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Two events will honor the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)’s lifesaving achievements and highlight the role of faith-based organizations in the fight to create an AIDS-free generation. Washington, DC (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 WHO:                 Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina)     Ambassador Dr. Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special...

New approach in Malawi dramatically increases the number of mothers on treatment ATLANTA, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women in Malawi with HIV who started life-saving antiretroviral treatment increased by more than 700 percent in one year, according to a study in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The new treatment option, called Option B+, offers all pregnant or breastfeeding women infected with HIV lifelong...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online “The goal of an AIDS-free generation may be ambitious, but it is possible with the knowledge and interventions we have right now. And that is something we’ve never been able to say without qualification before. Imagine what the world will look like when we succeed.” These were the words of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a little over a year ago. Since then, Clinton has worked towards constructing a plan to, one day,...

Documented successes and opportunities justify need for a global roadmap, investments and targets for AIDS endgame. NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UNAIDS' World AIDS Day report--Results--shows an accelerated response to AIDS producing results. It sets the stage for the release of the U.S. Government's "Blueprint for an AIDS-Free Generation" expected on or before December 1, 2012. Recent scientific proof indicates that it is possible to begin to end the AIDS...

WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Together for Girls is featured prominently at the XIX International AIDS Conference. At a Department of State event on the evening of Wednesday July 25, 2012, United States Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby announced $5 million from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for the Together for Girls partnership to address violence against children, with a particular focus on sexual violence against girls. These...

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today launched an interactive global resource on the prevalence of HIV infection and AIDS cases and deaths. The database was developed in 1987 and now holds 149,000 statistics, an increase of approximately 10,800 new estimates in the last year, making it the most complete of its kind in the world. The launch comes as thousands of people worldwide meet in Washington, D.C., for the International AIDS Conference...

The International AIDS Society and Kaiser Family Foundation Partner to Offer Free Comprehensive Daily Coverage of Conference MENLO PARK, Calif. and GENEVA, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International AIDS Society (IAS), custodian of the International AIDS Conference, and the Kaiser Family Foundation will provide free, worldwide online access to the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) taking place in Washington, D.C., USA. AIDS 2012 will feature...

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Two groundbreaking initiatives, aimed at realistically achieving the once-unthinkable goal of ending new HIV infections among children by the end of 2015, were launched simultaneously at the World Economic Forum's Annual Conference in Davos today. The Business Leadership Council for a Generation Born HIV Free was launched together with a Social Media Syndicate that is designed to reach billions of people around the world, getting...

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement was released today by the U.S. Agency for International Development: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20091022/USAIDLOGO) "While we are disappointed in the news from the FEM-PreP study, funded by PEPFAR through USAID, other research on pre-exposure prophylaxis is underway. This is the nature of scientific research; some failures lead to other successes. We will continue to work with our colleagues in the...

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- See video from European Media Center, U.S. Department of State at: http://www.thenewsmarket.com/Releases/StoryDetailPage.aspx?GUID=032d7ef0-d215-45b4-849d-e9e40358d783&lr=ls Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State, describes PEPFAR (The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the disproportionate impact of HIV infections on sub-Saharan Africa, and the Administration's commitment to finding...