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Pingree School features alumnus and EFA Co-founder Rachel Hoy Deussom
July 25, 2011 | Add Comment
Pingree School features alumnus and EFA Co-founder Rachel Hoy Deussom

Rachel Hoy Deussom (’99) is co-founder of Education Fights AIDS (EFA) International.
After graduating from Georgetown University in 2003, she served as a Peace Corps
community health volunteer in northern Cameroon. During her service, a fellow
volunteer, Andrew …

Tulane University features alumnus and EFA Co-founder Andrew Koleros
May 15, 2011 | Add Comment
Tulane University features alumnus and EFA Co-founder Andrew Koleros

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/

Peer Educator’s Program Improves HIV Education and Prevention
July 2, 2010 | Add Comment
Peer Educator’s Program Improves HIV Education and Prevention

MAROUA, CAMEROON – Peer educators trained in an EFA International-sponsored program have educated more than 6,000 people in Cameroon’s Far North region about HIV transmission and prevention. The January-June training involved 14 HIV-positive youth in …

Cameroon the host of UNAIDS International Conference
May 18, 2010 | Add Comment
Cameroon the host of UNAIDS International Conference

UNAIDS.org — The African continent is experiencing major changes as 17 African countries prepare to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their independence in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Two days before the anniversary celebrations, a high-level international conference, …

EFA’s Spring Fundraisers Deliver Hope
May 15, 2010 | Add Comment
EFA’s Spring Fundraisers Deliver Hope

Nearly 100 Washington, D.C.-area residents gathered in the Eighteenth Street Lounge’s warmly lit Gold Room on the evening of April 29. Attendees were present for a fundraiser supporting Education Fights AIDS (EFA) International, a U.S.-based …

EFA at Harvard Panel Discussion on May 4th: Partners for Living Positively
May 2, 2010 | Add Comment
EFA at Harvard Panel Discussion on May 4th: Partners for Living Positively

PARTNERS FOR LIVING POSITIVELY
A panel discussion on HIV and development in Africa
Tuesday, May 4th  -  5 – 7 pm
Harvard University – Divinity School
Center for the Study of World Religions Common Room
Featuring panelists:
David Amponsah, …