Global AIDS News and Features Archive

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2008

• 02/04/2008—Fourth Annual Report to Congress on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 01/28/2008—President Bush to Highlight His Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 2008 State of the Union; Also Announces the Dates and Countries of His Trip to Africa
• 01/28/2008—President's Emergency Plan Newsletter for January 2008 Now Available

2007

• 12/17/2007—December 2007 Newsletter for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 12/14/2007—HHS Renews Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Republic of China on HIV/AIDS
• 12/10/2007—Call for Abstracts for Oral and Poster Presentations for 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting, in Kampala Uganda, June 3-7, 2008
• 12/07/2007—U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Director of HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Testify Before U.S. Senate
• 12/01/2007—HHS Food and Drug Administration Gives Tentative Approval to First Generic Version of Tenofovir
• 11/30/2007—President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Emphasizes the Power of Partnerships on World AIDS Day
• 11/21/2007—United Nations Agencies Release New Data on the State of the Worldwide HIV/AIDS Pandemic
• 11/19/2007—November 2007 Newsletter for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 11/16/2007—HHS Presents World AIDS Day Webinar
• 10/31/2007—President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Launches Public-Private Partnership with Becton, Dickinson
• 10/22/2007—October 2007 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Newsletter Now Available
• 09/28/2007—The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Newsletter for September 2007 Is Now Available
• 09/26/2007—President Bush Cites U.S. Work Against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Pandemics in Address to the United Nations General Assembly
• 09/26/2007—U.S. Government Contribution to the Global Fund Exceeds $2.5 Billion (PEPFAR.gov)
• 09/18/2007—Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Releases Four-Year Strategy
• 09/18/2007—HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Launches Public Health Grand Rounds Webcast on Innovative Basic Care Package Provided in Uganda by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/24/2007—Health Partnerships in Mozambique Supported by the American People Receive Visits from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Other Senior U.S. Government Officials
• 08/23/2007—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Delegation Visit Sites in Mozambique
• 08/22/2007—U.S. Officials Visit CAPRISA and the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa
• 08/21/2007—HHS Secretary and U.S. Delegation Visits Sites in South Africa Funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/17/2007—Global Fund Technical Support Contract under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Awarded to Management Sciences for Health
• 08/15/2007—HHS Food and Drug Administration Grants Tentative Approval for 50th and 51st Anti-Retroviral Drugs under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/15/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt and Senior U.S. Government Delegation to Visit Africa
• 07/30/2007—July 2007 Newsletters for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 07/23/2007—Director of HHS Office of Global Health Affairs Issues Organizational Integrity Guidance for Leadership Act Grantees
• 06/26/2007—Webcasts of Sessions from the 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Now Available
• 06/26/2007—U.S. Government Signs an Historic Agreement with the Republic of Cameroon
• 06/25/2007—HHS Hosts Web Seminar for National HIV Testing Day
• 06/18/2007—The Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Releases Two New Issue Briefs
• 06/05/2007—President Bush Announces Five-Year, $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan
• 04/19/2007—President’s Emergency Plan Contributes to a Record Number of People on Anti-Retroviral Treatment
• 04/02/2007—New Deadline for Third and Final Round of Applications under the New Partners Initiative of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 03/09/2007—Third Annual Report Released on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 03/07/2007—U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Testifies on President’s Emergency Plan
• 02/12/2007—President Bush Unveils Unprecedented Budget for Fight Against HIV/AIDS
• 02/12/2007—President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Releases New Issue Brief on Working with Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations
• 02/12/2007—Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Announces the 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Will Take Place in Kigali, Rwanda
• 02/12/2007—Africa's First Large-Scale HIV Vaccine Study Launched
• 01/24/2007—President Bush Outlines Future U.S. Government Efforts to Address the AIDS and Malaria Epidemics Globally
• 01/16/2007—HHS National Institutes of Health Reports that Women's Response to Anti-HIV Therapy Improves If Treatment Begins at Least Six Months After Earlier Preventive Regimen, Given During Childbirth

2006

• 12/26/2006—2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting: Call for Abstracts
• 09/28/2006—First Lady Laura Bush Announces New Public-Private Partnership to Fund a Children's Merry-Go-Round Pump to Produce Clean Water for Millions
• 06/15/2006—"Building on Success": The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Third Annual Meeting and 2006 HIV Implementers' Meeting in Durban, South Africa, June 12-15, 2006
• 01/18/2006—HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Enrollment Halted Due to Early Results

2005

• 12/15/2005—Fogarty International Center Awards Research Training Grants to Tackle AIDS and Tuberculosis (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 12/02/2005—New Partners Initiative Launched
• 12/01/2005—President Bush Commemorates World AIDS Day
• 07/18/2005—First Lady Laura Bush Returns from Trip to Africa
• 06/13/2005—Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Exceeding Goals, Tobias Says (U.S. Department of State)
• 03/24/2005—World Tuberculosis (TB) Day (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• 01/25/2005—FDA Grants Tentative Approval to Generic AIDS Drug Regimen for Potential Purchase Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

2004

• 11/18/2004—HHS Awards $10.4 Million to Fight AIDS on Three Continents
• 11/16/2004—HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Tours Muhimbili Hospital
• 08/20/2004—United States Seeks to Leverage Global Disease Funding (U.S. Department of State)
• 07/17/2004—United States Claims Success in Clarifying AIDS Policy (U.S. Department of State)
• 07/01/2004—Secretary Thompson Announces Global Fund Grant to Russia
• 06/28/2004—U.S. Campaign Protects Thousands of Newborns from HIV Infection (U.S. Department of State)
• 06/23/2004—Bush Announces New Domestic, International AIDS Initiatives (U.S. Department of State)
• 05/16/2004—Fact Sheet: FDA Review of HIV Drugs
• 05/06/2004—New U.S. AIDS Emergency Relief Plan Off to Strong Start (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/29/2004—U.S. Engaged in Global Battle Against Disease, Official Says (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/13/2004—USAID Announces Grants for AIDS Relief in Caribbean, Africa (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/06/2004—Secretary Powell Calls HIV/AIDS Mankind’s Greatest Threat (U.S. Department of State)
• 03/24/2004—World TB Day—March 24, 2004 (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 02/05/2004—U.S. Health Secretary Sees Global Progress Against AIDS Epidemic (U.S. Department of State)
• 01/10/2004—The Global Fund Calls for Fourth Round of Proposals (Global Fund)

2003

• 12/08/2003—Secretary Thompson Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 12/01/2003—World AIDS Day 2003
• 12/01/2003—Thompson Leads Largest-Ever Delegation of Leaders to Assess HIV/AIDS Efforts and Needs in Africa
• 10/06/2003—President Bush Welcomes Kenyan President to the United States
• 07/14/2003—President Bush Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 07/07/2003—President Bush Set to Visit Five African Countries, Focus on HIV/AIDS, Economic Development
• 01/31/2003—Secretary Thompson Elected as Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS

Last revised: April 21, 2008