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HIV/AIDS AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES

LATEST NEWS

(From America.gov: on HIV/AIDS; on Infectious Diseases)

United States Helps Fight HIV/AIDS in Latin America

Efforts advance the HIV/AIDS Summit of the Americas mandate
By Natalia Capel, Staff Writer
8 September 2008

Washington — Throughout the Americas, the United States builds HIV/AIDS treatment centers and works to stop transmission of the disease to newborns and to educate young adults about prevention. Complete text

Childhood Disease Measles Deadly in Developing Nations

Scientists studying HIV’s effect on measles control in African children
By Cheryl Pellerin, Staff Writer
29 August 2008

Washington -- Measles is a common childhood disease often eclipsed in international health news by deadly HIV/AIDS and highly pathogenic avian influenza, but new measles outbreaks occurred in the United States and other countries in 2008, and every day, 600 children around the world die from the highly infectious virus. Complete text

U.S. Health Agency Releases 1918 Influenza Storybook

Internet narratives help health officials prepare for future pandemics
29 August 2008

Washington – Personal stories from survivors, families and friends who lived through influenza pandemics in 1918 and 1957 went online August 21 at the Web site of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Complete text

WHAT IS HIV/AIDS?

Focus On: The HIV-AIDS Connection - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
AIDSinfo: HIV/AIDS Glossary - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

FACT SHEETS

Historic and Lifesaving Commitment to Fight HIV/AIDS, The White House, July 30, 2008
PEPFAR: A Historic Commitment to Compassion, The White House, July 14, 2008
United States Global Engagement on Climate Change and Public Health, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State, March 27, 2008
World AIDS Day 2007, The White House, November 30, 2007
President Bush Announces Five-Year, $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan, The White House, May 30, 2007
World AIDS Day 2006, The White House, December 1, 2006
Five-Year Strategy Fact Sheet - Turning the Tide Against HIV/AIDS, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator/U.S. Department of State, June 6, 2006
Making a Difference: Supporting Antiretroviral Treatment, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator/U.S. Department of State, June 2, 2006
Making a Difference: Funding, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator/U.S. Department of State, June 1, 2006
Critical Interventions: Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator/U.S. Department of State, May 5, 2006
AIDS Epidemic Update 2005: North America, Western and Central Europe, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, April 12, 2006
AIDS Epidemic Update 2005: Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, April 12, 2006
Building Building a New Public-Private Partnership for Pediatric AIDS Treatment (pdf), U.S. Department of State, March 2006
Continuing the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in America, The White House, February 1, 2006

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SPEECHES, REPORTS and DOCUMENTS

President Bush Signs H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, The White House, July 30, 2008
2008 Report on the global AIDS epidemic, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), July 2008
President Bush Thanks Congress for Reauthorizing PEPFAR, The White House, July 16, 2008
International HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Key Changes to U.S. Programs and Funding (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated July 14, 2008
Global Health: Appropriations to USAID Programs from FY2001 through FY2008 (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, July 8, 2008
Tuberculosis: International Efforts and Issues for Congress (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated May 1, 2008
AIDS in the Caribbean and Central America (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated April 30, 2008
Malaria Awareness Day, 2008, A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, The White House, April 25, 2008
Mrs. Bush's Remarks on the President's Malaria Initiative, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C., April 24, 2008
AIDS Funding for Federal Government Programs: FY1981-FY2009 (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated April 23, 2008
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria: Progress Report and Issues for Congress (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated April 14, 2008
Statement by the Press Secretary on House Bill Supporting PEPFAR, The White House, April 2, 2008
PEPFAR: An Unprecented Commitment to Fighting HIV/AIDS, The White House, April 2, 2008
Press Briefing by Ambassador Mark Dybul, Global AIDS Coordinator and Press Secretary Dana Perino, Movenpick Royal Palm Hotel, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, February 17, 2008
AIDS in Africa (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated February 2, 2008
President Bush Discusses World AIDS Day, Calvary United Methodist Church, Mount Airy, Maryland, November 30, 2007
World AIDS Day 2007, Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice, November 30, 2007
World AIDS Day, 2007, A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, The White House, November 29, 2007
2007 AIDS epidemic update, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), November 19, 2007
President Bush Announces Five-Year, $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan, The White House, May 30, 2007
President and Mrs. Bush Discuss Malaria Awareness Day, The White House, April 25, 2007
President Discusses World AIDS Day, The White House, December 1, 2006
Statement on World AIDS Day, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Dead Sea, Jordan, December 1, 2006
World AIDS Day, 2006, A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America, November 30, 2006
U.S. International HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Spending: FY2004-FY2007 (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, June 19, 2006
Mrs. Bush's Remarks at United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, The United Nations, New York, New York, June 2, 2006
2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), May 2006
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Fiscal Year 2006: Operational Plan - April 2006 Update (pdf), Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator/U.S. Department of State, April 2006
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: April 2006 Newsletter, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator/U.S. Department of State, April 2006

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ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

(published by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State)

Lifesaving Vaccines, March 2007
Health Systems for HIV/AIDS and Other Diseases, December 2001
AIDS - The Threat to World Security, July 2000

RELATED SUBJECTS

(web pages compiled by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State)

U.S. GOVERNMENT

World AIDS Day - December 1, 2007: The Power of Partnerships
The President's Malaria Initiative, The White House

World AIDS Day - December 1, 2006: The Promise of Partnerships

HIV/AIDS Initiatives - The White House
The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Office of National AIDS Policy - The White House
Office of The Global AIDS Coordinator - U.S. Department of State
International Health Affairs - Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs/U.S. Department of State
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Office of AIDS Research - National Institutes of Health/U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention - National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
USAID Health: HIV/AIDS - United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
HIV and AIDS - U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS

UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
HIV/AIDS: a Rural Issue - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
HIV infections - World Health Organization (WHO)
International AIDS Economics Network - a collaboration among the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the World Bank, and the European Commission
International AIDS Trust

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