HIV Prevention Debates Continue
With the dramatic increase in the number of patients on HIV treatment over the past decade and the recent still controversial emergence of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs, more and more experts assert it is possible to treat our way out of the HIV epidemic. Clearly increasing data supports that position because HIV positive individuals on […]
Putting Life’s Challenges in Perspective
Every now and then when life’s issues seem to be overwhelming it is important to put things into perspective. One young man helps me do that. His name is Junior. By age 5 Junior had lost his father and by age 13, his mother had also died from AIDS and he was very sick himself. […]
New Program Will Double the Number of Children with HIV Receiving Treatment in Two Years
At the US-Africa Leaders Summit yesterday the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), in partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), launched Accelerating Children’s HIV/AIDS Treatment (ACT). ACT is an ambitious $200 million initiative to double the total number of children receiving life-saving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in ten priority African countries over […]
