EGPAF Video Nets Another Prestigious Award

Posted by Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
March 11, 2013

Countdown to an AIDS-Free Generation.

Last week was a busy one for everyone at EGPAF. On Sunday, March 3, the world was stunned by news of a baby in Mississippi who was functionally cured of HIV, and this past weekend we commemorated National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. In the midst of it all, we received more good news: our video, Countdown to an AIDS-Free Generation, was recently selected for a CINE Special Jury Award as the best film in their Motivational category for 2013.

Women’s History Month: Fighting for Gender Equality

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
March 11, 2013

Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health
and Gender Equity. (Photo: CHANGE)

Around the world and in our own backyard, women are fighting for the rights of women and girls and for an AIDS-free generation. One of these women is Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), a Washington, D.C.-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to “promote the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of women and girls globally by shaping the development and implementation of U.S policies.”

What We’re Reading: A Pediatric HIV Cure, Youth Day in Cameroon, and an Amazing Month

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
March 8, 2013

Elizabeth Glaser and her daughter, Ariel. (Photo:
EGPAF)

This week, we’re learning all about an American infant who has been functionally cured of HIV. We conducted an interview with the doctor who was the lead researcher on the case and an article honoring Elizabeth Glaser’s focus on the end of pediatric HIV. In addition, we’re reading about how EGPAF is helping organizations in Cameroon utilize the country’s Youth Day to encourage HIV testing and treatment, and thinking about Jake Glaser’s perspectives on a busy month.

Transitioning to Adult Care: “No Walk In The Park”

Posted by Janice McCall
Roswell, Georgia
March 8, 2013

Foundation Ambassador Janice McCall at
EGPAF headquarters in Washington, D.C.
(Photo: EGPAF)

Foundation Ambassador Janice McCall is one of thousands of young adults who have grown up living with HIV. As part of this population of individuals who have lived their entire childhoods fighting a deadly virus, she has and will continue to experience obstacles many others will never have to face. Below, Janice shares one of those experiences – her path to adulthood and discovering how just how complicated being an HIV-positive adult can be.

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Posted by Evan Von Leer
Washington, D.C.
March 8, 2013

Foundation Ambassadors Janice McCall
(right) and Josephine Nabukenya at the
2012 UCLA Dance Marathon.
(Photo: EGPAF)

This week, news broke around the world that an American HIV-positive infant has been cured of the virus for the first time. The timing of this news couldn’t be better, as organizations across the country prepare to commemorate National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10.

This month, we're paying tribute to the women who are fighting to eliminate HIV.

“It Was the Turning Point of My Career” – EGPAF-Supported Scientist Talks about the Mississippi HIV Cure, Her Work, and How EGPAF Got Her There

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
March 7, 2013

Dr. Deborah Persaud of the Johns Hopkins
University and winner of the Elizabeth Glaser
Scientist Award in 2005. (Photo: the Johns
Hopkins University)

This week, the world was stunned by news of a baby in Mississippi who was functionally cured of HIV. The lead author of the case study was Dr. Deborah Persaud, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Johns Hopkins University and a 2005 recipient of the Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Award (EGSA). Read more about her research, her focus on eliminating pediatric HIV, and how EGPAF's support changed her career.