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Young Mothers Rewrite the Story of Lesotho 

Published November 2025

Reabetsoe waves and laughs as his mother, Motšelisi Tsubane, 23, leans in, singing his name and dangling a homemade ball. Reabetsoe is a healthy 4-month-old, learning how to focus his eyes and move his arms and legs. He has transformed this family.   “My son likes it when I sing lullabies for him—you see him smile and act happy,” […]

Topics:

Children,

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT),

Women

Countries:

Lesotho

health workers in eswatini

Story

The Heart of Global Health

Published March 2025

Every day, all around the world, health workers are making a difference. Some are on the frontlines providing direct services to people needing care. Others lend their technical skills in labs and pharmacies. Some work on a systems level, ensuring all of the complex pieces of health care are working together. But one thing unites […]

Topics:

General

Countries:

Kenya,

Malawi,

Nigeria,

Tanzania,

Uganda

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The most recent stories, resources, press releases, and media coverage from EGPAF.

Story

Young Mothers Rewrite the Story of Lesotho 

Published November 2025

Reabetsoe waves and laughs as his mother, Motšelisi Tsubane, 23, leans in, singing his name and dangling a homemade ball. Reabetsoe is a healthy 4-month-old, learning how to focus his eyes and move his arms and legs. He has transformed this family.   “My son likes it when I sing lullabies for him—you see him smile and act happy,” […]

Topics:

Children,

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT),

Women

Countries:

Lesotho

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Receives $1.5 Million from Gates Foundation to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Global Health 

Published October 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 2, 2025  — The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) has received a $1.5 million award from the Gates Foundation to launch Common Ground for Global Health, a new initiative aimed at revitalizing bipartisan support for U.S. global health programs, with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health, and HIV.   Reaching a New Generation of […]

Project Brief

Integrating Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development into Primary Health Care: The Tanzania Experience

Published July 2025

Overview More than 275 million children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of suboptimal development, including over 66% of children in sub-Saharan Africa. In Tanzania 43% of children are at high risk of not achieving their full potential for growth and development. Risk factors for suboptimal development include poverty, nutritional deficiencies, maternal depression, […]

Countries:

Tanzania

Beyond+ Podcast

Beyond+ shares voices and stories of individuals around the world living with or affected by HIV.

More than 40 years after the emergence of the HIV pandemic, multiple generations are growing up and growing older with HIV—loving and striving and coping and thriving.

We want to know, what is beyond an HIV diagnosis today? What is beyond the clinic? What is beyond adolescence? What is beyond loss? What is beyond graduation? What takes you beyond this moment?

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In the News

Explore EGPAF’s most recent press releases, media mentions, and interviews with our experts. Follow along as we elevate critical conversations in global health. To arrange an interview or to learn more, email our Media Director, Hayde Adams, at hadams@pedaids.org.

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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Receives $1.5 Million from Gates Foundation to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Global Health 

Published October 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 2, 2025  — The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) has received a $1.5 million award from the Gates Foundation to launch Common Ground for Global Health, a new initiative aimed at revitalizing bipartisan support for U.S. global health programs, with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health, and HIV.   Reaching a New Generation of […]
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Mother Jones: State Department Cables Reveal the Harrowing Consequences of Elon Musk’s USAID Demolition

Published June 2025

In response to inquiries from Mother Jones, a State Department spokesperson said that, “Following the Secretary’s approval for lifesaving PEPFAR programs, PEPFAR program implementers who are providing lifesaving treatment and prevention of mother to child transmission services were notified and urged to resume approved service delivery,” and that ”[a]gencies have been working with their implementers to resume […]

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Facing Stigma Together in Homabay

Published February 28, 2017

Most of the children are orphans—with one or both parents having perished from AIDS-related causes. One in four persons in this fishing community on the shore of Lake Victoria is living with HIV.

Topics:

Adolescents

Countries:

Kenya

Story

Mama County Says, “Stay in School”

Published February 21, 2017

February 20 is designated as the World Day of Social Justice. Gender equality is an important lens through which to view social justice. This is particularly true when it comes to adolescent girls, who are less likely to complete their education and more likely to become infected with HIV than are adolescent boys. Mama County Says, a program in western Kenya, addresses both of these issues.

Topics:

Adolescents

Countries:

Kenya

Story

Behind the 90-90-90 Targets

Published February 15, 2017

Catherine Sie Akoua Kouassi, Community Linkage Advisor, has been working with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatrics Foundation in Cote d’Ivoire since 2006. She has been at the forefront of the epidemic in her country well before her employment with EGPAF. Cathy has tirelessly demonstrated her passion for ending AIDS and is well respected in the field by her peers. She has been a strong advocate, designer and supporter of Cote d’Ivoire’s community strategies efforts.

Topics:

General

Countries:

Côte d’Ivoire

Journal Articles

Detectable Viral Load in Late Pregnancy among Women in the Rwanda Option B+ PMTCT Program: Enrollment Results from the Kabeho Study

Published February 14, 2017

This study explored the extent of viral suppression from a prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV program in Rwanda  among women enrolled in the Kigali Antiretroviral and Breastfeeding Assessment for the Elimination of HIV (Kabeho) Study. Read More…

Topics:

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)

Countries:

Rwanda

Story

Mothers Support Each Other in Rural Zimbabwe

Published February 6, 2017

Stella is a 32-year-old mother living in Chundu village, Zimbabwe. She has three children, aged 9, 5, and 1. Stella delivered all of her children at the antenatal care clinic at Hurungwe District Hospital. Now she volunteers there as a peer facilitator.

Topics:

General

Countries:

Zimbabwe

Story

"I'm Devoting Myself to This"

Published February 1, 2017

Emma Dzonzi Nyirenda is an HIV-positive peer educator in rural Malawi. She has been trained to counsel other women about prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) and has formed a support group for people living with HIV in her village.  She is supported by Grassroots Movement for Health and Development (GMHD), a community-based organization supported by the…

Topics:

General

Countries:

Malawi

Program Tools

ACCLAIM Toolkit: Scaling Up Community Involvement in Maternal and Child Health and Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Published January 31, 2017

A compilation of various tools (guidelines, standard operating procedures, presentations, job aids and forms) to enhance community involvement in MNCH and PMTCT services among men, women and community leaders. This toolkit showcases how to bring to scale three distinct approaches: “community days”, peer group mentorship and community leadership engagement. All…

Topics:

Maternal and Child Health,

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)

Countries:

Eswatini,

Lesotho,

Zimbabwe

Story

An Expert Patient

Published January 24, 2017

Immaculate Akinyi Onditi, an HIV-positive mother of three HIV-free children refuses to be stigmatized by the disease -- choosing instead to inspire others.

Topics:

General

Countries:

Kenya

Technical Briefs

Partnership for HIV-Free Survival Program Brief

Published January 24, 2017

EGPAF partnered with several organizations to develop strengthen the provision of maternal, newborn and child health, as well as nutrition, and ensure the high quality of health programs in Tanzania.  …

Topics:

General