The United States President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief News and Features Archive

2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2009

• 01/12/2009—Celebrating Life: Fifth Annual Report to Congress on PEPFAR (2009):

  http://www.pepfar.gov/press/fifth_annual_report/index.htm

  (PEPFAR)

2008

• 12/19/2008—Regulation on the Organization Integrity of Entities that are Implementing Programs and Activities Under the Leadership Act:

  http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-30686.htm

  (The Office of the Federal Register)
• 12/01/2008—President Bush Announces His Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Has Fulfilled Treatment and Care Commitments
• 12/01/2008—Michel Sidibé of Mali Chosen as New Executive Director of UNAIDS
• 11/25/2008—2009 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Announces Call for Abstracts
• 11/13/2008—Fact Sheet on U.S. Imports from the People’s Republic of China
• 10/29/2008—HHS/FDA Grants Tentative Approval for 75th Generic Anti-Retroviral Drug as Part of President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:

  http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2008/ucm116974.htm

  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
• 08/08/2008—July 2008 Newsletter for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 08/08/2008—Senior U.S. Government Officials Travel to Africa to Advance Initiatives Fighting Spread of HIV/AIDS and Malaria:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2008pres/08/20080808a.html

• 07/30/2008—President Bush Signs H.R. 5501, the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008:

  http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2008/07/20080730-12.html

  (White House)
• 07/29/2008—National HIV/AIDS Report
• 07/29/2008—National Composite Policy Index Questionnaire
• 06/27/2008—Number of Generic Anti-Retrovirals Available for Use in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Reaches 70
• 05/13/2008—HHS Secretary Meets with Chinese Minister of Health, Visits Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• 04/18/2008—HHS Secretary Concludes Visit to Southeast Asia
• 04/14/2008—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Meets with Top Officials in Indonesia to Discuss Collaborative Efforts to Fight Disease
• 03/13/2008—First Lady Laura Bush Visits Emergency Plan Site in Haïti
• 02/20/2008—President Bush Announces New Global Initiative for Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases
• 02/04/2008—Fourth Annual Report to Congress on the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 01/28/2008—President Bush to Highlight His Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 2008 State of the Union; Also Announces the Dates and Countries of His Trip to Africa
• 01/28/2008—President's Emergency Plan Newsletter for January 2008 Now Available
• 01/07/2008—HHS Secretary Begins Five-Day Trip to India; Visits HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis Projects in Chennai

2007

• 12/17/2007—December 2007 Newsletter for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 12/14/2007—HHS Renews Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Republic of China on HIV/AIDS
• 12/10/2007—Call for Abstracts for Oral and Poster Presentations for 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting, in Kampala Uganda, June 3-7, 2008
• 12/07/2007—U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Director of HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Testify Before U.S. Senate
• 12/01/2007—HHS Food and Drug Administration Gives Tentative Approval to First Generic Version of Tenofovir
• 11/30/2007—President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Emphasizes the Power of Partnerships on World AIDS Day
• 11/21/2007—United Nations Agencies Release New Data on the State of the Worldwide HIV/AIDS Pandemic
• 11/19/2007—November 2007 Newsletter for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 11/16/2007—HHS Presents World AIDS Day Webinar
• 11/12/2007—Global Fund Approves Seventh Round of Grants
• 11/07/2007—U.S. Department of Homeland Security Seeks Comment on Proposed Rule to Create Blanket Waiver of HIV Restriction on Non-Immigrant Visas
• 10/31/2007—President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Launches Public-Private Partnership with Becton, Dickinson
• 10/22/2007—October 2007 Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Newsletter Now Available
• 09/28/2007—The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Newsletter for September 2007 Is Now Available
• 09/26/2007—President Bush Cites U.S. Work Against HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Pandemics in Address to the United Nations General Assembly
• 09/26/2007—U.S. Government Contribution to the Global Fund Exceeds $2.5 Billion:

  http://www.pepfar.gov/press/92775.htm

  (PEPFAR.gov)
• 09/18/2007—Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Releases Four-Year Strategy
• 09/18/2007—HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Launches Public Health Grand Rounds Webcast on Innovative Basic Care Package Provided in Uganda by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/30/2007—HHS Secretary Michael O. Leavitt and U.S. Government Officials Complete Their Four-Country African Visit in Rwanda
• 08/29/2007—Increased Funding and Innovative Strategies for Delivering Care Have Improved the Health of Thousands of Tanzanians, U.S. Delegation Finds
• 08/24/2007—Health Partnerships in Mozambique Supported by the American People Receive Visits from U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Other Senior U.S. Government Officials
• 08/23/2007—U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt and Delegation Visit Sites in Mozambique
• 08/22/2007—U.S. Officials Visit CAPRISA and the University of KwaZulu Natal in South Africa
• 08/21/2007—HHS Secretary and U.S. Delegation Visits Sites in South Africa Funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/17/2007—Global Fund Technical Support Contract under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Awarded to Management Sciences for Health
• 08/15/2007—HHS Food and Drug Administration Grants Tentative Approval for 50th and 51st Anti-Retroviral Drugs under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 08/15/2007—HHS Secretary Leavitt and Senior U.S. Government Delegation to Visit Africa
• 07/30/2007—July 2007 Newsletters for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Now Available
• 07/25/2007—HHS/NIH Clinical Trial Suggests Treating HIV-Infected Infants Early Helps Them Live Longer
• 07/23/2007—Director of HHS Office of Global Health Affairs Issues Organizational Integrity Guidance for Leadership Act Grantees
• 06/26/2007—Webcasts of Sessions from the 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Now Available
• 06/26/2007—U.S. Government Signs an Historic Agreement with the Republic of Cameroon
• 06/25/2007—HHS Hosts Web Seminar for National HIV Testing Day
• 06/18/2007— The Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Releases Two New Issue Briefs
• 06/05/2007—President Bush Announces Five-Year, $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan
• 04/19/2007—President’s Emergency Plan Contributes to a Record Number of People on Anti-Retroviral Treatment
• 04/02/2007—New Deadline for Third and Final Round of Applications under the New Partners Initiative of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 03/09/2007—Third Annual Report Released on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
• 03/07/2007—U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Testifies on President’s Emergency Plan
• 03/06/2007—HHS’ Food and Drug Administration Offers Training for National Drug Regulatory Authorities
• 02/12/2007—President Bush Unveils Unprecedented Budget for Fight Against HIV/AIDS
• 02/12/2007—President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Releases New Issue Brief on Working with Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations
• 02/12/2007—Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Announces the 2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting Will Take Place in Kigali, Rwanda
• 02/12/2007—Africa's First Large-Scale HIV Vaccine Study Launched
• 02/08/2007—Professor Michel Kazatchkine Selected as Executive Director of the Global Fund
• 02/02/2007—HHS/FDA Issues Tentative Approval of Another Version of Triple-Combination Drug to Treat HIV-1 Infection
• 01/24/2007—President Bush Outlines Future U.S. Government Efforts to Address the AIDS and Malaria Epidemics Globally
• 01/16/2007—HHS National Institutes of Health Reports that Women's Response to Anti-HIV Therapy Improves If Treatment Begins at Least Six Months After Earlier Preventive Regimen, Given During Childbirth

2006

• 12/26/2006—2007 HIV/AIDS Implementers' Meeting: Call for Abstracts
• 09/28/2006—First Lady Laura Bush Announces New Public-Private Partnership to Fund a Children's Merry-Go-Round Pump to Produce Clean Water for Millions
• 06/15/2006—"Building on Success": The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Third Annual Meeting and 2006 HIV Implementers' Meeting in Durban, South Africa, June 12-15, 2006
• 01/18/2006—HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Enrollment Halted Due to Early Results

2005

• 12/15/2005—Fogarty International Center Awards Research Training Grants to Tackle AIDS and Tuberculosis:

  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2005/fic-15.htm

  (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 12/02/2005—New Partners Initiative Launched
• 12/01/2005—President Bush Commemorates World AIDS Day
• 07/18/2005—First Lady Laura Bush Returns from Trip to Africa
• 06/13/2005—Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Exceeding Goals, Tobias Says:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2005/June/20050613171653wCyeroC0.234112.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 03/24/2005—World Tuberculosis (TB) Day:

  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5410a1.htm

  (U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• 01/25/2005—FDA Grants Tentative Approval to Generic AIDS Drug Regimen for Potential Purchase Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief:

  http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2005/NEW01152.html

  (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)

2004

• 11/18/2004—HHS Awards $10.4 Million to Fight AIDS on Three Continents:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20041118.html

• 11/16/2004—HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Tours Muhimbili Hospital
• 08/20/2004—United States Seeks to Leverage Global Disease Funding:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/August/20040820140025cmretrop0.5509607.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 07/17/2004—United States Claims Success in Clarifying AIDS Policy:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/July/20040716090355daornorahc0.2820965.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 07/01/2004—Secretary Thompson Announces Global Fund Grant to Russia:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040701.html

• 06/28/2004—U.S. Campaign Protects Thousands of Newborns from HIV Infection:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/June/20040628170842CMretroP0.5898096.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 06/23/2004—Bush Announces New Domestic, International AIDS Initiatives:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/June/20040623160725CMretroP0.2811243.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 05/16/2004—Fact Sheet: FDA Review of HIV Drugs:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2004pres/20040516a.html

• 05/06/2004—New U.S. AIDS Emergency Relief Plan Off to Strong Start:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/May/20040505163528CMretroP0.3507349.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/29/2004—U.S. Engaged in Global Battle Against Disease, Official Says:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/April/20040429155526CMretroP0.6427271.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/13/2004—USAID Announces Grants for AIDS Relief in Caribbean, Africa:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/April/20040414144444AEneerG0.2118494.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 04/06/2004—Secretary Powell Calls HIV/AIDS Mankind’s Greatest Threat:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/April/20040406165906ASrelliM0.9288904.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 03/24/2004—World TB Day—March 24, 2004:

  http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2004/niaid-24a.htm

  (U.S. National Institutes of Health)
• 02/05/2004—U.S. Health Secretary Sees Global Progress Against AIDS Epidemic:

  http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2004/February/20040206160439CMretroP5.666751e-02.html

  (U.S. Department of State)
• 01/10/2004—The Global Fund Calls for Fourth Round of Proposals:

  http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/pressreleases/?pr=pr_040110

  (Global Fund)

2003

• 12/08/2003—Secretary Thompson Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 12/01/2003—World AIDS Day 2003
• 12/01/2003—Thompson Leads Largest-Ever Delegation of Leaders to Assess HIV/AIDS Efforts and Needs in Africa:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20031126a.html

• 10/06/2003—President Bush Welcomes Kenyan President to the United States
• 07/14/2003—President Bush Returns from Successful Africa Trip
• 07/07/2003—President Bush Set to Visit Five African Countries, Focus on HIV/AIDS, Economic Development
• 01/31/2003—Secretary Thompson Elected as Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS:

  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2003pres/20030131c.html

Last revised: May 17, 2010