $1.4 million through PEPFAR's small grants program "to strengthen health systems, boost professional training and implement income generating activities for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS," the Mozambique News Agency/AllAfrica.com reports.

26 Sep 2012

'Big Push' needed to ensure political will necessary to maintain progress against AIDS, TB, malaria

"What will the day be like when we finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria?" Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, asks in the Huffington Post's "The Big Push" blog.

26 Sep 2012

VOA News report examines PEPFAR's use of generic drugs, discusses search for HIV vaccine

In a recent edition of VOA News' "Science In The News," correspondents Bob Doughty and Shirley Griffith report on "the growing use of generic drugs in fighting HIV" and discuss "the search for an effective vaccine against HIV."

19 Sep 2012

Examining effects of reduced AIDS funding for Ethiopia

Amanda Glassman, director of global health policy and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD), and Kate McQueston, a program coordinator at CGD, write in the center's "Global Health Policy" blog that a reduction in AIDS funding to Ethiopia from PEPFAR and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria "might be warranted due to epidemiological trends and improved efficiency, or might cripple progress as health programs dependent on external donors are cut back."

13 Sep 2012

Devex news analysis examines Democratic, Republican party platforms on foreign policy, including global health

A Devex news analysis examines the Democratic and Republican platform positions on foreign policy following the party conventions, writing, "Even as pocketbook concerns continue to overshadow foreign policy issues on the campaign trail, in both Charlotte and Tampa, top-billed speakers made the case for the U.S. foreign aid program."

12 Sep 2012

PEPFAR News and Research

Focus on GHI principles necessary to ensure success of U.S. global health programs

Blueprint for AIDS-free generation must allow HIV funds to be used for family planning

New report shows increasing HIV prevalence, incidence in Uganda

U.S. can draw lessons from PEPFAR success to address epidemic in black America

PEPFAR releases FY13 Country Operational Plan Guidance

PEPFAR launches training initiative for HIV/AIDS organizations in Bahamas

S. African National AIDS Council CEO speaks to PlusNews about reform, funding

U.S. needs better evaluation, more transparency for foreign assistance

Researchers examine relationships between HIV and poverty, food security in separate studies

PEPFAR scientific advisory board meets to discuss implementation science, coordination

Lancet examines Obama administration's Global Health Initiative

Zimbabwe set to attain 'universal' ARV coverage

NPR blog examines Global Health Service Partnership

Meeting needs of children living with, affected by HIV 'central' to PEPFAR mission

Presidential candidates should address HIV epidemic more directly

U.S. Ambassador to Mozambique signs PEPFAR funding agreements with CBOs

'Big Push' needed to ensure political will necessary to maintain progress against AIDS, TB, malaria

VOA News report examines PEPFAR's use of generic drugs, discusses search for HIV vaccine

Examining effects of reduced AIDS funding for Ethiopia

Devex news analysis examines Democratic, Republican party platforms on foreign policy, including global health

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