Tessa Dufresne

Bloomberg: AIDS Sufferers Seen Hurt in Pacific Trade Pact Limits – AIDS activists in developing countries are concerned that the Pacific Trade Pact, being negotiated by nine Pacific-region nations including the U.S., could hinder access to cheap generic medication to protect patented pharmaceuticals, which would raise HIV/AIDS treatment costs. (Brian Wingfield) VOA: US Begins Transfer

Boston Review: The White Correspondent’s Burden – When viewing Western coverage of Africa, the articles are often oversimplified, the subjects recurring, the headlines the same. But, “Congo, like America, is very many things, all at the same time … Why would a foreign country be any less complex than our own?” Africa is more than

For the past few months, we’ve been collecting signatures from US ONE members for our Beginning of the End of AIDS petition. More than 176,000 advocates like you signed our petition to protect US funding for AIDS-fighting programs like PEPFAR and the Global Fund. And this week, we delivered them to Congress, just at the

Washington Post: Opinion: An opportunity to end the AIDS pandemic – The puzzle is coming together in the fight against AIDS, said the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the NIH. “What stands out in my mind from (the IAC) is that interventions previously proved to work in controlled clinical

Devex: Lessons from B(R)ICS: An effective and scaled-up AIDS response – One of the major debates at the International AIDS Conference is the BRICS place in the global AIDS response – each of which have already “been able to make significant gains in the fight against HIV and AIDS.” Health officials said in order to

AP: Study of anti-AIDS vaginal ring begins in Africa – In African regions with extreme numbers of HIV infection, 60 percent of sufferers are women. To combat that truth, U.S. scientists announced Tuesday African women can participate in a study for an anti-AIDS vaginal ring – research that leads “the next generation of women-focused prevention

ABC News: Big Names Call for More AIDS Funds – Turning the tide toward an AIDS-free generation will take more than increased funding and research – both of which were called for at the IAC Monday – but also a renewed outlook internationally. “The AIDS epidemic is not fueled by the virus,” musician Elton John

Washington Post: Opinion: The found generation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic – As the International AIDS Conference commences, “the news on HIV/AIDS is not all encouraging.” While there is still work to be done, 8 million people in lower-income countries are receiving AIDS treatment – “a lost generation, unexpectedly returned” – and further promises are approaching.

CNN: Too many mothers still dying – The annual number of maternal deaths worldwide has been cut nearly in half over the past two decades, yet there is a pressing need to reduce the number further. Still, about 800 women die in pregnancy from easily preventable complications, and 36 of the 40 countries with the

Washington Post: In Niger, hunger crisis raises fears of more child marriages – As the famine crisis grips the Sahel region, Niger – with the world’s highest rate of child marriage and fertility – could see a surge in young marriages, as parents trade their daughters for money to survive. However, experts predict that Africa

New York Times: Opinion: Doughnuts Defeating Poverty – “After recent financial crises, plenty of Americans love to hate banks, but many of the world’s poor don’t have that luxury,” which sometimes leads to misuse. Village savings group, supported by international aid organizations, could be the solution. For one African family, the group helped them save