Non-Communicable Diseases Now Afflict Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Ms. Cook stressed the NCDs receive too little attention given that they now represent the greatest global disease burden to all of humankind.
Pediatric AIDS Now An Artifact of History
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Ambassador Eric Goosby said pediatric AIDS is now an artifact of history in the United States and Europe.
US Plays Central Role in Establishing Global Fund to Fight AIDS
At a General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, Ms. Rice said thirty years after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first reported on the condition that would eventually become known as HIV. She said the world has proven that
US Remains Largest Single Donor For HIV/AIDS Initiative
Ms. Rice reported that as today, some 3.2 million people are alive because of PEPFAR and the role that it is playing in providing lifesaving treatment around the world and particularly in Africa.
25 Million People Died With AIDS-Related Illnesses in the Past 30 Years
Ms. Rice highlighted that two decades of often heroic international efforts to extend the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS have significantly alleviated the health effects of the disease. She noted that still most people living with HIV still lac
