23. AIDS Is No Match for Kwamo
November is rainy season in Kenya, which means that the ruts in dirt roads become filled with soft, thick mud, and only the most rugged vehicles get through. Fortunately, our caravan over the country...
View Article24. Technology Evens the Odds for Kenya’s Health Workers Fighting HIV
HIV/AIDS is the number one cause of infant mortality in Homabay County, Kenya. In 2013, more than 4,500 children in Homabay died due to AIDS-related illnesses. For the health workers in Homabay,...
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25. #OneREDday To Raise Awareness
Our friends at RED asked "How would you raise awareness about HIV/AIDS if you had #oneREDday?" Swaziland Country Director, Dr. Mohammed Ali Mahdi, answered. As the country director of EGPAF Swaziland,...
View ArticleHomabay Teens Are Growing up Positive and Healthy
Corazon Aquino, 12, is among the 47 adolescents who meet once every month, to play, learn, and refill their antiretroviral prescriptions at the Magina Health Center in Ndhiwa, Kenya, a sub-county of...
View ArticleMama Kabeho: The Perspective of an EGPAF Research Nurse in Rwanda
Petronille Musengente is a research nurse working for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) in Kigali, Rwanda. She enrolls eligible HIV-positive pregnant mothers in a prevention of...
View Article“Vertical Challenge,” Chip Lyons’ POZ Interview
Chip Lyons, president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is featured in the January 2015 edition of POZ, discussing the incredible progress that has been made toward eliminating...
View ArticleJake Glaser Encourages HIV-Positive Adolescents to Keep Fighting
When Jake Glaser spoke at Kwamo Secondary School in Homabay County, Kenya, just days before 2014 World’s AIDS Day, Jessica Atieno hung on his every word. After all, he might as well have been telling...
View ArticleSolidarity Against HIV in a Polygamous Marriage
Yusuf is a 62-year-old Ugandan restaurant owner, the father of 30 children, and the husband to three wives. He is also living with HIV, as is his first wife, Safina. His other wives, Aisha and Nuriat,...
View ArticleRaising Awareness on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the United States – a day set aside to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic that continues to disproportionately affect the African-American community....
View ArticleElectronic Tablets Revolutionize HIV Research in Rwanda
In October 2014, data gathering and analysis became faster and more efficient in Rwanda when research nurses studying mother-to-child transmission of HIV for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS...
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Send Love this Valentine’s Day with an EGPAF E-Card
Still looking for the perfect gift to give your loved one on Valentine’s day? Why not celebrate the enduring power of love, by spreading the word about ending pediatric HIV/AIDS by sending a free...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Take Action: Holy Cross Dance Marathon 2015
At Holy Cross Dance Marathon, the lights were shining on the dancers. The cameras were flashing. And more than $30,000 was raised to support the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and...
View ArticleSwaziland Adolescents Work Toward an HIV-free Generation
“Now that I am growing up, or have grown up already, I might be starting dating,” says Mbongeni Dlamini, a 21-year-old living with HIV in rural Swaziland. During most of his teen years, Mbongeni...
View ArticleHIV 101: The Difference Between Control, Elimination, and Eradication
HIV/AIDS has killed more than 36 million people since the epidemic began in the 1980s, and it remains one of the greatest global health threats of our time. Now, with UNAIDS’ new accelerated strategy...
View ArticleEGPAF Presents at the Annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic...
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) will be held in Seattle, Washington from February 23 to 25, 2015. This conference brings together, annually, the greatest minds in...
View ArticleDeveloping and Delivering Appropriate HIV Medicines for Children
Today (Feb. 24) the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced a new licensing agreement with pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. that will allow generic manufacturers to produce low-cost pediatric...
View ArticleA Model for the Future: Funding the End of Childhood Illness Together
This blog orignally appeared on the Huffington Post's IMPACT blog on February 25, 2015. Follow @Chip_Lyons A Model for the Future: Funding the end of Childhood Illness Together 2015 will be a...
View ArticleThe McCune Family: A Legacy of HIV/AIDS Advocacy
Mike McCune, M.D., is a member of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) board of directors and head of the Division of Experimental Medicine at the University of California San...
View ArticlePublication Spotlight: How Can We End Pediatric HIV?
In 2013, concerns about access to pediatric antiretroviral therapy (ART) prompted the program-coordinating board of UNAIDS to request a gap analysis and time-bound targets for getting all children...
View ArticleAddressing the Needs of HIV-Positive Adolescents
“There is an entire generation of adolescents who were born HIV-positive, their needs were not being addressed,” says Truphena Achieng. Truphena is a mother of two HIV-positive adolescents, living in...
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