AIDS

29 January 2008 -- One of the foreign visitors saluted by President Bush during his State of the Union speech is a 35-year-old nurse from Tanzania. Tatu Msangi, a single parent, became pregnant and soon discovered she was HIV-positive. With US assistance through President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Msangi received counseling and treatment at a Tanzanian clinic that have helped her survive and have kept her two-year-old daughter Faith HIV-free.    » read more »

Events scheduled in Minnesota to raise awareness

January 25, 2008 -- Every day, 72 African Americans are infected with HIV in the United States. Although African Americans are approximately 13 percent of the population of the U.S., they represent nearly half of the total AIDS cases reported in this country, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).    » read more »

- "ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids" To Be Hosted by Cameron Mathison, March 2, at Town Hall in New York City
- Fans Can Bid Online for a 'Chance to Dance' with Cameron Mathison, Live, on Stage

December 18, 2007 -- Washington, DC – The Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill includes a provision to provide greater flexibility for U.S. funding of critical international HIV/AIDS prevention programs, U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today announced.    » read more »

Calls On Democratic and Republican Presidential Candidates To Do The Same

Wilmington, DE (December 12, 2007) – Sen. Joe Biden issued the following statement condemning former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s comments and calling on other presidential candidates – including Republicans participating in today’s debate in Iowa – to do the same:    » read more »

United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Hearing

December 11, 2007 -- (As Prepared for Delivery)

I call to order our hearing on the reauthorization of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. I thank our witnesses and colleagues on the committee for joining us in this busy time.

There are many issues before us that have wide-ranging effects on vast numbers of people. But few are as consequential as our response to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic where entire societies are at risk.    » read more »

Bill Would Require President to Develop Strategy to Address Women's Specific Vulnerabilities to HIV

December 5, 2007 -- Washington, DC—Today, Hillary Rodham Clinton introduced the Protection Against Transmission of HIV for Women and Youth (PATHWAY) Act of 2007, the Senate companion of legislation introduced by Representative Barbara Lee. This legislation would require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive, integrated and culturally relevant global HIV prevention strategy that addresses the vulnerabilities of women and girls.    » read more »

November 30, 2007 -- MS. PERINO: It's been our great pleasure to work with Kelly O'Donnell of NBC News. And today is her last day covering the White House full-time, and so we wish you the very best in your -- (applause.)

MS. O'DONNELL: Thank you.

MS. PERINO: Maybe you can knock some sense into Congress while you are up there. But it's been a true pleasure; the President and Mrs. Bush have enjoyed having you here, all of your colleagues have, and I speak on behalf of the press office and I'm sure the sentiment is felt in the room.

MS. O'DONNELL: Thank you very much.    » read more »

Will Double Research Funding & Support Evidence-Based Prevention Programs

11/27/2007 -- The Clinton campaign unveiled its plan to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and around the world. The comprehensive approach addresses the multiple challenges that HIV/AIDS has presented for over 25 years and includes investments for increased research, prevention and education, and access to treatment and other services.    » read more »

11/27/2007 -- “Senator Clinton's proposed domestic HIV plan is comprehensive and recognizes that collaboration of many sectors and integration of various Federal programs are essential to a successful National AIDS Strategy. There is simply no reason why we cannot significantly reduce the number of new HIV infections in this country and ensure access to care and treatment for all those infected.    » read more »

20 November 2007 -- The United Nations has sharply reduced its estimate of the size of the world's AIDS epidemic in a new report published Monday. The revised figures particularly reflect new numbers for the virus in India - but also indicate strides in fighting the epidemic worldwide.

The new study by the United Nations organization UNAIDS cuts the number of infections to about 33 million - down from its estimated 39.5 million in 2006.    » read more »

New initiative to support prevention programs targeting high-risk groupsContact:

November 14, 2007 -- SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will commit $50 million to work in partnership with the Chinese government and non-governmental organizations to expand HIV prevention efforts in China. The funding will increase access to HIV prevention programs targeting those most vulnerable to infection, including injection drug users, sex workers, and men who have sex with men.    » read more »

"ABC DAYTIME SALUTES BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS" BENEFIT TO BE HELD AT TOWN HALL IN NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 2, 2008

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks' national HIV/AIDS public awareness initiative Rap-It-Up returns to New York City to host a series of celebrity health forums throughout New York City and Newark, N.J., to address the social issues, sexual behavior and attitudes impacting today's young adults; as well as the rise of HIV/AIDS in the urban community. Rap-It-Up is partnering with youth empowerment organization Hip Hop 4 Life and local radio station Hot 97 for the weeklong series of HIV/AIDS events taking place on Tuesday, November 13 through Friday, November 16.    » read more »

November 1, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today praising the decision by conferees for the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill to maintain House language that will reduce severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 11 jurisdictions, including San Francisco:

“I commend the conferees on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill for maintaining language in the House bill that reduces these cuts to manageable levels that cities can reasonably absorb in one fiscal year.    » read more »