Foundation Blog
News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
Posted by
Sanyu Nkiinzi
Mbarara, Uganda
October 7, 2011
Photo: James Pursey
The second blog in our “Fighting Pediatric AIDS in Uganda” series comes from Bashil and Lehema, a couple from southwestern Uganda who recently visited Kitwe Health Clinic IV in Ntungamo district to receive HIV testing. Read about their decision to get tested and the nerve-wracking experience of waiting for their results, after the jump.
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Posted by
Jen Pollakusky
Washington, D.C.
October 7, 2011
A young child waits to be seen by a
doctor in South Africa. (Photo: EGPAF/
Jon Hrusa)
HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) affect thousands of children around the world every year. Yet, TB in children remains a largely overlooked and neglected issue. If left untreated, TB and HIV can prove a deadly combination for children.
Last month, Advocacy to Control TB Internationally (ACTION) published a report on childhood TB, which highlights some of the issues and challenges that children living with TB face. The Foundation recently worked with ACTION to post a guest blog on how children are affected by TB and HIV.
Click through to read the guest post.
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Posted by
Sanyu Nkiinzi
Mbarara, Uganda
October 6, 2011
Photo: James Pursey
Deep in southwestern Uganda, nestled in a small hook of land that dips below the rest of the country into an area bordering Rwanda and Tanzania, sits Ntungamo District, a community profoundly affected by the AIDS epidemic.
It’s in Ntungamo, and 12 other districts in southwestern Uganda, that the Foundation is collaborating with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the government of Uganda, and other partners in an innovative HIV prevention, care, and treatment initiative called STAR-SW.
Click past the jump to read a series of blogs featuring the voices of health care workers, patients, mothers, and community advocates that have joined the efforts of the STAR-SW partners to stop the spread of HIV, and to eliminate pediatric AIDS.
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Photo: EGPAF
Elizabeth Glaser’s daughter Ariel would have celebrated her thirtieth birthday in August. While she passed away from HIV when she was only seven, the camps for HIV-positive children which were named in her honor continue to thrive here in Rwanda.
The Foundation’s Rwanda office held its third Ariel Camp last month, attended by 40 HIV-positive children and 10 psychosocial support counselors. Read more about the camp after the jump.
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Posted by
Taylor Moore
Washington, D.C.
September 27, 2011
Assemblymember Portantino, emcee Val
Zavala, and Jake Glaser. (Photo: EGPAF)
Last week I had the opportunity to watch our Foundation Ambassador, Jake Glaser, inspire a group of future advocates in the fight against HIV/AIDS. I attended the 5th Annual San Gabriel Valley City of Hope HIV/AIDS Action Summit, sponsored by California Assemblymember Anthony Portantino, and presented by the City of Hope organization.
Read more about my visit after the jump.
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Posted by
Katie Lapides Coester
Washington, D.C.
September 22, 2011
Last week, 56 Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle joined Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Congressmen Jim McDermott (D-WA) and Trent Franks (R-AZ) to launch the first ever bipartisan Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus.
The caucus aims to refocus Congressional attention on the domestic and global HIV/AIDS epidemics in advance of the much-anticipated AIDS 2012 conference. This large gathering of scientists, activists, and other leaders in the field will take place in Washington D.C. next July.
Photo Caption: Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) speaks at the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus launch at the U.S. Capitol Building on September 15, 2011.
(Photo: EGPAF)
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