Blog Entries by Matthew Kavanagh
Hope that Obama Will Lead on AIDS and Poverty, But ...
The other night as I wandered through Washington, DC I was so inspired that the people of my city were literally dancing in the streets at the election of Obama. I got congratulatory text messages on election night from South Africa. I had to cancel a conference call with colleagues...
At Key AIDS Moment: Where's Obama? Clinton? McCain?
Posted February 28, 2008 | 04:39 PM (EST)
The fight against AIDS got a healthy boost Wednesday when the House passed a big new bill out of committee -- increasing funding for AIDS, TB and malaria to $50 billion and beginning to fix a lot of what doesn't work in the Bush AIDS plan. If it makes its...
No Sex, No Drugs: A Very Bad Week for the Fight Against AIDS
Posted June 11, 2007 | 04:18 PM (EST)
The last two weeks have been pretty terrible for those of us who care deeply about the struggle to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Somewhere around 55,000 people died in the last week from AIDS and many more than that were infected with HIV -- tragedies we know how to stop....
Bush On AIDS: Smoke and Mirrors, and Broken Promises
Posted June 4, 2007 | 02:21 PM (EST)
"Bush Seeks to Double Spending for AIDS Program" blared the headlines this week. "President Bush should be commended," trumpeted one development organization, for his "vital leadership."
Great... except that Bush's plan ISN'T going to double funding and his press conference was essentially called to spin major broken promises...
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Posted November 10, 2008 | 04:41 PM (EST)