The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) began supporting critical HIV and AIDS services in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 2001, providing funding and technical assistance to prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) programs implemented by the Kinshasa School of Public Health and the University of North Carolina. Since then, EGPAF has implemented and scaled up access to HIV testing and counseling; early infant HIV diagnosis (EID); adult and pediatric HIV care and treatment; TB prevention and treatment; sexually transmitted infection management; sexual and gender-based violence services; family planning; and services for orphans and vulnerable children.
EGPAF has worked in close collaboration with DRC’s Ministry of Health, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). With our partners, we aim to increase coverage of PMTCT and TB and HIV care and treatment services, while strengthening community health facility linkages, and building local ownership and sustainability of comprehensive health programs.
