Courage and Commitment: Chief Encourages Men to Step Up
Chief Chiveso, a traditional leader in Zimbabwe, is a strong advocate for male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services. He works with the Elizabeth Glaser...
View ArticleDouglas M. Brooks Appointed Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy
Today (March 24), President Barack Obama appointed Douglas M. Brooks, MSW, as the Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). As a person living with HIV, Brooks has been a...
View ArticleIn Lesotho, 3G Printers Improve Early Infant Diagnosis and Treatment
In Lesotho, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) is developing innovative ways to use new technologies, such as 3G printers, to improve HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for infants....
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Photo of the Day: Weighing Our Options
In the global fight against HIV, sometimes it’s the simple things – a scale, a printer, a vehicle -- that can make a huge difference in the lives of health workers providing care and treatment...
View ArticleParliamentarians key in fight to increase children’s access to HIV treatment
On March 17, 2014 the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) hosted an event for parliamentarians from around the world to discuss the importance of...
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Courage and Commitment: Women of Science
For the last 30 years, women have played an integral role in HIV/AIDS research. Whether they’re discovering new insights into HIV, fortifying health systems, or pioneering novel ways to treat children...
View ArticleStrong Health Systems Key to Eliminating Global Poverty
In a recent opinion piece, Ariel Pablos-Mendez, M.D., assistant administrator for global health at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), says bolstering a country’s health system and...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It: Can a Polio-free India Lead to an HIV-free India?
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared India polio-free! Rukhsar Khatoon, now 4 years old, became ill as a baby after her parents forgot to get her vaccinated three years ago....
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading: Experts Probe HIV/TB Co-infection
This week, we’re reading about the co-infection between HIV and tuberculosis (TB). In celebration of World TB Day (March 24), our friends at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation discuss the...
View ArticleNew Technology Improves EGPAF’s Work in Africa
In September 2013, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) engaged with Riverbed Technologies, an application performance company, to deploy its Steelhead wide area network (WAN)...
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Photo of the Day: One Family at a Time
At the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) we take a holistic, family-centered approach to ending pediatric AIDS. We have reached more than 18 million women with services to prevent...
View ArticleCourage and Commitment: A Conversation with Willow Bay
In the final installment of our Women’s History Month series, Courage and Commitment, we sat down with Willow Bay, co-chair of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) board of directors...
View ArticleImproving Children’s Access to Lifesaving HIV Medications
Today, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and ViiV Healthcare announced a new HIV medication licensing agreement that will increase access to dolutegravir (DTG), a promising new antiretroviral (ARV)...
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Photo of the Day: Teach Compassion
“Our human compassion binds us, the one to the other – not in pity, or patronizingly, but as human beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering into hope for the future.” – Nelson Mandela...
View ArticleDeborah Birx Confirmed as U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
Today we congratulate Deborah Birx, M.D. on her official confirmation as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. In her new role, Dr. Birx will lead the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief...
View ArticleAfrican Union Meeting in Brazzaville urges greater focus on DRC and Nigeria
On March 5-7, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) participated in the African Union’s Inter-Agency Meeting on the Coordination and Harmonization of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and...
View ArticleWhat We’re Reading: Toward a Generation-Free
This week, we’re reading all about why prioritizing children is essential to ending HIV/AIDS. From a new medicine patent agreement that will increase access to pediatric drugs around the world, to...
View ArticleHIV in Adolescents: Breaking the Silence
The silence is ominous — many young people living with HIV are afraid to share their status with the news media or even with their friends, classmates, and teachers. You cannot be too sure how others...
View ArticleHIV 101: Small Bite, Big Threat—Linking HIV and Vector-borne Diseases
Today (April 7), is World Health Day and this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) is raising awareness about vector-borne diseases such as malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).We are...
View ArticleUNESCO Report Proposes New Ways to Target Youth in HIV Education Campaigns
A new report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) attempts to address a major barrier to HIV/AIDS prevention in teens and children --education. The...
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