News on HIV / AIDS
The media play a critical role in shaping public opinion on global AIDS issues, persuading policymakers to take needed action, and mobilizing concerned citizens to get involved in local activism. Following are recent media clips that feature the Global AIDS Alliance, as well as selected highlights of general media on global AIDS-related issues.
Recent GAA Media Clips
- White House Aims to Broaden Approach to Global Health, The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2010
- Drive to end spread of HIV among children starts, The Standard, January 28, 2010
- World AIDS Day 2009: Where are we in the fight against AIDS?, Emax Health, December 1, 2009
- New Beginning in South Africa’s AIDS battle, PRI's, The World, December 1, 2009
- On World AIDS day, a shift in policy from South Africa, Free Speech Radio News, December 1, 2009
- Is Obama Failing On AIDS?, TPM DC, December 1, 2009
- On World AIDS Day, Strategy for Future of PEPFAR Released, Online NewsHour, December 1, 2009
- Before World AIDS Day, Obama Administration Scores D+ from Global AIDS Groups, ABC News, November 30, 2009
- NGOs Praise End to HIV Travel Ban, Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), October 31, 2009
- Health Groups Welcome Africa’s New Malaria Initiative, VOA News, September 25, 2009
- For Our Goodness’ Sake, The Washington Times, August 17, 2009
- Investment Should Follow Obama’s Pledges on HIV/AIDS, The Lancet, June 24, 2009
- Embracing a Family-Centred Response to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic for the Elimination of Pediatric AIDS, Global Public Health, June 17, 2009
- Obama Cuts HIV Funding, Risks 1M Lives, East African, May 25, 2009
- African AIDS Activists Say US Funding Shortfall Will Cost Lives, Los Angeles Times, May 20, 2009
- Governments Must Step Up HIV Funding, IRIN Plus News, May 20, 2009
- AIDS Activists Criticize Obama Budget for HIV, VOA News, May 19, 2009
- Barack Obama ‘Breaks Four Aid Pledges for Africa’, Daily Telegraph (UK), May 18, 2009
- Obama, AIDS, and the World, Boston Globe, May 11, 2009
- Obama’s Global Health Plan Disappoints Activists, Inter Press Service, May 5, 2009
Click here for an archive of older GAA media clips.
Recent News on Global HIV / AIDS
- Violence against women is a global struggle, The Boston Globe, February 6, 2010
- US lawmakers target global violence against women, AFP, February 4, 2010
- International Violence Against Women Act Reintroduced in Congress, Ms. Magazine, February 4, 2010
- US Bill Pledges a Billion Dollars to Fight Gender Violence, IPS, February 4, 2010
- International Violence Against Women Act Addresses the War Against Women, RH Reality Check, February 4, 2010
- Protection for women a top foreign policy priority, Politico, February 4, 2010
- Obama’s Global Health Initiative: Getting It Right The First Time Around, Huffington Post, February 3, 2010
- US AIDS chief sees new goals in global battle, Reuters Africa, January 7, 2010
- HIV/AIDS Delivers Heavy Blow to Third World Education, The Women's International Perspective, December 30, 2009
- Can Soccer Help Save Global Education? The Need for Innovative Financing, Brookings Institute, December 9, 2009
- The Right to Education in Africa, Brookings Institute, December 9, 2009
- Obama Is Criticized on AIDS Program, The New York Times, December 9, 2009
- U.S. seeking to hand off oversight of AIDS program, The Washington Post, December 9, 2009
- Aid Gives Alternative to African Orphanages, The New York Times, December 7, 2009
- Funding fears overshadow progress, The Financial TImes, December 7, 2009
- An express line for AIDS treatment, The Boston Globe, December 7, 2009
- Johnson, Gorbachev, Obama, The New York Times, December 4, 2009
- Is Obama Scaling Back Bush’s AIDS Initiative?, Time Magazine, December 2, 2009
- AIDS: Lessons Learnt and Myths Dispelled, The Lancet, November 14, 2009
- White House announces end to HIV travel ban, Washington Post, October 30, 2009
- Obama Lifts Travel Ban for HIV-Positive, CBS News, October 30, 2009
- More Schools, Not Troops, The New York Times, October 29, 2009
- Nicole Kidman Highlights Violence Against Women, Associated Press, October 22, 2009
- Obama Unshackles Global AIDS Work, The Nation, September 2, 2009
- Safeguarding the Future of HIV/AIDS Initiatives, The Lancet, September 1, 2009