On the Frontlines: The Leaders, Experts, Innovators, and Changemakers transforming the global HIV epidemic
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The Leaders, Experts, Innovators, and Changemakers Transforming the Global HIV Epidemic
CDC ON THE FRONTLINES
As a key implementing agency of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),
CDC is at the forefront of the global response to the world’s two deadliest infectious diseases – HIV and TB.
CDC plays a unique role, bringing scientific know-how and on-the-ground expertise to bring about significant impact in the fight against these diseases. Just last year, our efforts accounted for more than 50 percent of key PEPFAR outcomes to treat and prevent HIV and TB.
Antiretroviral Treatment for
Men, Women, and Children**
PEPFAR: 15.7 Million
CDC: 9.2 Million
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcisions
(VMMC)****
PEPFAR: 22.9 Million
CDC: 11.5 Million
People Who Received a
Positive HIV Test Result***
PEPFAR: 3 Million
CDC: 1.7 Million
HIV-Positive Persons Screened in Care for Tuberculosis***
PEPFAR: 11.7 Million
CDC: 6.8 Million
Antiretroviral Treatment to
Prevent Mother-to-child Transmission***
PEPFAR: 818,000
CDC: 482,000
Sources: U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
*Other USG agencies may have also contributed to some of these achievements **As of Sept 30, 2019 ***FY2019 ****Cumulative through Sept 30, 2019
Over a ten-day period, CDC and photo documentarian Thom Pierce traveled to the epicenter of the global HIV epidemic in South Africa to capture the faces and stories of the individuals at the forefront of CDC’s global response against this epidemic. These are their voices.
A Race to Save Lives
We have a small window of opportunity to turn the corner on this epidemic. That’s why we are driving harder and smarter to achieve epidemic control. Millions of lives are at stake.
Photo Left: CDC’s Dr. Chimatira reviews HIV testing data with the head nurse at Sondelani Clinic in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo by:Thom Pierce 2018
A Race to Save Lives
We have a small window of opportunity to turn the corner on this epidemic. That’s why we are driving harder and smarter to achieve epidemic control. Millions of lives are at stake.
Photo Left: CDC’s Dr. Chimatira reviews HIV testing data with the head nurse at Sondelani Clinic in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo by:Thom Pierce 2018
HIV Treatment
CDC is at the forefront of efforts to get life-saving treatment to millions of people around the world living with HIV. In 2019, CDC, through PEPFAR, supported lifesaving treatment for 9.2 million people living with HIV, more than one third of all people on treatment worldwide.
One Man’s Life-Changing Decision
“I’m glad I decided to do it. I feel like I’m doing something positive for my health. It’s the best decision I could’ve made!”
Photo Right: Thirty year-old Jason consults with a surgeon at the Winnie Mandela Male Sexual Health Clinic in Tembisa just prior to undergoing voluntary medical male circumcision to protect himself from HIV. Photo by:Thom Pierce 2018
Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC)
VMMC has been shown to reduce a man’s risk of acquiring HIV up to 60 percent. As of September 30, 2019, CDC has supported VMMC procedures for 11.5 million men in Southern and Eastern Africa – half (50%) of all VMMC procedures supported by PEPFAR.
Taking the Test on the Road
We focus on high risk areas like taverns and truck stops – for these men it is hard to get away from work and go to the clinic as they are always on the road. Instead we take these services to the people, where and when they need it.
Photo Left: A community mobilizer with one of CDC’s partners encourages young men to get tested for HIV at a busy truck stop in South Africa’s uMgungundlovu district. Photo by:Thom Pierce 2018
Taking the Test on the Road
We focus on high risk areas like taverns and truck stops – for these men it is hard to get away from work and go to the clinic as they are always on the road. Instead we take these services to the people, where and when they need it.
Photo Left: A community mobilizer with one of CDC’s partners encourages young men to get tested for HIV at a busy truck stop in South Africa’s uMgungundlovu district. Photo by:Thom Pierce 2018
HIV Diagnoses
Helping people with HIV know their status and start immediately on treatment allows them to live longer and healthier lives and interrupts the spread of HIV. In 2019, CDC helped 1.7 million people learn their HIV-positive status, more than half (57%) of all new HIV diagnoses identified through PEPFAR.
A Family’s Story
I think about how we have our medicines now and how we are doing well, but how we all could have perished.
Photo Right: Xolisile and her children are on the road to good health. Thanks to a CDC-supported program, nurses at her local clinic discovered she and her children had contracted both HIV and TB and provided them with lifesaving medicines to treat both diseases.
Photo by: Thom Pierce 2018
TB Screening for People Living with HIV
TB is the top killer of people living with HIV, whose weakened immune systems make them susceptible to becoming ill with TB. In 2019, CDC supported TB screenings for 6.8 million people with HIV – nearly 60% (58%) of all people with HIV screened for TB through PEPFAR.
Protecting the Next Generation
She is HIV negative and this is the biggest blessing in my life.
Photo Left: As a result of her strict adherence to her HIV treatment regimen, today Nontokozo is leading a healthy life and her baby is HIV free. Photo by:Thom Pierce 2018
Protecting the Next Generation
She is HIV negative and this is the biggest blessing in my life.
Photo Left: As a result of her strict adherence to her HIV treatment regimen, today Nontokozo is leading a healthy life and her baby is HIV free. Photo by:Thom Pierce 2018
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT)
Increasing the number of pregnant women on life-saving HIV treatment, helps mothers live longer, healthier lives and helps eliminate new infections among children. In 2019, through PEPFAR, CDC supported treatment for 482,000 HIV-positive, pregnant women to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission.
Faces from the Frontlines
Visit our “Faces from the Frontlines” gallery and view the video feature below to learn more about those at the forefront of CDC’s global response to HIV and TB. Highlighting their innovations and tireless efforts, these images and stories offer a snapshot into the work CDC and PEPFAR are leading around the world.
Since 2003, CDC and other PEPFAR implementing partners have helped save more than 17 million lives. While we’ve made great progress, we urgently need to do more. We cannot stop now. Continuing this momentum is critical to controlling and ultimately ending the global HIV and TB epidemics.
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