OF NOTE THIS WEEK
Malawi has become the first country to sign a Partnership Framework with the United States. Partnership Frameworks, conceived in the Reauthorization Act of 2008, serve as a 5-year joint strategic agreement between the United States Government and the PEPFAR host country government emphasizing a more sustainable strategy towards HIV/AIDS care, treatment and prevention through strenghtened country capacity, ownership, and leadership. While the first of its kind, the Framework signing is only the first step -- Malawi must now create the implementation plan, which outlines the necessary actions to achieve the goals, objectives and commitments laid out in the Framework. HIV/AIDS Monitor Director, Nandini Oomman, shares her thoughts on this landmark document in a new blog.
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS
- UNAIDS and the World Bank produce reports on the nature of HIV epidemics, the existing response and the allocation of prevention funding in Kenya, Lesotho, Swaziland and Uganda
- PEPFAR publishes its May newsletter
- The Global Fund's "Access to Life" photojournalism project receives the 2009 Excellence in Media Award for Global Health
OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- Africa: Prevention Efforts and Infection Patterns Mismatched (Plus News/Aidsmap)
- Donors Freeze Aid to Zambia over Corruption (Reuters)
- The World's Best Investment: The Global Fund (Huffington Post)
- Fishing Fuels Spread of HIV in East Africa (The Citizen)
- Op-Ed: How the World Bank Is Failing Africa (Ottawa Citizen)
- Uganda: HIV/AIDS Diploma Course Launched (UgNews.com)
- Bushes Honored for AIDS Efforts (Houston Chronicle)