Khai Tram

Ok, so the US bilateral AIDS assistance program, PEPFAR, didn’t win an Oscar on Sunday night, but it still deserves a round of applause. Last week, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a 678-page, congressionally-mandated report validating the life-saving initiative that we at ONE and others in the HIV/AIDS advocacy community have believed in and

Great news this week: the cost for a rapid diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) has been negotiated down to less than $10, a reduction of more than 40 percent, making it affordable for a vast number of low- and middle-income countries. This molecular diagnostic system, developed by GeneXpert, provides rapid diagnosis of TB, TB/HIV co-infection,

Today is the second-to-last day of the International AIDS Conference here in Washington, D.C., and the conference shows no signs of slowing down. Since my last update, I have attended seven sessions, two satellite events and one workshop, with scarcely enough time in between to grab a bite to eat. At some point, conference fatigue

It’s been a whirlwind 48 hours since the start of AIDS 2012, and I find myself constantly running from session to session, absorbing as much information as I can from the multitude of panels, symposia, abstracts, posters, satellite events, and workshops. (Check out the full conference programme here). Even more important is the opportunity to

A-List is a weekly feature on music and the arts from Africa on the ONE Blog. If you like what you see, let us know in the comments below and we’ll post more like it! There’s a train that comes from Namibia and Angola. There’s a train that comes from Zimbabwe and Zambia. There’s a

Q. What three-letter acronym describes a gathering of nearly 30,000 scientists, activists, policymakers and advocates working on HIV/AIDS? A. IAC This year, the International AIDS Conference (IAC) will be held in Washington, DC, from July 22 to 27. While DC hosts a lot of conferences, the return of the IAC to DC is a really

ONE is turning to its community of artists, friends, members and staff for their top picks on creative works that have enhanced their knowledge and understanding of the richness of African culture and arts. Today we have a recommendation from ONE’s Khai Tram. In 2010, I lived and studied in Cape Town for a period

They go to die. Until now. For decades, workers in South Africa’s gold and diamond mines have endured harsh working conditions, including crowded living quarters, poor safety measures, extreme temperatures, coercive labor contracts and separation from their family members. Louisiana poet and activist Clint Smith performs a chilling spoken word poem describing the South African

Have you checked out ONE’s new, interactive “1 percent” calculator on our website? Calculate how much impact your tax dollars are making through U.S. Foreign Assistance programs. Photo courtesy of the Gates Foundation: Every year, malaria kills approximately 655,000 people—mostly children under the age of five. About 90% of all malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan

Have you checked out ONE’s new, interactive “1 percent” calculator on our website? Calculate how much impact your tax dollars are making through U.S. Foreign Assistance programs. Just a few decades ago, an HIV/AIDS diagnosis used to be a death sentence. Even when highly-effective treatment was newly available, it cost upwards of $10,000 per person—a

Have you checked out ONE’s new Tax Tool on our website? It shows how much of your salary goes toward life-saving health interventions. In this post, Khai Tram from ONE’s global health policy team talks about why vaccines are an effective use of our taxpayer dollars. An estimated 7.6 million children die before their fifth