Espresso Diplomacy: The Rome Action Plan for Pediatric HIV
Even before the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, preventive services, diagnostics, and treatments for pediatric HIV lagged far behind the comparable tools for adult populations. Recognizing that progre...
18 Feb 202134min
Voices from Kenya: Economic Empowerment to Prevent HIV
Economic empowerment is a critical pathway to preventing HIV in adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), and an increasing focus of PEPFAR’s DREAMS program (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free...
21 Jan 202121min
Prioritizing Pediatric HIV in Kenya
In recent years Kenya has experienced notable successes in reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV and initiating children living with HIV on antiretroviral treatment, but progress in scaling up ...
17 Dec 202020min
The Promise and Challenge of PrEP for Adolescent Girls and Young Women
In this episode of AIDS 2021, we discuss pre-exposure prophylaxis — PrEP — a critical HIV prevention tool for adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in countries with high HIV burdens. Janet Fleischm...
18 Nov 202021min
“Competing with a Monster”: Women, Girls, and Covid-19 in South Africa
In this episode of AIDS 2020, Janet Fleischman speaks with Dr. Linda-Gail Bekker, the deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Center at the University of Cape Town, CEO of the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundat...
16 Juli 202022min
Covid-19 and Young Women: Voices from Kenya
In this episode of AIDS 2020, Janet Fleischman speaks with two women in Kenya about the impact of Covid-19: Maurine Murenga, who is executive director of Lean On Me Foundation, which supports adolesce...
9 Juli 202016min
Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland: Mobilizing for AIDS2020
In this episode, Steve talks with Mayor Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland since 2014. Oakland is a co-host of the AIDS 2020 conference this summer with San Francisco. They discuss how Oakland as a city h...
27 Feb 202017min
Ambassador Deborah Birx: “I don’t find anything impossible”
In this episode of AIDS 2020, Steve and Andrew speak with Ambassador Deborah Birx, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy. Ambassador Birx has been on the ...
20 Feb 202032min
