AIDS: A Turning Point

PEPFAR and the future of the global fight against HIV

Health & Medicine

PEPFAR was launched in 2003 to stop the spread of HIV in Africa. Now, although some funding remains for the program, many of PEPFAR’s prevention and support services have stalled, as Dr. Atul Gawande, who led global health at USAID during the Biden administration, explains to The World’s Host Marco Werman.

US reveals nearly $1.5 billion in unspent AIDS money

Politics

Activists question Obama’s AIDS plan

Politics

Groups fighting HIV/AIDS in DC find lessons in Africa

Politics

Turning Point: A loving, HIV-positive couple gives back

Lifestyle

Turning Point: A dying friend’s idea for fighting HIV/AIDS

Lifestyle

In the beginning of the US epidemic, people of color were largely forgotten. Toni Young helped change that in Washington, DC.

Turning Point: Showing DC some tough love on HIV/AIDS

Lifestyle

The AIDS expert who left her prestigious government post to bring lessons from Africa to DC communities.

Turning Point: DC’s AIDS detective

Lifestyle

After 20 years fighting HIV/AIDS in Africa, Alan Greenberg returned to Washington, DC where the situation was at least as bad.

Adult circumcision campaign fails in AIDS-plagued Swaziland

Lifestyle

US effort doesn’t go over well in the country with the highest HIV infection rate in the world.

Zimbabwe: A country left behind on AIDS surges ahead

Lifestyle

Despite being largely left behind by PEPFAR, Zimbabwe has still managed to reduce its HIV prevalence rate.