[…] In Irkutsk, Orenburg and Ivanovo, programs funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development are training regional planners to evaluate HIV/AIDS intervention methods. As a result, these regions have boosted resources for prevention efforts.
On May 27, managers from multinational corporations working in Russia, including Chevron and Eli Lilly, met in Moscow to see what additional roles they could play in preventing the disease.

[…] Hallmark Cards, the world's largest greeting card company, has partnered with rock star Bono and activist lawyer Bobby Shriver to raise funds to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa. In joining the (Product) Red campaign, which features collections of cause-oriented products also identified as “Red,” Kansas City, Missouri-based Hallmark in October 2007 embarked on the company's largest social-impact initiative in its history.

[…] Fifteen years ago, a young specialist in pediatric infectious diseases watched, and mourned, as the number of infants born infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), skyrocketed. But now, Dr. Shaffiq Essajee works with health care providers and health officials in more than 20 countries to bring new drugs to children and families suffering the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

[…] President Bush: “When I took office, an HIV diagnosis was usually a death sentence.” Text on screen: We will have the technology we’ve been missing. President Bush: “Parents watched their babies die needlessly because local clinics lacked effective treatments.” Text on screen: One day we will have the resources to make a difference. President Bush: “This modern-day plague robbed countries of the hope of progress.” Text on screen: One day you will have the power to save lives.

[…] When the program first was announced in 2003, it was estimated that only 50,000 people in sub-Saharan Africa were receiving treatment for HIV/AIDS. As of September 30, 2007, approximately 1,445,500 men, women and children are receiving life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, including 1,358,500 in the 15 focus countries.

[…] I want to start by thanking Ambassador Mark Dybul, who is the Global AIDS Coordinator. His job is to make sure that America's great compassion is effective and widespread; that the goals we have set are met. And I -- Mr. Ambassador, you're doing a fine job and I want to thank you very much for serving. I also want to thank Pastor Dennis Yocum, the pastor of this church. Dennis, I want to thank you for your hospitality -- it's not easy to host the President and all those who follow the President.

[…] Today, President and Mrs. Bush will mark World AIDS Day 2007 by participating in a faith-based roundtable discussion at Calvary United Methodist Church in Mount Airy, Maryland. This World AIDS Day, the U.S. Government is highlighting the important role of faith- and community-based organizations in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. The President and Mrs. Bush will discuss the global response to HIV/AIDS with U.S.

[…] Recognizing that HIV/AIDS is a global health crisis requiring immediate action, President George W. Bush and a bipartisan Congress launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, the largest public health initiative ever undertaken against a single disease. PEPFAR supports concerned and active citizens in nations affected by HIV/AIDS as they lead their own fight against HIV/AIDS.

[…] On the eve of World AIDS Day, President Bush renewed his pledge to fight the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. “The pandemic of HIV/AIDS can be defeated,” he said November 30, through international cooperative efforts such as his President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). “We continue to fund research and develop new methods of treatment and prevention,” he said, referring to PEPFAR’s five-year, $15 billion commitment to fight the disease.

[…] A public-private collaboration between the U.S. government’s global AIDS program and a New Jersey medical device company, launched October 31, aims to improve laboratory systems and services in eight African countries most severely affected by HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB). Accurate diagnosis is essential for treating and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, TB and other diseases, but laboratories in developing countries often lack resources, qualified health workers and access to training for laboratory technicians.

[…] "Coming to the health facility with my wife will help us know of our HIV status, and thereafter plan our future together," he said. At this U.S.-supported health center, nearly 70 women are tested and counseled each month, and three out of four women come with their husbands.

Before President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was launched in 2003, Chembe had no such services.
Similar developments are reported in 12 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, where the PEPFAR initiative is concentrated.

[…] Swan also praised Museveni for being “very active” in consulting with other key leaders within the Great Lakes region, “most recently at a summit meeting with President Joseph Kabila in Tanzania in September,” during which the leaders discussed a number of issues, including a peaceful resolution of some disputed border areas, as well as the need to consult on how to address the problem of disruptive forces that continue to operate in Eastern Congo.

[…] With 650 employees across the African continent and another 60,000 employed by independent bottling companies licensed to use its trademark, Coca-Cola has long been committed to educating its workers about HIV/AIDS. But, according to David Brown, director of employee relations for the Atlanta soft drink company, stigma keeps some HIV-infected employees from coming forward to accept free anti-retroviral treatment or counseling. “This is not a Coca-Cola issue only,” he said, “but an Africa-wide issue.” In fact, he said, experts are unlikely to report progress on erasing that stigma.

[…] ...PEPFAR is "connecting the dots of international development" by increasingly linking its programs with other development initiatives that are having a real impact in countries and communities. These include the President’s Malaria Initiative, to increase the impact on public health and reach more at-risk populations; the African Education Initiative, to improve educational opportunities for Africa’s children; U.S.-supported food aid programs, to bolster nutrition among those with AIDS; and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, to promote sustainable economic growth.

[…] Thanks to the Bush administration’s fight against HIV-AIDS worldwide, people who thought they were dying of the disease are finding they have a second chance at life. First lady Laura Bush, speaking at the National Press Club July 25, marveled at “the Lazarus effect” she saw during her most recent trip to Africa. (Lazarus, according to a story in the Christian Bible, after having been dead and entombed for several days, was raised to life by Jesus Christ.)

[…] An international group of scientists contributed to a study that has found genetic reasons for the natural resistance of a small percentage of the population to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The researchers, led by David Goldstein, professor of molecular genetics and microbiology at Duke University in North Carolina, expect their findings to help in the search for AIDS treatments, and an HIV vaccine that would work by boosting the effects of apparently protective genes.

[…] In 2006, the concept of an HIV testing day went international when the United Nations General Assembly passed by consensus a decision urging countries to hold a national HIV/AIDS testing day during 2007. The U.S. delegation to that meeting was led by Laura Bush, who urged that increased testing and counseling be made available to more people the world over.