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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation

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Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Non-governmental organization
Involvement in UN Partnerships: Yes
If yes, explain in detail: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) • In Malawi, EGPAF works with UNAIDS in technical working groups, advocacy, and the development of training manuals and guidelines. • In the U.S., EGPAF works with UNAIDS on advocacy issues, including activities with the U.S. Congress. • EGPAF hosted a session on male involvement in PMTCT programs at the 2010 International AIDS Society conference, in which UNAIDS was a presenter United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) • In Tanzania, EGPAF receives funding from UNFPA for an operations research project to study the integration of family planning services into HIV/AIDS care and treatment services in-country. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) • Foundation experts are technical advisors to the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Team on Children affected by AIDS, which is led by UNICEF. EGPAF is a member of the PMTCT subgroup on HIV and infant feeding. •In October 2009, EGPAF partnered with UNICEF and other organizations in the roll-out of the Mother-Baby Pack (MBP) initiative, a project aimed at providing HIV-positive mothers with lifesaving medicines to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The Foundation is supporting the global implementation of the Mother-Baby Pack initiative by developing mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation, and with targeted assessments of its acceptability, feasibility, and the effects on women and on health systems. World Health Organization (WHO) • WHO is funding EGPAF to pilot a new monitoring and evaluation indicator for infant feeding in Lesotho, which will be conducted from March-October 2011. •EGPAF collaborated with WHO on two satellite sessions on infant feeding and HIV at the past two International AIDS Society conferences in 2009 and 2010. •EGPAF and WHO have also collaborated on a syphilis study in Zambia and Uganda, researching new technologies for rapid testing for syphilis as part of PMTCT in antenatal care settings. World Food Program (WFP) •In 2009, EGPAF worked with WFP in Rwanda to provide nutrition services, including counseling, nutrition education, etc. to children, women, and families receiving antiretroviral therapy at several health facilities in-country. The Foundation also collaborates with WFP in Swaziland.
Affiliation with other organizations: • Academy for Educational Development (AED) • Ariel Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation South Africa • Ariel Glaser Pediatric AIDS Healthcare Initiative • Baylor College of Medicine • Boardsource • Bridgestar • Catholic Medical Mission Board (CMMB) • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) • Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) • Columbia University – International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Program (ICAP) • Council on Foundations • Development Partners Group (Rwanda) • Direct Relief International • Ensemble pour une Solidarité Thérapeutique Hospitalière En Réseau (ESTHER) • Family Health International (FHI) • Fondation Ariel Glaser pour la Lutte Contre le SIDA Pediatrique • Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center (FXB) • Fundacao Ariel el contra a SIDA Pediatrica • Georgetown School of Nursing • George Washington University • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria • Global Health Corps • Guidestar • Harvard University • International Center for Reproductive Health (ICRH) • International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) • International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) • International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) • International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) • Johns Hopkins University • John Snow, Inc. (JSI) • Kilimanjaro Christian medical Centre (Tanzania) • Makerere University (Uganda) • Mothers2Mothers • MTN Communications (South Africa) • Partners in Hope (Malawi) • PATH • Population Council • Swaziland Nazarene Health Institutions (SNHI) • Uganda Virus Research Institute • UK Department for International Development (DFID) • University of North Carolina • University of California, Los Angeles • University of California, San Francisco • University of Swaziland • University of Zimbabwe • United States Agency for International Development (USAID) • White Ribbon Alliance • World Bank
Publications: Performance-Based Financing: A Promising Strategy to Improve HIV Service Delivery, 2010 Haba Na Haba: Spotlight On Linkage and Integration of Maternal-Child Health and HIV Services - Volume 2, Issue 1, 2010 Providing Comprehensive HIV Prevention, Care, and Treatment for Children and Adults at Primary Care Centers (Uganda), 2010 Call to Action: End of Project Report, 2002-2010, June 2010 Expert Consultation on Operations Research on PMTCT and Pediatric HIV CST, October 2010 Engaging People Living With HIV as Lay Counsellors in HIV Care and Treatment Services: Experiences in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, March 2010 Rapid Scale-up of PMTCT Service Provision Using a District Approach: The Tanzania Experience, 2009 From the Ground Up: Building Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Care Programs in Resource-Limited Settings, 2009 Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Resource-Limited Settings: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Experience, 2009
Statements or documents submitted
Commission on Sustainable Development: 		None
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