U.S. Department of State: PEPFAR 2019 Annual Report to Congress PEPFAR released its 15th annual report to Congress. According to the report’s executive summary, “PEPFAR has maintained strong bipartisan support across three U.S. presidents and nine U.S. congresses. In December 2018, the PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 was signed into…

U.S. Department of State: Go Further partnership reaches over half a million HIV-positive women with cervical cancer screening in its first year “On the margins of the 2019 United Nations General Assembly, former President George W. Bush and Ambassador Deborah L. Birx announced that the Go Further partnership to end…

Homeland Preparedness News: IDSA reviews Congressional funding allocations for health concerns “Proposed funding allocations by the Senate Appropriations Committee address some of the most urgent threats to public and individual, the Infectious Diseases Society of America said. … The bill also recognizes the role of continued U.S. leadership against infectious…

Kaiser Family Foundation: The Global HIV/AIDS EpidemicThis updated fact sheet provides the latest data on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, including impact by region, treatment and prevention efforts, and an overview of the U.S. and global responses to the epidemic (9/9).

Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. & The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (8/5). Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) (8/2). Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Government and Global Neglected Tropical Disease Efforts (7/31). Kaiser Family Foundation: The U.S. Government and Global…

Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria: Reflections from IAS 2019: Policies to End the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Shannon Kellman, deputy policy director at Friends of the Global Fight, highlights takeaways from the International AIDS Society (IAS) annual conference that took place July 21-24 in Mexico City. Kellman…

The Telegraph: Daring to dream: The women and girls on HIV’s new front line “…Women and girls … now occupy the front line of the war on HIV in Uganda and much of sub-Saharan Africa. There are other high risk groups but, by weight of numbers, it is this group…

International Policy Digest: More than Just Investment: Why America Was Once So Popular in Africa Nick J. Danby, student, chair of the Alexander Hamilton Society, and international editor of the law review at Harvard University “…Countering Chinese and Russian influence in Africa remains a top priority for the U.S., but…

Foreign Policy: In Fragile States, Disease Outbreaks Don’t Stay Local for Long Shannon Kellman, deputy policy director at Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and Mark P. Lagon, chief policy officer at the Friends of the Global Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and a distinguished…

Financial Times: Why George W. Bush is Africa’s favorite U.S. president David Pilling, Africa editor of the Financial Times “…By some margin, the U.S. president most respected in Africa is one George W Bush. The main reason for Mr. Bush’s enduring popularity is a health initiative he personally championed with…