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Advice to the New Global AIDS Coordinator: Report Shows Changes Needed

By William Smith, SIECUS

June 22, 2009 - 8:00am

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A new report from SIECUS finds that U.S. policy is thwarting HIV prevention in Zambia, where an estimated 15 percent of the population is HIV-positive and life expectancy has plummeted to less than 39 years.

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Is Funding Our Only Global Health Priority?

By Brian Ackerman, Advocates for Youth

May 8, 2009 - 11:54am

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I must voice my strong disagreement with those who are choosing not to recognize the critical paradigm shift that has been introduced in the 2010 budget: a focus on integration.

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Obama Nominates New Global AIDS Coordinator

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

April 27, 2009 - 9:37pm

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President Obama nominates Dr. Eric Goosby, a long-time AIDS expert and medical doctor, for the post of Global AIDS Coordinator.

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New Zambia Study Confirms: PEPFAR Strong on Treatment, Fails on Prevention

By Ariana Childs Graham, SIECUS

April 22, 2009 - 7:00am

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Stanford professors recently confirmed what many in the advocacy community saw coming: PEPFAR has made significant progress on ensuring access to care and treatment, but has not curbed new infections.

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Backing the Pope? Dude, We Noticed

By Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

April 9, 2009 - 7:00am

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In order to deflect attention from his own opinions, Ross Douthat insinuates that the health community is overenthusiastic about our supposed mission to turn the world into an hedonistic cesspool of doing it.

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Filling in the Gaps In Global AIDS Policy

By Jamila Taylor, CHANGE

March 24, 2009 - 7:00am

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The fight for better prevention policy for women in U.S. global AIDS programs was lost in the reauthorization process last year.

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Real Prevention for Women at Commission on Status of Women

By Ariana Childs Graham, SIECUS

March 17, 2009 - 7:00am

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A standing-room-only panel at the Commission on the Status of Women examined the need to integrate gender analysis in local HIV/AIDS responses.

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Demystifying PEPFAR: Myths and Facts of PEPFAR's Prevention Policies

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

February 4, 2009 - 1:21pm

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Under President Bush and Global AIDS Coordinator Mark Dybul, PEPFAR's prevention policies were perverted to prevent integration of sexual and reproductive health services with HIV prevention.

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Weasels, Liars and Schoolyard Politics

By Jodi Jacobson, RH Reality Check

February 1, 2009 - 8:52am

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In which schoolyard politics and name-calling supercedes the facts and the mythologizers of PEPFAR throw a tantrum.

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