PEPFAR Approves 2017 Budget to Support South Africa’s Fight Against HIV/AIDS and TB Media Advisory: May 5, 2017 On April 25, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, Ambassador Deborah Birx, approved PEPFAR’s $483 million Country Operational Plan 2017 (COP2017) budget for South Africa, an increase over 2016. The COP2017 budget ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 5 May, 2017 | Categories:
Africa, News, PEPFAR, Press Releases, U.S. & South Africa, U.S. Agencies
| Tags: HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR, South African National Department of Health, TB, Tuberculosis, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Media Advisory | July 11, 2016 PEPFAR Investing More Than $410 Million Towards an AIDS-Free Generation in South Africa The U.S. government, through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), has approved 2016 Country Operational Plan (COP16) programming and funding of $410 million (R 5.7 billion) towards the goal of achieving an AIDS-free generation ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 11 July, 2016 | Categories:
News, PEPFAR, Press Releases
| Tags: AIDS-Free Generation, DREAMS, HIV/AIDS, PEPFAR
In South Africa, every week 2,400 adolescent girls and young women are infected with HIV, the highest rate in sub-Saharan Africa. The United States government, through PEPFAR (U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), and the South African government have come together to try and stem this scourge through the DREAMS initiative. The goal of ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 1 December, 2015 | Categories:
News
| Tags: Aaron Motsoaledi, Deborah Birx, DREAMS, Ekurhuleni, HIV/AIDS, Luiz Loures, Mapaseka Steve Letsike, Patrick Gaspard, PEPFAR
To mark the UN International Day of the Girl in October, Consul General Frances Chisholm visited female students at uMkhumbane Secondary School in Chesterville. More than fifty girls are part of a peer educator program supported by U.S.
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Community Grants recipient Hope2Educate. This organization works to reduce the number of young teens engaged in sexual ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 4 November, 2015 | Categories:
Africa, Durban, Events, News, PEPFAR
| Tags: Community Grants, HIV/AIDS, Hope2Educate, PEPFAR, UN
U.S. Consul General Frances Chisholm joined KwaZulu-Natal‘s Member of the Executive Council for Health, Dr. Sbongiseni Dhlomo and Dr. Albertina Luthuli to participate in the Rotary Family Health Day Campaign at the
Luthuli Museum in Groutville on October 7. The community received free TB screening, testing and counselling for HIV, vitamin A supplements, and healthy lifestyle information. The program also provided ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 7 October, 2015 | Categories:
Africa, Durban, Events, News, PEPFAR
| Tags: Durban, health issues, HIV/AIDS, Luthuli, PEPFAR
Consul General Frances Chisholm hosted a luncheon for 2015 Mandela Washington Fellows from the province of KwaZulu Natal on September 15. These dynamic young leaders recently completed an eight-week exchange visit to the United States under the auspices of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). The 2014 Fellows were also on hand to share their experiences ...
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By U.S. Mission South Africa | 1 October, 2015 | Categories:
Alumni, Consul General, Consular Affairs, Scholarships and Exchanges
| Tags: 2014 Fellows, health issues, HIV/AIDS, YALI
