Policy Update: President Obama’s FY2011 Budget Released

On February 1, 2010, President Obama released his FY2011 budget, which included a request for $1 billion for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Currently, the Global Fund estimates it will need approximately $1.75 billion from the U.S. in FY2011 to finance existing programs as well as launch a new round of grants. View full story >>

Links of Interest

Saving Lives: Stories from the Fight

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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Melinda Gates and Dr. Michel Kazatchkine Travel to Benin

Last month, Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund, traveled to Benin with two distinguished global health advocates – Melinda Gates, Co-chair and Trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the Global Ambassador for the Protection of Mothers and Children against HIV/AIDS. Together, the group visited a health care facility focused on maternal and child health. View full story >>

Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission of AIDS in Tajikistan

HIV/AIDS in Tajikistan is moving from high-risk groups, such as intravenous drug users, to the general population. Because of this shift, the risk of mother-to-child transmission, which has played a small role in Eastern Europe’s epidemic expansion to date, may increase.  The Global Fund has approved $36.8 million to HIV/AIDS grants in Tajikistan to support, in part, prevention of mother-to-child transmission activities. View full story >>

World TB Day is March 24

March 24 is World TB Day, and this year’s theme is “Innovation.” The 2010 campaign will focus on individuals around the world who have found new ways to stop tuberculosis and who serve as an inspiration to others. View full story >>

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