It is often said that in reality, it is not HIV/AIDS that kills–it is stigma that does. It is because of stigma that people are afraid to get tested, ashamed to admit their status or to seek treatment, and embarrassed to even talk about the realities of the epidemic. Stigma isolates people, strangles discussion and spreads the virus. The dream of Education Fights AIDS (EFA) is for “the idea of stigmatization to be completely erased.”

Tulane University’s spring/summer 2011 issue of Global Health magazine has featured its alum, EFA co-founder Andrew Koleros (Tulane 2005), for his work with EFA International.
Read the full article here:
http://tulanesphtm.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/efainternational/

In April, dozens of people attended a “Live Positively” fundraising event in Mahboula featuring DJs and a live band.

Our deepest thanks goes to those of you who attended and made the event a huge success. …

It is widely accepted that gender strongly influences the spread of HIV and the ways communities respond to it.  Gender and sexual based inequalities, norms, and violence increase vulnerability to HIV while limiting ability to …

The months of January through March 2011 were especially productive ones for the EFA International regional office. First, sadly, EFA bid adieu et grand merci to our technical advisor Peace Corps Volunteer Caitlyn Bradburn …

The Government of Cameroon’s financial proposal to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) for its 10th round of funding was approved, including over $120M from 2011-15 to contribute to the HIV …