OF NOTE THIS WEEK

As part of the State Department's recently launched video program entitled "Conversations with America", Ambassador Goosby and President and CEO of the Global Health Council, Jeff Sturchio, participated yesterday in a live dialogue about PEPFAR. This candid discussion, moderated by P.J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Public Affairs, ranged from questions about funding levels, PEPFAR's approach to prevention efforts, as well as how PEPFAR intends to reach the most at-risk populations in its second phase. Video and a full transcript of the conversation is available here and here.

NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS

• UNAIDS Executive Director, Michel Sidibe, delivered the keynote speech on engaging cities in the HIV response at the International Forum on Cities and Health
• The closing date for Global Fund Round 10 is fast approaching. All applications are due Friday August 20, 2010
• As part of the State Department's "Conversations with America" video series, PEPFAR's Ambassador Goosby participated in a live discussion with Jeff Sturchio, President and CEO of the Global Health Council, on PEPFAR going forward

OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS

• UNDP says HIV/AIDS still posing development challenges in Zambia (Xinhua)
• HIV is a 20th-century disease that needs 21st-century research (The Globe and Mail)
• Prioritise paediatric HIV/AIDS issues in Uganda (Daily Monitor)
• Contest stimulates HIV/AIDS prevention innovation (VOV News)
• HIV/AIDS Medicine Is Only One Piece of the Puzzle (Huffington Post)
• Intensified HIV Therapy Fails to Eradicate Virus (MedPage Today)
• Crucell, Harvard to Take Part in Experimental AIDS Vaccine Test in Africa (Bloomberg)

RECENT CGD HEALTH POLICY BLOGS

• A Refreshingly Open Debate on the Value of Universal Access to AIDS Treatment for U.S. Foreign Policy By Mead Over

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.