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AIDS 2010 interviews

Managing editor of the Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, Jill Braden Balderas, interviews global health leaders participating in AIDS 2010.

22 Jul 2010

AIDS 2010 opinions: U.S. AIDS funding; Human rights and HIV; Invest in primary care; Microbicide gel's possibilities

"Having met President [Barack] Obama, I'm confident that he's a man of conscience who shares my commitment to bringing hope and care to the world's poor. But I am saddened by his decision to spend less than he promised to treat AIDS patients in Africa," Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and honorary chairman of the Global AIDS Alliance, writes in a New York Times opinion piece.

22 Jul 2010

AIDS 2010: Study finds microbicide containing HIV drug lowers infection risk in women by 39%

A microbicide gel containing Gilead's HIV drug tenofovir used by women before and after sex has been shown to reduce their risk of HIV infection by nearly 40%, according to a study unveiled at the International AIDS Conference-AIDS 2010, Reuters reports

21 Jul 2010

AIDS 2010: Number of HIV positive patients on arvs grew to 5.2m in 2009 with 10m still in need, who says

"The number of HIV-positive people receiving antiretroviral drugs [ARVs] for their infections jumped by more than a quarter in 2009, growing from 4 million to 5.2 million, the World Health Organization said Monday at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna," the Los Angeles Times reports (7/19).

21 Jul 2010

Education campaign positively impacts attitudes, behaviour of young people towards HIV/AIDS

INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE 2010 -- MTV, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and UNICEF today unveiled at INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE 2010, new research on its Staying Alive Ignite Campaign at, which found that creating compelling pro-social entertainment for young people can positively impact attitudes and behaviour towards HIV and AIDS.

20 Jul 2010

USAID Administrator issues statement on CAPRISA 004 trial for preventing HIV infection in women

USAID is proud to be the major funder of the first-ever proof of concept that a microbicide can effectively and safely reduce the transmission of HIV from men to vulnerable women. An achievement of this magnitude could not have been possible without collaboration among governments, scientists, communities, and individual women at risk of HIV.

20 Jul 2010

AHF calls upon US to honor commitment to PEPFAR

Doctors and AIDS advocates from AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which provides AIDS medical care to more than 138,000 individuals in 23 countries worldwide, will host a press conference at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna on Monday, July 19th at 12 noon (Media Center, Room PCR #3) to reiterate their call on the United States to honor the its landmark commitment to PEPFAR (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the successful US global AIDS program.

20 Jul 2010

PSI showcases evidence-based HIV prevention methods at International AIDS Conference

Technical staff from PSI, a leading global health organization operating in more than 60 countries around the world, are currently attending the 18th International AIDS Conference in Vienna to showcase PSI's innovative, evidence-based HIV prevention methods, which have helped to successfully avert more than one billion cases of HIV infection over the past 40 years.

20 Jul 2010

AP further examines how PEPFAR helped inform new U.S. domestic HIV/AIDS strategy

"The national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS the Obama administration released Tuesday credits the Bush-era international campaign against AIDS for setting clear targets and ensuring a variety of agencies and groups worked together smoothly to achieve them," the Associated Press writes in a piece that examines how PEPFAR served to inform the national strategy.

15 Jul 2010

First comprehensive U.S. HIV/AIDS strategy to draw on lessons from PEPFAR

President Barack Obama plans to "unveil the first formal national HIV/AIDS strategy on Tuesday, a plan that aims to reduce the number of new cases [in the U.S.] by 25 percent in the next five years, officials said," the Washington Post reports.

14 Jul 2010

AHF to criticize President Obama's NHAS in a press conference

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, the largest global AIDS organization, will host a press conference Tuesday, July 13th at 3:30 PM Eastern, to criticize President Obama's National HIV/AIDS Strategy which is being formally released in a White House press conference at 2pm Tuesday. The strategy, 15 months in the making, was crafted as the nation's AIDS Drug Assistance Program the federal and state funded, state run network of programs that supply lifesaving AIDS drugs to low-income Americans in need, collapsed.

13 Jul 2010

AIDS Healthcare Foundation presses Obama Administration on PEPFAR funding

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), "[t]he largest global AIDS organization[,] accused the Obama administration and Congress on Friday of falling short on promised funding and oversight in the worldwide fight against the epidemic," The Hill's "Healthwatch" blog reports.

7 Jul 2010

AHF members urge Congress to honor AIDS funding commitment

Five AIDS treatment clients and medical care providers from Uganda are visiting Washington, DC for a series of over 50 meetings this week on Capitol Hill with Senate and Congressional leaders to lobby Congress to honor the US' landmark commitment to PEPFAR (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the successful US global AIDS program.

2 Jul 2010

Foreign Policy examines GHI, PEPFAR

Foreign Policy examines reactions to the priorities set forth in President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative (GHI) and what they might mean for PEPFAR.

29 Jun 2010

Miller-McCune examines debate over redistribution of some foreign aid funds from HIV/AIDS to other diseases

Through the lens of health conditions faced by people in Mbarara, Uganda, Miller-McCune examines the debate over redistributing some foreign aid funds from HIV/AIDS to fight other diseases.

24 Jun 2010

Media examine GHI, U.S. HIV/AIDS funding

PBS' NewsHour's "The Rundown" blog examines the recent naming of eight countries to receive additional technical and management resources under President Barack Obama's Global Health Initiative (GHI).

23 Jun 2010

BD, PEPFAR commence multi-year initiative to improve blood collection practices in African clinics, hospitals

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today set in motion a joint, multi-year initiative to improve blood collection practices in African clinics and hospitals.

From BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) 22 Jun 2010

Protesters ask U.S. to boost funding for Global Fund, HIV/AIDS programs in Africa

Thousands of protesters in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday "demand[ed] the U.S. increase its AIDS funding for Africa," the Associated Press reports (Naki, 6/17). The protesters delivered a letter to the consulate saying the U.S. is "cutting funding to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria," which health advocates believe could lead "other countries to follow suit and reduce funding for the fight against HIV," Agence France-Presse writes (6/17).

22 Jun 2010

Obama administration names eight 'GHI Plus' countries

"The Obama administration has selected eight countries to serve as learning labs for a new global health strategy aimed in part at reducing maternal and child deaths and combatting preventable diseases," the Wall Street Journal reports. "The move is among the first steps in the administration's" roll-out of the Global Health Initiative and "comes amid mounting concerns about how much support President Barack Obama will win from Congress for a proposed 9% increase in global health spending for fiscal 2011," the newspaper reports.

19 Jun 2010

Recent releases in Global Health

The U.N.'s plan to improve maternal health is lacking "the one element that will make it work. Human rights," according to blog post on Huffington Post. "Medical causes of maternal death - hemorrhage, sepsis, hypertension, unsafe abortion, HIV and AIDS - are inextricably linked to human rights. Each one of these instances can be prevented or treated by simply respecting women's human rights in health policies and delivery of services, and addressing systemic gender inequality."

19 Jun 2010

PEPFAR News and Research

AIDS 2010 interviews

AIDS 2010 opinions: U.S. AIDS funding; Human rights and HIV; Invest in primary care; Microbicide gel's possibilities

AIDS 2010: Study finds microbicide containing HIV drug lowers infection risk in women by 39%

AIDS 2010: Number of HIV positive patients on arvs grew to 5.2m in 2009 with 10m still in need, who says

Education campaign positively impacts attitudes, behaviour of young people towards HIV/AIDS

USAID Administrator issues statement on CAPRISA 004 trial for preventing HIV infection in women

AHF calls upon US to honor commitment to PEPFAR

PSI showcases evidence-based HIV prevention methods at International AIDS Conference

AP further examines how PEPFAR helped inform new U.S. domestic HIV/AIDS strategy

First comprehensive U.S. HIV/AIDS strategy to draw on lessons from PEPFAR

AHF to criticize President Obama's NHAS in a press conference

AIDS Healthcare Foundation presses Obama Administration on PEPFAR funding

AHF members urge Congress to honor AIDS funding commitment

Foreign Policy examines GHI, PEPFAR

Miller-McCune examines debate over redistribution of some foreign aid funds from HIV/AIDS to other diseases

Media examine GHI, U.S. HIV/AIDS funding

BD, PEPFAR commence multi-year initiative to improve blood collection practices in African clinics, hospitals

Protesters ask U.S. to boost funding for Global Fund, HIV/AIDS programs in Africa

Obama administration names eight 'GHI Plus' countries

Recent releases in Global Health

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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