#DYK ? PEPFAR is the world's largest supporter of children living with #HIV & affected by #AIDS .

PEPFAR is working to scale up HIV case finding among children beyond infancy.

Learn more in CDC Global Health's, UNICEF HIV & AIDS, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's new resource⬇️

#PEPFAR is a proud partner of South African Government in the fight to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic, including today’s national launch of #UequalsU in South Africa where PEPFAR Acting Country Coordinator Saira Johnson-Qureshi joined National Department of Health Minister Dr. Joe Phaahla to provide remarks about…

Congratulations to Namibia🇳🇦for becoming the 2nd African country on the path to eliminating mother-to child #HIV transmission!

#PEPFAR is working closely with civil society, private sector, & government partners to end HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

U.S. Embassy Namibia

The answer to yesterday's #PEPFARtrivia is 78%. Out of the estimated total PLHIV in 2023 (603,537), 471,237 (78%) men, women and children receiving antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia and PEPFAR supports 98% of this effort.

This year, #PEPFAR introduced long-acting, injectable #PrEP to 4 countries with plans to expand access to #CABLA to 12 countries by the year’s end.

Check out where #PEPFAR has introduced the new #HIV prevention tool⬇️

Ukraine🇺🇦
Zimbabwe🇿🇼
Malawi🇲🇼
Zambia🇿🇲

Credit: JSI | Better health outcomes. For all.

Meet Anh, an HIV program officer at the G-Link clinic in Vietnam, focused on engagement and mobile testing for underserved communities, especially LGBTQI+ people.

Read more about Vietnam’s 🇻🇳fight to end HIV/AIDS in the The Global Fund’s piece below:

globalfund.exposure.co/meet-health-wo…

1/7: #IAS2025 will take place in City of Kigali, #Rwanda , from 14 to 17 July 2025, with pre-meetings on 13 July!

It will spotlight challenges & opportunities in some of the world’s most #HIV -affected regions while offering insights from other areas. 🧵

ias2025.org

According to UNAIDS, globally a child dies from AIDS-related causes every 6 minutes - thank you for your leadership, U.S. Embassy Yaounde Ambassador Lamora and MinsanteCameroun for the Pediatric Surge Initiative in Cameroon to close the HIV treatment gap among children.

#PEPFARSavesLives

Prioritizing gender-based violence ( #GBV ) prevention is critical to ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by 2030.

Learn how PEPFAR's #DREAMS program is helping adolescent girls & young women protect themselves from HIV transmission & risks of intimate partner violence.…

“The US is supporting 70,000 health clinics on the continent. 290,000 healthcare workers…we have helped to save 25 mil. lives. in Africa as a result of the PEPFAR investment.” -@PatrickGaspard on the impact of U.S. global health leadership in building a healthier world.

This week, #PEPFAR ’s Dr. Bunnell hosted the Sierra Leone delegation, led by Minister of Health Austin Demby & accompanied by Ambassador Sidique Wai Sidique Abou Bakarr Wai, to discuss our longstanding partnership 🇸🇱 & coordination with the newly launched National Public Health Agency.

Benjamin Kasdan, PEPFAR/Ethiopia's Acting Country Coordinator, sat down with VOA Amharic to unveil our strategic plan!
🎯 Our mission is to sustain the progress made and end HIV as a public health threat by 2030. Stay informed about PEPFAR's strategic priorities.
Click here to…

#PEPFAR provides critical care and support for 7 million orphans, vulnerable children, and their caregivers to improve the health and well-being of children living with and affected by #HIV .

#PEPFAR SavesLives

Yesterday, we commemorated a pivotal moment in history when the world's attention was drawn to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It was on this day in 1984 that US Secretary of Health and Human Services Margaret Heckler announced the discovery of the virus that would later be named HIV.…

Reaching underserved key populations (KP) is critical to advancing the global #HIV response.

#PEPFAR is deepening KP support by:

➡️Accelerating differentiated HIV services
➡️Bolstering KP-led orgs for effective HIV responses
➡️Generating better data to guide KP HIV programs

It is important for all of us to remember that you cannot have diagnosis without lab and you cannot have a disease response without lab. #PEPFAR remains committed to laboratory strengthening.

#WorldLaboratoryDay

Through PEPFAR, USAID is working with our partner countries to address gender-based violence #GBV as an essential component to ending the #HIV epidemic and protecting human rights. Here's how > usaid.link/hjx

Today is #WorldLabDay ! CDC labs are essential for detecting and monitoring diseases, helping to prevent their spread, and protecting health worldwide. In 2023, CDC supported more than 11,000 labs and testing sites across PEPFAR countries.

Register for the Barmes #GlobalHealth Lecture 2024

Global HIV/AIDS Response: Then➡️Now➡️ Future with Dr. John Nkengasong

When: 🗓️ 1PM on June 5
Where: NIH campus & virtual:

go.nih.gov/Barmes2024

.Elton John AIDS Foundation is a longstanding partner of #PEPFAR 's & we applaud them for 32 years of global leadership combating stigma, preventing new HIV infections, providing treatment, & motivating governments to #EndAIDS .

Thank you Elton John, Anne Aslett, David Furnish, and 1A!