Let's Talk About It

Posted by Jamie Gentille
Reston, VA
March 28, 2013

The cover of EGPAF Ambassador
Jamie Gentille’s new book, “Surviving HIV:
Growing Up a Secret and Being Positive”

Jamie Gentille, an EGPAF Ambassador, gives us a preview of her newly published memoir Surviving HIV: Growing Up and Secret and Being Positive and shares her inspiring message of hope.

Championing The End of Pediatric AIDS: First Lady of Uganda launches Option B+

Posted by Irene Edith Nabusoba
Kampala, Uganda
March 27, 2013

Children entertain guests at the Option B+
launch in Kampala, Uganda.
(Photo: Irene Nabusoba/EGPAF)

March 22 was a day of promises, recommitments, and pledges to end pediatric HIV infections in Uganda, as the country’s first lady launched Option B+ and a campaign to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV (eMTCT).

Closing the Health Care Gap in Cote d'Ivoire

Posted by Claire O'Connor
Washington, D.C.
March 26, 2013

To date, EGPAF has helped more than 1 million
women access PMTCT services in Cote d'Ivoire.
(Photo: Olivier Asselin/EGPAF)

During a recent trip to Cote d'Ivoire, Country Officer Claire O' Connor, had the opportunity to learn about a program that was started in 2008 by EGPAF in association with the National Institute of Training for Social Workers (INFS). The 9-month program was designed to help all certified social workers learn how to effectively provide psychosocial support for PLHIV and pregnant women in need of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services.

In Aftermath of Heavy Flooding, EGPAF Helps Reopen Health Facilities in Mozambique

Posted by Arsenio Manhice
Maputo, Mozambique
March 25, 2013

(Photo: Arsenio Manhice/EGPAF)

Recently in Mozambique, EGPAF supported numerous health sites as they recovered from devastating floods in Gaza Province in the southern region of the country.

What We're Reading: Supporting Women, HIV in Kenya, and Where We Are in the Hunt for a Cure

Posted by Chelsea Bailey
Washington, D.C.
March 22, 2013

This week, we’re reading about how Kenyans are successfully reducing new cases of pediatric HIV one family at a time; why one HIV specialist is hesitant to use the phrase “functionally cured” when discussing this month’s most buzzed-about news with his patients; and how a simple tool for nonsurgical circumcision could be a “game-changer” in preventing HIV infection.

Successes on the Front Lines

Posted by Charles Lyons
Homa Bay, Kenya
March 22, 2013

EGPAF President and CEO Chip Lyons
in Homa Bay, Kenya. (Photo: EGPAF,
2013)

Continuing his field visits in western Kenya, EGPAF President and CEO Chip Lyons spent the day at the Ngegu dispensary and Kendu Bay district hospital where dramatic reductions in mother-to-child transmission of HIV have been seen over the past two years.

Read a recap of Chip's visit with families and hospital staff, and learn more about how the determination of so many is leading to major victories in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Kenya.