August 20, 2009
OF NOTE THIS WEEK
PEPFAR and global medical technology company BD formed a public-private partnership to improve blood collection safety in clinics and hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa. The program will help hospital and clinical personnel improve their blood-drawing procedures and specimen handling, processes that are critical to the proper management of HIV/AIDS patients. The three-year initiative, which is scheduled to begin in October in Kenya and expand to include up to four additional PEPFAR-supported countries, will ultimately support in-service training for as many as 10,000 healthcare workers.
NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS
- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Ambassador Eric Goosby visit the PEPFAR-supported Cullinan Clinic with South Africa's health minister and members of the U.S. Congress
- World Bank President Robert Zoellick travels to Uganda as the Bank prepares a new Country Assistance Strategy covering fiscal years 2010-13
OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS
- AIDS Congress Ends, More Voices Heard (Jakarta Post)
- Uganda Put on HIV/AIDS Alert (Daily Monitor)
- PEPFAR Donates $6.8M to Global Lab Fund (All Africa)
- AIDS Battle Takes a Tragic Turn in Uganda (Kansas City Star)
- Drugs Don’t Work for Half of China’s AIDS Patients, Study Says (Bloomberg)
- Combating HIV Stigma in Health Care Settings: What Works? (Journal of the Int'l AIDS Society)