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- Fact of the day: Almost 80% of tuberculosis cases among people living with HIV reside in Africa.
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- Did you know that the number of people in HIV care who were screened for tuberculosis (TB) increased 39% between 2010 and 2011? Significant progress has been made in providing antriretroviral treatment (ART) for TB patients known to be living with HIV (48%).
Coverage needs to double to meet the World Health Organization (WHO)'s recommendation that all TB patients living with HIV are promptly started on ART. - Peace Corps Volunteers Know: Access to Safe Water + Handwashing = Lives Saved.
Guest blog by Jill McGrath-Jones, Program Specialist, Peace Corps Office of Global Health and HIV on AIDS.gov: http://blog.aids.gov/2012/10/peace-corps-volunteers-know-access-to-safe-water-handwashing-lives-saved.html - Rwanda Human Resources for Health Program (11 photos)Ambassador Goosby delivered remarks at the launch of a new initiative between the U.S. government, the Rwandan Ministry of Health and 14 American medical schools at a press conference Monday in Kigali, Rwanda. The Human Resources for Health program will send 100 faculty members from eight medical colleges, five nursing and midwifery schools, and one health management school to Kigali where they will train health professionals and medical students. — in Kigali, Rwanda.
- Tell us, what does the International Day of the Girl Child mean to you?
- At an event during AIDS 2012: XIX International AIDS Conference earlier this year, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby delivered remarks on empowering women and girls in the HIV/AIDS response. Watch here: http://www.pepfar.gov/press/remarks/198901.htm
- Know the facts: Just 11 percent of Congolese women over age 25 have secondary educations, and studies show that keeping girls in school dramatically reduces their vulnerability to HIV and improves overall health outcomes.
USAID - US Agency for International Development and The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) are working together to ensure thousands of adolescent girls in...the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) make successful transitions to secondary school. A five-year $15 million initiative, "Empowering Adolescent Girls to Lead through Education" (EAGLE) seeks to raise this rate by tackling many of the barriers keeping girls from continuing their post-primary educations – including cost and school safety. The program will emphasize leadership training for girls.See More - PEPFAR is a proud partner of Together for Girls, a global private/public partnership that aims to end sexual violence against children. Ending sexual violence is one of the key steps on the road to creating an AIDS-free generation. "Like" their facebook page to learn about how Together for Girls brings together many organizations, including PEPFAR, to end sexual violence against children and HIV-AIDS. www.facebook.com/togetherforgirls
- Secretary Clinton Launches New Public and Private Initiatives To Raise the Status of Girls.
Among the initiatives: Empowering Adolescent Girls to Lead through Education (EAGLE). USAID - US Agency for International Development and the The ...U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)are working together to ensure thousands of adolescent girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) make successful transitions to secondary school. Just 11 percent of Congolese women over age 25 have secondary educations, and studies show that keeping girls in school dramatically reduces their vulnerability to HIV and improves overall health outcomes. A five-year $15 million initiative, EAGLE seeks to raise this rate by tackling many of the barriers keeping girls from continuing their post-primary educations – including cost and school safety. The program will emphasize leadership training for girls.See More
http://www.state.gov/s/gwi/rls/other/2012/198768.htm - Secretary Clinton to launch initiatives to raise the status of girls 11:00 AM EDT October 10; watch live: go.usa.gov/YBkF.
- We’d love to hear from our Facebook fans! What does International Day of the Girl mean to you? What do you think are the biggest barriers to girls from leading a healthy, productive life?
- Tomorrow, October 11th marks the first observance of the International Day of the Girl Child, established by the United Nations. PEPFAR is committed to improving the lives of women and girls around the world by increasing access to HIV prevention, care and treatment services and also helping prevent gender-based violence. Read more: http://www.pepfar.gov/documents/organization/185947.pdf
- Sending a very special Happy Birthday to our Global Girl Media superstar Mandisa Tumi!
- We attended the Mashable Social Good Summit last week. Here are our thoughts on the event on the AIDS.gov blog! http://blog.aids.gov/2012/10/social-good-igniting-passion-and-innovation-for-a-better-world.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+aids%2Fgov+%28Blog.AIDS.gov%29
- This morning Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, delivered opening remarks at the third meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) October 2-3.
The Board serves th...e Global AIDS Coordinator in an advisory capacity concerning scientific, implementation, and policy issues related to the global HIV/AIDS response. These issues inform the priorities and direction of PEPFAR evaluation and research, the content of national and international strategies and their implementation, and the role of PEPFAR in the international discourse regarding appropriate and resourced responses.See More
Agenda topics for the meeting include: an update on PEPFAR-funded combination prevention evaluations, discussion about key populations, and recommendations to PEPFAR on issues related to linkage and retention of patients in the care and treatment cascade.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/09/198325.htm - " A Future Without AIDS? Global Health Leaders Point to Education, Prevention" PBS NewsHour's Ray Suarez reports http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/09/a-future-without-aids-global-health-leaders-point-to-education-prevention.html
- Rwanda Hosts Summit of Open Source Health Software Consortia. The summit was sponsored by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and hosted by the Rwandan Ministry of Health and Jembi Health Systems, the symposium brough...t together officers from each of five major free and open source health systems to contribute to the refinement and extension of the OpenHIE system initially being deployed in the Rwamagana district, Eastern Province, Rwanda.See More
http://en.igihe.com/news/rwanda-hosts-summit-of-open-source-health.html - ActivityOctoberPeople Who Like This138