Because an AIDS-free generation is not just a dream, from November 24 through December 26 we're highlighting 25 ways that EGPAF, our partners, and every-day people are helping and/or can help make it a reality.
EGPAF Ambassador, HIV/AIDS Activist, and Elizabeth Glaser’s son, Jake Glaser, kicks off our 25-part blog series with a story from his recent visit to Kenya where he witnessed, first hand, EGPAF’s lifesaving work and his mother’s legacy. Keep reading
On Tuesday, Nov. 18, UNAIDS released a new report titled Fast Track: Ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The report outlines ambitious new targets to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 and prevent nearly 28 million new infections and 21 million deaths. Keep reading
Healthy Means is an online conversation hosted to showcase new ideas and ways we can work together to expand health care and live better lives. In this blog, originally published on Devex.com, Catherine Connor, EGPAF’s director for public policy and advocacy, discusses the importance of global partnerships to improve treatment options for children living with HIV and help achieve an AIDS-free generation. Keep reading
Congress is making tough decisions about final funding levels for fiscal year 2015, including how much to invest in global HIV/AIDS. Advocates across the country are speaking out encouraging their members of Congress to reject the Senate’s proposed cuts and protect funding. Speak out now! Keep reading
“Stigma remains the single most important barrier to public action [on HIV],” according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is working with Solidarity and Action Against the HIV Infection in India to reduce stigma so that girls like Renuca can grow up healthy and with parents. Keep reading
The groundbreaking Kabeho Study in Rwanda may provide clues into the role nutrition plays in reducing the transmission of HIV. Keep reading
This week, Lindsay Wieczorek, Ph.D., presented her research on neutralizing antibodies and their role in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) at the first HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Wieczorek received EGPAF’s Susie Zeegen Postdoctoral Award in 2013. Keep reading
Nick Hellmann, M.D., has worked on the front lines in the battle against HIV/AIDS since the early 1980s. With the number of new infections in children decreasing worldwide, he says finally ending the pandemic will require research toward a vaccine, stronger health systems, and improved maternal and child health worldwide. Keep reading
Here at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF), we love a great movie. That’s why we’re so excited that our friends at Lionsgate are auctioning off five autographed posters from the highly anticipated movie, “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1,” the third installment of the popular adventure film series. Keep reading
