Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation

Why I Joined a Mother's Fight to End Pediatric AIDS

Wendy Davis | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Women's Health, Children With Hiv, Pediatric Aids, Maternal Health, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Children's Health, Children With HIV/AIDS, Fighting Pediatric AIDS, Pediatric-Aids-Prevention, Army Wives Wendy Davis, Army Wives, Impact News

HIV and children is still very much an issue we need to pay attention to. And as a generation of HIV-positive children grows into adolescence and adulthood, they still have a lot to teach us.

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A Mother's Heartbreaking Story About Pediatric AIDS

Suzan Stirling | Posted 05.23.2012

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I'll never forget the phone call that saved my children's lives. It was a new doctor. She was quick to the point. She said, "Something in your son's blood work warrants an AIDS test. I suggest your whole family be tested."

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Facing HIV in Uganda and the United States

Josephine Nabukenya | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, Friendship, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Impact News

When you're a kid, a lot of times you feel alone. That feeling is multiplied when you grow up with HIV. But then you find someone who has been through what you've been through, and it makes you feel better.

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Dancing the Day (And Night) Away to Fight Pediatric HIV/AIDS

Lesley Girkins | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Bruin Dance Marathon, Dance Marathon, Pediatric Aids, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, La Impact, Slidewide, Global Motherhood, Los Angeles News

At the end of the night, everyone was more educated about the cause, and felt inspired to stay involved with the fight against pediatric AIDS. Involvement of this magnitude proves that this community cares.

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Dancing for an AIDS-Free Generation

Josephine Nabukenya | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Pediatric Aids, Dance Marathon, Fundraising, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, La Impact, Slidewide, Global Motherhood, Los Angeles News

My participation in the Dance Marathon at UCLA was life-changing. In a room full of American students my age, I was able to see that regardless of where we come from, we are all passionate about saving lives.

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Getting Louder in the Call for an AIDS-Free Generation

Chip Lyons | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: AIDS Prevention, HIV Babies, Pepfar, Aids, Pmtct, Hiv, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, AIDS in Africa, HIV Mothers, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Aids Speech, Impact News

The fact that an HIV-positive woman can have an HIV-negative baby is one of the greatest but least known success stories in the 30-year fight against AIDS.

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A World Where No Child Is Born With HIV

Anu Gupta | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Johnson and Johnson, Pepfar, Children With Hiv, Aids, Unaids, Mothers2mothers, Pediatric Aids, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Video, Impact News

A baby is born with HIV every 90 seconds and half of all children with the virus die before age 2. This is simply unacceptable, especially when we have the knowledge and ability for every mother with HIV to have a healthy baby.

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PHOTOS: UCLA Hosts Dance-A-Thon To Fight Pediatric HIV/AIDS

The Huffington Post | Nicole Larson | Posted 05.25.2011

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UCLA hosted its tenth annual Dance Marathon Benefit over the weekend, raising $410,530.68 in the fight against global pediatric HIV/AIDS. The proceeds...

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A Time For Heroes: 21st Annual Celebrity Picnic Benefits Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Celebs came out in full force this past Sunday to support the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, an organization that has led the charge to e...

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At Kawolo Hospital

Alexander Vreeland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Uganda, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Impact News

The stories and medical realities in some poor African Hospitals today are not so different from my first experiences in the Pediatric AIDS clinics at New York Hospital and Bellevue Hospital in the late 1980s.

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A Generation Free of HIV

Nigel Barker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Every year, nearly 370,000 children worldwide are infected with HIV. The numbers are staggering -- but it doesn't have to be this way.

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LA Families Send A Message Of Hope

Willow Bay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Uganda, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, World AIDS Day, Los Angeles News

Since the 1990s, I have supported the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. While we've virtually eliminated new cases of HIV in infants in the United States, globally the need is still great.

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Women Unite to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals

Pamela W. Barnes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Important Dinner for Women, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Video, Healthy Living News

As the CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I was honored to attend the Important Dinner for Women last night in New York City.

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Celebs And Kids At Charity Event: Ashlee, Sharon Stone, Wahlberg, Miley & More (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Katy Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

The six-month-old Simpson-Wentz child and his parents, Sharon Stone, Denise Richards, Selena Gomez, Mark Wahlberg and a smattering of reality televisi...

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So You Think You Can Dance... For 26 Hours?

Levi Felix | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hiv, Pediatric, Marathon, Ucla, Ackerman, Causecast, Dance, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Aids, 2009, Causes, Nonprofits, Healthy Living News

"Dance Marathon places students at the forefront of social change, illustrating that this generation will not simply sit back and watch injustice unfold."

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Leading the Way Toward a Generation Free of HIV

Pamela W. Barnes | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Awareness, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Health, Aids in Children, World AIDS Day, Healthy Living News

As president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I've visited the countries hardest hit by HIV/AIDS and I've seen that success is possible.

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AIDS Walk Africa: The Journey of a Lifetime

Pamela W. Barnes | Posted 11.17.2011

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I'll never forget the last afternoon of AIDS Walk Africa 2007 in Tanzania.

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Pediatric AIDS Camp: My Favorite Week Of The Year

Willie Salmond | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Giving Life, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Ariel Children's Camp, Healthy Living News

The only sound I could hear under the forest shade was the creaking of branches in a copse of bamboo. The wind was gentle, blowing in from Lake Victor...

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