July 2, 2009
OF NOTE THIS WEEK
A new HIV/AIDS Monitor report finds that despite well-meaning language and admirable broad goals, three of the biggest HIV/AIDS funders have yet to translate their concern for women and girls into systematic, effective programming. The report's authors urge the programs to make a systematic response to gender inequality in HIV/AIDS programs. They recommend that donors, country governments, and relevant stakeholders participate in knowledge sharing and together support a comprehensive national gender analysis.
Read HIV/AIDS Monitor Director Nandini Oomman's related commentary on the Huffington Post.
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS
- U.S. President Barack Obama releases a message for National AIDS Testing Day
OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- New Global AIDS Chief Goes to Work Immediately (SF Chronicle)
- Lancet Examines Obama's Pledge to Fight HIV/AIDS (Lancet/Kaiser Network)
- The Future of U.S. Global Health Policy (PBS NewsHour)
- Uganda: AIDS Body Wants Testing for All (New Vision)
- Uganda: Health Facilities Stretched to Breaking Point (IRIN)
- Zambia: PEPFAR Prevention Approach Too Narrow, Report Says (PlusNews)
- Governments Should Do More to Include the Uprooted in Their HIV/AIDS Strategies (Reuters AlertNet/UNHCR)