OF NOTE THIS WEEK

A new report says HIV/AIDS, poverty, and climate change are among the challenges the Obama administration is facing in Africa this year, Voice of America reports. "The administration's reluctance to fulfill its commitments on bold, measurable targets and timelines has already undercut the progress made on HIV/AIDS globally," write the authors of the Africa Action and Foreign Policy in Focus report. They call on the U.S. to address AIDS not just as a health issue, but also as a global equity issue, and contend that unequal access to medical care and treatment is fueling the pandemic.

NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE DONORS

• The Global Fund is working with PEPFAR and UNAIDS to ensure an uninterrupted flow of life-saving AIDS medicines to patients in Haiti
• PEPFAR extends small grants to support orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda
• Global Fund Ambassador Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visits Fund-supported HIV programs in Benin
• PEPFAR releases its January newsletter

OTHER NEWS AND HIGHLIGHTS

• New Report Identifies Challenges in Africa for Obama (Voice of America)
• Africa: Fighting AIDS Needs Innovation, Gates Says (All Africa)
• Uganda to Host Major HIV Center (Daily Monitor)
• 7% of Sub-Saharan’s Old People Living with HIV (Zambia Post)
• Kenya May Buy Ugandan ARVs (Daily Nation)
• AIDS Victims Not Forgotten in Haiti Quake Chaos (AFP)
• Herpes Drug Fails to Cut HIV Risk: Study (AFP)

RECENT CGD HEALTH POLICY BLOGS

• Adult Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Tool: Should the Scale Up of an Efficacious Intervention Be Evaluated? 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.