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Women Leaders Combating Violence Against Women in India
By Hope Bryer and Kathryn Viguerie During President Obama’s visit to India earlier this month, Ms. Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to President Obama for Intergovernmental and Public Engagement, along with USAID’s Assistant Administrator for Asia, Nisha Desai Biswal, led a roundtable discussion with leading women activists and experts in India’s development sector who focus on women’s [...]
USAID Surpasses Private Sector Credit Milestone
USAID’s Development Credit Authority recently surpassed a $2 billion milestone of private sector credit mobilized in developing countries. USAID uses partial loan guarantees to encourage local banks to invest locally in sectors ranging from health to clean energy to infrastructure. The two billionth dollar was made available from a new partnership with two banks in [...]
Helping Women Avoid HIV Infection and Transmission
Submitted by Jessica DiRocco, USAID Bureau for Global Health HIV-positive and pregnant with her second child, Grace Abalo was like many other women in the developing world- in need of services to prevent her child from contracting HIV. Determined to have her baby born healthy, Grace and her husband joined a USAID-funded family support group [...]
50 Weeks to 50 Years at USAID – Week 3: Fighting HIV/AIDS
Submitted by Robert Clay, Director of USAID Office of HIV/AIDS I had just finished my first year of graduate school at UCLA when the first case of HIV was reported in Los Angeles. Little did I know how that event, happening so close to my school, would affect and influence my professional life. Over the [...]
HIV Prevalence Triples in Eastern Europe and Central Asia Over Past Decade
Submitted by Jonathan Hale, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia I believe tough news has to be faced squarely and challenges need to be met head on. It is alarming that the recent UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic found that the number of people living with HIV in Eastern Europe and Central [...]
Fighting HIV With Circumcision
Part Six of Zeke Emanuel’s Africa Diaries. Dr. Emanuel, from the White House Office of Management and Budget, blogged extensively during a recent two-week trip through Africa. In this installment he discusses the potential for using male circumcision to prevent HIV transmission. Three separate randomized trials have shown that male circumcision is among the most effective interventions [...]
Saving Lives Through Smart Investments
As featured in Dipnote By Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator As we approach World AIDS Day, many are asking difficult questions about the way forward on global AIDS. The questions are not about whether lives are being saved from the devastation of AIDS, because they are — by the millions. But some wonder [...]
Giving Girls a Chance Against HIV/AIDS
Submitted by Jessica DiRocco In Malawi, Chimwemwe Banda was abandoned by her parents when she was a young girl; she and her sister were left to take care of themselves. Without money to pay for basic needs or tuition, Chimwemwe was forced to drop out of school. In hopes of improving her situation, like many [...]
Promoting Evidence and Action for Respectful Care at Birth
Submitted by Wendy Coursen Exciting. Moving. Powerful. These words are often used to describe childbirth. It can be a time of wonder and joy. In many places, however, the experience is described differently: Humiliating. Frightening. Abusive. Throughout the world, women are abused in subtle and overt ways during childbirth, which is also a time of [...]
