In early December, I celebrated a one-year milestone as both a Peace Corps volunteer and as Technical and M&E Adviser for Education Fights AIDS International (EFA) in Cameroon. Reaching such a milestone seems to necessitate …

Treatment or prevention?
In the absence of a cure for HIV, for the past 30 years this question has been the center of debate. For those of us who have dedicated our lives to the …

It is impossible to hide how proud I am of the ever-so-brave members of the Education Fights AIDS youth associations.  This story is about Djingui a member of our AJEPS association and the one who …

An HIV Prevention Trials Network study found initiating ARVs early can greatly reduce the transmission of HIV. While this is great news for the HIV and AIDS community, an Interagency Youth Working Group blog post noted …

See New York Magazine article, “Another Kind of AIDS Crisis.”
Many AIDS patients being treated experience symptoms—including memory loss, bone weakness and nerve damage—more commonly seen in the elderly population. Some doctors and experts link these …

See The New York Times story, “U.N. Cites Global Rise in Detection and Treatment of AIDS.”
According to the United Nations 2009 progress report on HIV and AIDS, several related statistics took a positive turn in …