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WHITE HOUSE AND THE WORLD POLICY BRIEFS
Strengthening Incentives for a Sustainable Response to AIDS: A PEPFAR for the AIDS Transition
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Amanda Glassman
July 20, 2015
Remarkable progress has been made in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. The number of people receiving treatment in low- and middle-income countries increased from 300,000 in 2003 to 13.7 million in 2015, including 7 million supported by the United States. These gains are primarily attributable to ...
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PEPFAR and MCC Partner to Promote Country Ownership
March 25, 2014
Last week, PEPFAR signed a three-year agreement with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to support efforts to promote greater host-country responsibility and ownership in the US global AIDS program.  
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Three Questions for PEPFAR Nomination Hearing
March 05, 2014
The President’s nominee for US Global AIDS Coordinator (read: the head of PEPFAR) – Dr. Deborah Birx – will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday for what is hoped to be a speedy confirmation hearing. 
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Help with the How: Ideas for the Next PEPFAR Coordinator
January 14, 2014
The White House got the new year off to a promising start by announcing their nomination for the next US Global AIDS Coordinator:  Dr. Deborah Birx, who currently serves as Director of the Division of Global HIV/AIDS in the CDC’s Center for Global Health.  
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World AIDS Day Roundup
December 02, 2013
Over the last few months, we have been busy tracking and analyzing a number of notable developments in the global AIDS space.  So in commemoration of World AIDS Day, marked annually on December 1st, here is a roundup of what we’ve been talking about, complete with links to our most recent...
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PEPFAR Teams Are Designing Impact Evaluations: Retrospective, Prospective, and Randomized
November 27, 2013
Last year, PEPFAR submitted guidelines which encouraged country staff to submit a proposal to conduct an “impact evaluation” (IE) as part of their annual Country Operation Plan (COP).  Subsequently, they received four submissions, of which three were funded.  But they...
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Ambassador Goosby’s Legacy: Research, Implementation Science, and Impact Evaluation
November 27, 2013
Earlier this month, Ambassador Goosby officially announced that he was stepping down from his role as Global AIDS Coordinator where he led the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief for the past four years.  As my colleague Amanda blogged in anticipation of Dr. Goosby’s departur...