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 […]
