What’s New? News and events from our network

Ashton Josephs for the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS

To Read

  • Catherine Connor, Vice President, Public Policy and Advocacy at Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and Co-Chair of the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS has recently given an outstanding testimony in the April PEPFAR hearing. You can read this here.
  • Read the new Health Policy analysis, on What does it take to end AIDS? Building a runway of sustainability for PEPFAR programmes, published in The Lancet. This article is co-authored by two Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS members; Professor Lucie Cluver from the University of Oxford and Professor Lorraine Sherr from University College London. You can also share a social media toolkit produced by the Coalition with your networks. Both the article and toolkit can be found here.
  • The Health ImPACT Coalition has produced a draft outcome document for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development to remind decision-makers why global health financing matters. Read this draft statement here.
  • UNAIDS has created a special and regularly updated page on their website to share the information related to the impact of the pause, review and termination of US financial support for the global AIDS response.
  • Read Now: Philanthropy’s Response to HIV and AIDS. Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) has published its 22nd annual report.
  • Elevate Children Funder’s Group, World Childhood Foundation, UBS Optimus Foundation, Citizens for Change and Railway Children recently held an action-driven conversation on reshaping care reform by centring young voices and mobilising funding for lasting change. This important was framed on ground-breaking research you can read here.
  • Read PATA’s statement on Shifts in US foreign policy and declining global funding hits those on the frontline the hardest by Luann Hatane, Director at Paediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa and Co-Chair of the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS.

Events

  • Join the first of the Global Fund Advocates Network new webinar series on 5 May: Breaking Down Innovative Financing Tools: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Register here.
  • Funders Concerned About AIDS is hosting a virtual webinar on 14 May to mark the launch of their 22nd Annual report, taking a deep dive into financial resource tracking. Register here.
  • Register now for the Global Fund Advocates Network Virtual Fireside Chat on 16 May: Global Health “UNAIDS and communities under attack: the impact of financial restrictions and censorship. Register here.

Add your voice!
Please share any updates you would like to see in the Coalition for Children Affected by AIDS ‘What’s New?’ feature by contacting Ashton, Communications Adviser. Email: ashton.josephs@childrenandhiv.org