OF NOTE THIS WEEK
Global attention is turning away from the AIDS epidemic at just the wrong time and means a fresh wave of the disease could infect millions of people in high-risk countries, Alan Whiteside, director of the health economics & HIV/AIDS research division at Kwazulu Natal University in South Africa, told Reuters. Whiteside said many African countries where the disease poses the biggest threat, including Botswana, South Africa and Zambia, were failing to implement long-term prevention measures and needed help to plan for the battle ahead. "At the moment, millions of Africans are on HIV/AIDS treatment courtesy of the Americans, the Global Fund and other donors," he added. "Those treatments have to be for life. If we see a redeployment of funding, people are simply going to die."
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS
- U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius announces the members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
- The World Bank publishes an overview of its evaluation of community responses to HIV/AIDS
- PEPFAR updates its funding commitment totals
- Anthropologist Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala gives a socio-cultural interpretation of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa in a presentation at the World Bank
OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- CQ Examines Concerns over Obama's 2011 Global Health Budget (Kaiser Family Foundation)
- U.S. Lawmakers Condemn Uganda Anti-Gay Bill (AFP)
- Uganda: Bill Sets 10 Years for Spreading AIDS (New Vision)
- Zambia: How to Sustain HIV/AIDS Workplace Policies (All Africa)
- Uganda’s Civil Society Loses Out on Global Fund Millions (East African)
- Vaccine May Prevent TB in People With HIV (Bloomberg)
- Treating Herpes Doesn’t Reduce Chance That AIDS Virus Will Spread, Study Finds (NY Times)
RECENT CGD HEALTH POLICY BLOGS
- Daddy Healthbucks: How Will the Gates Foundation Leverage the New $10 Billion for Vaccines and Immunization? By Ruth Levine
HIV/AIDS MONITOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND POLICY IMPACT
- The HIV/AIDS Monitor has been tracking the policy changes among PEPFAR, the Global Fund and the World Bank MAP related to the recommendations that have come out of our research. Explore these changes using our interactive flash tool.