Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
@egpaf.bsky.social
Fighting for an AIDS-free generation.
Learn more at pedaids.org/
Learn more at pedaids.org/
Treatment AND care are transformational for children who are living with HIV and are orphaned, like Joshua.
Read how the ViiV Breakthrough Partnership’s wrap-around care approach helped meet his needs.
https://pedaids.org/2025/01/09/coming-home/
Read how the ViiV Breakthrough Partnership’s wrap-around care approach helped meet his needs.
https://pedaids.org/2025/01/09/coming-home/
Coming Home: Literacy and Love Help a Boy Find His Place
Today, Joshua has not only achieved viral suppression but has also been linked to the Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) program
pedaids.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Treatment AND care are transformational for children who are living with HIV and are orphaned, like Joshua.
Read how the ViiV Breakthrough Partnership’s wrap-around care approach helped meet his needs.
https://pedaids.org/2025/01/09/coming-home/
Read how the ViiV Breakthrough Partnership’s wrap-around care approach helped meet his needs.
https://pedaids.org/2025/01/09/coming-home/
Why wouldn’t you fight HIV?
For pregnant women living with HIV, prevention care can help them have HIV-free babies. That is pretty transformative!
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3BezmuD
For pregnant women living with HIV, prevention care can help them have HIV-free babies. That is pretty transformative!
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3BezmuD
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why wouldn’t you fight HIV?
For pregnant women living with HIV, prevention care can help them have HIV-free babies. That is pretty transformative!
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3BezmuD
For pregnant women living with HIV, prevention care can help them have HIV-free babies. That is pretty transformative!
Learn more: https://bit.ly/3BezmuD
We cannot transform the AIDS response without including the needs of children.
EGPAF President Doris Macharia responds to the new UNAIDS Report ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/doris-...
EGPAF President Doris Macharia responds to the new UNAIDS Report ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/doris-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We cannot transform the AIDS response without including the needs of children.
EGPAF President Doris Macharia responds to the new UNAIDS Report ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/doris-...
EGPAF President Doris Macharia responds to the new UNAIDS Report ➡️ www.linkedin.com/posts/doris-...
EGPAF has officially handed over the Hospital Health Information System to Mozambique’s Ministry of Health.
This transfer marks a milestone in Mozambique's digital health transformation, enhancing the country’s interoperability and integrated management of clinical data.
This transfer marks a milestone in Mozambique's digital health transformation, enhancing the country’s interoperability and integrated management of clinical data.
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
EGPAF has officially handed over the Hospital Health Information System to Mozambique’s Ministry of Health.
This transfer marks a milestone in Mozambique's digital health transformation, enhancing the country’s interoperability and integrated management of clinical data.
This transfer marks a milestone in Mozambique's digital health transformation, enhancing the country’s interoperability and integrated management of clinical data.
Transformation means solving the once impossible.
An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence, especially for children. But today, thanks to lifesaving treatment, children born with HIV can live full, healthy lives.
Why wouldn’t you join the fight against pediatric HIV?
An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence, especially for children. But today, thanks to lifesaving treatment, children born with HIV can live full, healthy lives.
Why wouldn’t you join the fight against pediatric HIV?
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Transformation means solving the once impossible.
An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence, especially for children. But today, thanks to lifesaving treatment, children born with HIV can live full, healthy lives.
Why wouldn’t you join the fight against pediatric HIV?
An HIV diagnosis used to be a death sentence, especially for children. But today, thanks to lifesaving treatment, children born with HIV can live full, healthy lives.
Why wouldn’t you join the fight against pediatric HIV?
What does transformation look like? Like this ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
When women have access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services (#PMTCT), they can transform their babies’ future and protect them from HIV.
📸 : Mothers and babies at support group in Lesotho, 2024.
When women have access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services (#PMTCT), they can transform their babies’ future and protect them from HIV.
📸 : Mothers and babies at support group in Lesotho, 2024.
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What does transformation look like? Like this ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
When women have access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services (#PMTCT), they can transform their babies’ future and protect them from HIV.
📸 : Mothers and babies at support group in Lesotho, 2024.
When women have access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services (#PMTCT), they can transform their babies’ future and protect them from HIV.
📸 : Mothers and babies at support group in Lesotho, 2024.
Since 2000, childhood deaths from AIDS-related causes have declined by almost 80% according to @unaids.org data.
When children living with HIV have access to testing, care, and treatment, the results are transformative!
When children living with HIV have access to testing, care, and treatment, the results are transformative!
November 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Since 2000, childhood deaths from AIDS-related causes have declined by almost 80% according to @unaids.org data.
When children living with HIV have access to testing, care, and treatment, the results are transformative!
When children living with HIV have access to testing, care, and treatment, the results are transformative!
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How can we transform a child’s life? Fight HIV!
As leaders decide how to invest in the next generation, ending pediatric AIDS must be part of the plan. Ensuring children have access to lifesaving care and treatment means they grow up to be healthy citizens.
#WorldChildrensDay
As leaders decide how to invest in the next generation, ending pediatric AIDS must be part of the plan. Ensuring children have access to lifesaving care and treatment means they grow up to be healthy citizens.
#WorldChildrensDay
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We endorse this message!
How can we transform a child’s life? Fight HIV!
As leaders decide how to invest in the next generation, ending pediatric AIDS must be part of the plan. Ensuring children have access to lifesaving care and treatment means they grow up to be healthy citizens.
#WorldChildrensDay
As leaders decide how to invest in the next generation, ending pediatric AIDS must be part of the plan. Ensuring children have access to lifesaving care and treatment means they grow up to be healthy citizens.
#WorldChildrensDay
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How can we transform a child’s life? Fight HIV!
As leaders decide how to invest in the next generation, ending pediatric AIDS must be part of the plan. Ensuring children have access to lifesaving care and treatment means they grow up to be healthy citizens.
#WorldChildrensDay
As leaders decide how to invest in the next generation, ending pediatric AIDS must be part of the plan. Ensuring children have access to lifesaving care and treatment means they grow up to be healthy citizens.
#WorldChildrensDay
How can YOU transform a child’s life? Fight HIV!
On #WorldChildrensDay, we are asking everyone to stand up for children living with HIV and fight for their access to lifesaving treatment.
On #WorldChildrensDay, we are asking everyone to stand up for children living with HIV and fight for their access to lifesaving treatment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
How can YOU transform a child’s life? Fight HIV!
On #WorldChildrensDay, we are asking everyone to stand up for children living with HIV and fight for their access to lifesaving treatment.
On #WorldChildrensDay, we are asking everyone to stand up for children living with HIV and fight for their access to lifesaving treatment.
This month’s special pediatric issue of The Lancet HIV makes one thing clear – this is an era of opportunity and complexity for the fight against pediatric HIV.
We have seen incredible success, but we cannot stop now.
https://bit.ly/483kTT8
We have seen incredible success, but we cannot stop now.
https://bit.ly/483kTT8
A field of possibilities for paediatric HIV
UN World Children's Day on Nov 20 is an annual reminder that every child deserves
the chance not just to survive, but to thrive. In the field of paediatric HIV, these
aspirations have special signific...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This month’s special pediatric issue of The Lancet HIV makes one thing clear – this is an era of opportunity and complexity for the fight against pediatric HIV.
We have seen incredible success, but we cannot stop now.
https://bit.ly/483kTT8
We have seen incredible success, but we cannot stop now.
https://bit.ly/483kTT8
We have the tools. So, why wouldn't we end pediatric AIDS?
In a new commentary published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, authors call on stakeholders to come together to finally achieve an end to AIDS in children.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.70055
In a new commentary published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, authors call on stakeholders to come together to finally achieve an end to AIDS in children.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.70055
November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We have the tools. So, why wouldn't we end pediatric AIDS?
In a new commentary published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, authors call on stakeholders to come together to finally achieve an end to AIDS in children.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.70055
In a new commentary published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society, authors call on stakeholders to come together to finally achieve an end to AIDS in children.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jia2.70055
Reposted by Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
The vaccine alliance reached its target of immunizing an estimated 86 million girls with the vaccine that prevents human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted infection which can lead to cervical cancer.
Gavi and partners reached HPV vaccine goal, immunizing 86 million girls
Gavi and partners reached HPV vaccine goal, immunizing 86 million girls
www.devex.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The vaccine alliance reached its target of immunizing an estimated 86 million girls with the vaccine that prevents human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted infection which can lead to cervical cancer.
Pediatric TB is often undiagnosed and under-reported, but how do we close the gap?
Read our lessons learned ➡️ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40017705/
Read our lessons learned ➡️ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40017705/
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Pediatric TB is often undiagnosed and under-reported, but how do we close the gap?
Read our lessons learned ➡️ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40017705/
Read our lessons learned ➡️ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40017705/
#WorldDiabetesDay is here! To mark this day, EGPAF-Lesotho joined the Ministry of Health, SoliderMed and other partners for a #Diabetes and #NCD awareness education among workers.
After health education, workers received diabetes, hypertension, and mental health screenings.
After health education, workers received diabetes, hypertension, and mental health screenings.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#WorldDiabetesDay is here! To mark this day, EGPAF-Lesotho joined the Ministry of Health, SoliderMed and other partners for a #Diabetes and #NCD awareness education among workers.
After health education, workers received diabetes, hypertension, and mental health screenings.
After health education, workers received diabetes, hypertension, and mental health screenings.
Published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org, a new study demonstrates the successful use of AHP combined with BWS as a practical and transparent approach for prioritizing countries for #TBVaccine readiness research.
https://bit.ly/488jJa1
https://bit.ly/488jJa1
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Published in @plosglobalpublichealth.org, a new study demonstrates the successful use of AHP combined with BWS as a practical and transparent approach for prioritizing countries for #TBVaccine readiness research.
https://bit.ly/488jJa1
https://bit.ly/488jJa1
Lenacapavir is especially promising for pregnant and breastfeeding women and their children! Expanding access is a crucial step to finally eliminate vertical transmission.
Lenacapavir: a game-changer for the HIV response. Here is why it is crucial for people most in need to be able to access this new revolutionary prevention option ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Lenacapavir is especially promising for pregnant and breastfeeding women and their children! Expanding access is a crucial step to finally eliminate vertical transmission.
We’ve come so far and can’t afford to go backwards. Read Josephine’s story and join the fight to protect our progress toward ending pediatric HIV and AIDS in our generation
Full story at bit.ly/44UI2qA
Full story at bit.ly/44UI2qA
"We Don't Want to Go Back" - EGPAF
Josephine Nabukenya was born in 1993 in Kampala, Uganda to an HIV-positive mother. Josephine learned about her HIV status in 2001, at the age of 8, when her mother was close to death and had written o...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We’ve come so far and can’t afford to go backwards. Read Josephine’s story and join the fight to protect our progress toward ending pediatric HIV and AIDS in our generation
Full story at bit.ly/44UI2qA
Full story at bit.ly/44UI2qA
"When a child who was receiving treatment stops getting treatment, it feels like a crime against humanity."
ICYMI: Catherine Connor spoke to @apnews.com about the impact of aid cuts in Lesotho and how these cuts are specifically affecting children.
apnews.com/projects/Les...
ICYMI: Catherine Connor spoke to @apnews.com about the impact of aid cuts in Lesotho and how these cuts are specifically affecting children.
apnews.com/projects/Les...
In Lesotho, US aid cuts leave people living with HIV in limbo
Lesotho, once with the world’s second-highest HIV rate, faces a health crisis as U.S. aid cuts dismantle vital HIV treatment programs, leaving patients without care.
apnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"When a child who was receiving treatment stops getting treatment, it feels like a crime against humanity."
ICYMI: Catherine Connor spoke to @apnews.com about the impact of aid cuts in Lesotho and how these cuts are specifically affecting children.
apnews.com/projects/Les...
ICYMI: Catherine Connor spoke to @apnews.com about the impact of aid cuts in Lesotho and how these cuts are specifically affecting children.
apnews.com/projects/Les...
In Eswatini, USAID cuts raise fears of AIDS resurgence (RTS, Swiss TV)
“My first reaction to the announcement of the end of American aid was to check the terms of my life insurance,” says an HIV-positive mother in Eswatini.
www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
“My first reaction to the announcement of the end of American aid was to check the terms of my life insurance,” says an HIV-positive mother in Eswatini.
www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
Au Eswatini, l'arrêt d'USAID fait craindre une résurgence du sida
Au Eswatini, l'ancien Swaziland, petit pays d’Afrique australe, l'Agence des Etats-Unis pour le développement (USAID), couvrait la quasi-totalité des dépenses liées au VIH. Suite à sa suspension par D...
www.rts.ch
May 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
In Eswatini, USAID cuts raise fears of AIDS resurgence (RTS, Swiss TV)
“My first reaction to the announcement of the end of American aid was to check the terms of my life insurance,” says an HIV-positive mother in Eswatini.
www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
“My first reaction to the announcement of the end of American aid was to check the terms of my life insurance,” says an HIV-positive mother in Eswatini.
www.rts.ch/info/monde/2...
"Are they just going to let us die?" HIV specialists fear a resurgence of the epidemic, which could cause millions of deaths.
"Every family here has experienced loss because of HIV." Chris Makwindi, director of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in [Eswatini]. @egpaf.bsky.social
"Every family here has experienced loss because of HIV." Chris Makwindi, director of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in [Eswatini]. @egpaf.bsky.social
May 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Are they just going to let us die?" HIV specialists fear a resurgence of the epidemic, which could cause millions of deaths.
"Every family here has experienced loss because of HIV." Chris Makwindi, director of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in [Eswatini]. @egpaf.bsky.social
"Every family here has experienced loss because of HIV." Chris Makwindi, director of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in [Eswatini]. @egpaf.bsky.social
“It’s really been, you wake up and today this is on, tomorrow this is not on.”
EGPAF experts Caspian Chouraya and Catherine Connor spoke to @washingtonpost.com about the impact of recent aid cuts on HIV programs.
wapo.st/3SjfCz8
EGPAF experts Caspian Chouraya and Catherine Connor spoke to @washingtonpost.com about the impact of recent aid cuts on HIV programs.
wapo.st/3SjfCz8
After 100 days, the toll of Trump’s foreign aid cuts has begun to sink in
Here’s how programs on the ground in countries around the world have been upended by President Donald Trump’s swift dismantling of most U.S. international aid.
wapo.st
May 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“It’s really been, you wake up and today this is on, tomorrow this is not on.”
EGPAF experts Caspian Chouraya and Catherine Connor spoke to @washingtonpost.com about the impact of recent aid cuts on HIV programs.
wapo.st/3SjfCz8
EGPAF experts Caspian Chouraya and Catherine Connor spoke to @washingtonpost.com about the impact of recent aid cuts on HIV programs.
wapo.st/3SjfCz8
Are you attending the World Health Assembly? Join us for a special event with GAP-f about strengthening the global ecosystem for pediatric medicines.
Register at bit.ly/3YbmO3V
Register at bit.ly/3YbmO3V
April 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Are you attending the World Health Assembly? Join us for a special event with GAP-f about strengthening the global ecosystem for pediatric medicines.
Register at bit.ly/3YbmO3V
Register at bit.ly/3YbmO3V
Reposted by Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Let's set the record straight: #PEPFAR provides comprehensive HIV services for almost 3M adolescent girls and young women. The program equips them with the knowledge & skills to make informed decisions about their health & well-being. We must #ProtectPEPFAR
@gappdc.bsky.social @egpaf.bsky.social
@gappdc.bsky.social @egpaf.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Let's set the record straight: #PEPFAR provides comprehensive HIV services for almost 3M adolescent girls and young women. The program equips them with the knowledge & skills to make informed decisions about their health & well-being. We must #ProtectPEPFAR
@gappdc.bsky.social @egpaf.bsky.social
@gappdc.bsky.social @egpaf.bsky.social