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 […]
HIV/AIDS Rate in the US Capital Surpasses Several African Nations
Most Americans think of HIV/AIDS as a challenge for other nations around the world, not the United States. The alarming fact is that 3.2% of all adults ages 15 to 49 in Washington, DC are HIV positive. If the US capital were a nation in Africa it would rank 23rd out of 54 countries in […]
