May 28, 2009
OF NOTE THIS WEEK
Global health experts urged nine African states to expand existing prevention of mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission services for pregnant women and increase treatments for infected mothers and children, Xinhua reports. The experts, attending a regional consultation on Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission in Nairobi, agreed that Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia must reach 80 percent of pregnant women, mothers and their children with services to succeed in halting the spread of the virus.
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS
- Acting Deputy U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Thomas Walsh testifies before Congress on FY 2010 PEPFAR budget request
- The Global Fund and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference join to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB in OIC member countries
- PEPFAR announces that the president of Namibia will open the 2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting
OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- African AIDS Activists Slam U.S. Funding Shortfall (Wash. Post)
- Uganda: Activists Rap MPs over AIDS Funds (New Vision)
- AIDS Vaccine Report Calls for Full Research Funding (Voice of America)
- Op-Ed: The World Bank's Credibility Gap (NY Daily News)
- Giving a Deworming Drug to Girls Could Cut HIV Transmission in Africa (NY Times)