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Innovation, Financing, and Accountability: What Will Move Maternal Health Forward

Published April 2026

Experts at the 2026 International Maternal Newborn Health Conference discussed financing, innovation, and accountability to accelerate progress for mothers and newborns.

Topics:

General,

Maternal and Child Health

Countries:

Global

Story

Babies of Hope

Published March 2026

At Okrika Zonal Hospital in Nigeria, staff have made a commitment that no child should die of AIDS-related illness within their service area. 

Topics:

Children,

Mothers and Infants,

Pediatric HIV,

Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)

Countries:

Nigeria

News

NPR: Congress gave money for global HIV work. The Trump administration isn’t spending it

Published April 2026

An NPR report explains that delays and uncertainty in U.S. funding for global HIV/AIDS programs are forcing organizations to scale back or shut down lifesaving services, despite Congress having already appropriated billions of dollars for the work.

Topics:

HIV

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

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Innovation, Financing, and Accountability: What Will Move Maternal Health Forward

Published April 2026

Experts at the 2026 International Maternal Newborn Health Conference discussed financing, innovation, and accountability to accelerate progress for mothers and newborns.

Topics:

General,

Maternal and Child Health

Countries:

Global

News

NPR: Congress gave money for global HIV work. The Trump administration isn’t spending it

Published April 2026

An NPR report explains that delays and uncertainty in U.S. funding for global HIV/AIDS programs are forcing organizations to scale back or shut down lifesaving services, despite Congress having already appropriated billions of dollars for the work.

Topics:

HIV

Fact Sheets

The Pediatric Treatment Gap

Published March 2026

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Global

Issue Briefs

Accelerating Progress to Ending Pediatric HIV

Published March 2026

We are at a critical inflection point for children affected by HIV. In 2024 alone, 120,000 children were newly infected, and, without timely treatment, half of HIV positive infants will not reach their second birthday. Children remain left behind—a child with HIV is 6 times more likely to die than an adult without timely diagnosis. […]

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Global

Story

5 Questions with Dr. Roland van de Ven

Published March 2026

A veteran EGPAF public health leader reflects on the progress made against HIV, the persistent gaps affecting mothers and children, and why sustained commitment, innovation, and community engagement are critical to ending the epidemic.

Topics:

General,

HIV

Countries:

United States

News

NPR: He’s one reason why aid cuts weren’t as dire for the HIV population as predicted

Published March 2026

An NPR report highlights how U.S. HIV/AIDS funding cuts are disrupting care and threatening progress. EGPAF Regional Director Dr. Caspian and Ismail, community health worker and alumnus of EGPAF Ariel Camp, are quoted, underscoring the impact on communities.

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Uganda,

United States

Story

My Boys Represent Generation Zero

Published March 2026

Martha Cameron is living with HIV, but the next generation of my family will not be. Her experience shows that it is well within our capability to see a Generation Zero worldwide.

Topics:

General

Resource

Protecting Lives, Sustaining Progress

Published March 2026

The following landscape analysis of maternal and child health, HIV prevention, diagnosis, and treatment, and the historic strength of U.S. leadership in global aid provides an overview of these key areas of global health and recommendations for U.S. Congressional engagement and prioritization.

Topics:

Advocacy,

Children,

Global Health Security,

Health System Strengthening,

HIV,

Maternal and Child Health,

Mothers and Infants,

Women

Countries:

Global,

United States

News

Into Africa Podcast – Pulse Check: The New U.S.-Africa Health Deals

Published March 2026

Dr. Doris Macharia joins the CSIS podcast “Into Africa” to discuss the new wave of U.S-Africa bilateral health deals with J. Stephen Morrison and Oge Onubogu.

Topics:

Global Health Security,

Health System Strengthening

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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.

News

NPR: Congress gave money for global HIV work. The Trump administration isn’t spending it

Published April 2026

An NPR report explains that delays and uncertainty in U.S. funding for global HIV/AIDS programs are forcing organizations to scale back or shut down lifesaving services, despite Congress having already appropriated billions of dollars for the work.

Topics:

HIV

News

NPR: He’s one reason why aid cuts weren’t as dire for the HIV population as predicted

Published March 2026

An NPR report highlights how U.S. HIV/AIDS funding cuts are disrupting care and threatening progress. EGPAF Regional Director Dr. Caspian and Ismail, community health worker and alumnus of EGPAF Ariel Camp, are quoted, underscoring the impact on communities.

Topics:

HIV,

Pediatric HIV

Countries:

Uganda,

United States

News

Into Africa Podcast – Pulse Check: The New U.S.-Africa Health Deals

Published March 2026

Dr. Doris Macharia joins the CSIS podcast “Into Africa” to discuss the new wave of U.S-Africa bilateral health deals with J. Stephen Morrison and Oge Onubogu.

Topics:

Global Health Security,

Health System Strengthening

News

Doris Macharia Elected President of TB Alliance’s Global TB Stakeholders, Joins Board of Directors

Published March 2026

Dr. Doris Macharia, President of EGPAF, has been elected president of TB Alliance’s Global TB Stakeholders and will join its Board of Directors, bringing 25+ years of global health leadership to accelerate progress against tuberculosis and its intersection with HIV.

Topics:

Pediatric Tuberculosis (TB),

Tuberculosis (TB)

Countries:

United States

News

EGPAF Welcomes Kara Saleeby as Director of Public Policy & Advocacy

Published February 2026

In this role, Kara will provide strategic leadership to elevate and expand EGPAF’s national policy and advocacy presence.

Topics:

Advocacy,

General

Countries:

United States

News

The Independent: How bad are Trump’s aid cuts now Congress is fighting back?

Published February 2026

EGPAF’s Catherine Connor warns that while U.S. Congress restored some HIV funding cut under the Trump administration, uncertainty remains on how these resources will reach clinics and patients on the ground.

Topics:

HIV

Countries:

Global,

United States

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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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RTS: In Eswatini, USAID cuts raise fears of AIDS resurgence

Published April 6, 2025

In Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, a small southern African country, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) covered almost all HIV-related expenses. Following its suspension by Donald Trump, tens of thousands of people risk being deprived of access to their treatment. AIDS could experience a new surge. Read the full…

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Effectiveness of a Multi-component Facility-based Intervention on HIV-related Infant and Maternal Outcomes

Published April 6, 2025

Introduction Even in the context of widespread access to prevention of vertical HIV transmission (PVT) services, health system challenges compromise health outcomes for women living with HIV and their children. The “Integrated Management Team to Improve Maternal-Child Outcomes” (IMPROVE) study measured the effect of a package of facility-based interventions on…

Countries:

Lesotho

health workers in eswatini

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The Heart of Global Health

Published March 30, 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…

Topics:

General

Countries:

Kenya,

Malawi,

Nigeria,

Tanzania,

Uganda

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Devex: Why PEPFAR Has Bigger Problems Than Reauthorization

Published March 23, 2025

Even if its authorization is allowed to expire tomorrow, PEPFAR will survive. Instead, the program faces a much bigger problem as a result of cuts to USAID, which administered the majority of PEPFAR services. Read the full article on Devex.
Kenya

Journal Articles

Assessing Time Requirements of Two Models of SARS-CoV- 2 Screening and Testing in Routine Healthcare Services in Kenya and Cameroon

Published March 23, 2025

Introduction Incorporating SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) into routine care settings can facilitate efficient case identification and management in low-resource settings. We assessed the time required to complete SARS-CoV-2 screening and Ag-RDT testing in maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH), HIV and tuberculosis clinics in selected facilities in Kenya…

Countries:

Cameroon,

Kenya

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Fortune - The Truth About ‘Condoms for Gaza’: DOGE Canceled $33 million USAID Contract Treating 350,000 HIV patients

Published March 21, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) received a devastating blow when USAID abruptly terminated a number of its contracts, cutting off funding that supported HIV treatment for 350,000 people in Africa. The cuts have led to medicine shortages, unpaid healthcare workers, and a crumbling medical infrastructure. The decision, potentially…
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The Dispatch: PEPFAR Funding Problems Persist Despite Rubio’s Waivers

Published March 9, 2025

On the first day of his second term in office, President Donald Trump issued an executive order mandating an immediate “pause” of new foreign aid while programs were evaluated for whether they were “fully aligned with the foreign policy of the President of the United States.” And on…
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Vox: Killing PEPFAR means killing millions of people

Published March 7, 2025

A lot has happened in the last six weeks, to put it mildly, and it can be hard to see through the dust and tell what’s actually ongoing. The government threatened tariffs, backed off, then did the tariffs, and then started carving out tariff exceptions for connected-enough constituencies. Read the full article…
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ProPublica - The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.

Published February 28, 2025

The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court. | Read the full article at ProPublica.