CDC Around the World: HIV in Malawi

CDC Around the World: HIV in Malawi

IN THIS MESSAGE:	PHOTO OF THE WEEK CDC and partners are working with Malawi to gain control over HIV. View full-sized photo
Spotlighted Topic of the Week: HIV in Malawi
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Spotlighted Topic of the Week: HIV in Malawi

Blog of the Week 2014: A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR THE HIV RESPONSE IN MALAWI

The appointment of Dr. Deborah Birx as the new Global AIDS Coordinator in May 2014 heralded an enormous change in the PEPFAR world:  Within the span of a few weeks, the focus changed from the newly-cemented PEPFAR vocabulary around ‘sustainability’ and ‘country ownership’ to language more targeted at maximizing resources for ‘epidemic control’.  As Dr. Birx said at the PEPFAR Annual meeting in Durban in June 2014, “We cannot sustain an uncontrolled epidemic”...read blog

Infographic of the Week

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Video of the Week

MEDICAL MOTORBIKE COURIERS BATTLE HIV Almost a million people in Malawi live with HIV; AIDS is the leading cause of death amongst adults in the country.  watch video

Story of the Week

ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION (EGPAF) EGPAF has been working in Malawi to reduce the rising number of HIV infections—using motorcycle couriers. Malawi currently has no national laboratory sample transportation network, and it is up to districts to organize the transportation of samples…read story

CDC Ebola Updates

More resources on the CDC Ebola website >>

Latest Outbreak Info
The World Health Organization has reported 21,832 cases of Ebola and 8,690 deaths worldwide…read more

Q & A on Ebola

Recommendations about International Travel for Education Purposes and the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

In the News

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On the Calendar

February 4: World Cancer DayMarch 3: World Birth Defects Day