Here I am a couple days late and more than a few dollars short. But, better late than never, right? OK - done with the cliches (actually, I have more . . .!) Seriously, I was delighted to see that Georgetown University focused their MLK Day tribute on the AIDS pandemic in Africa.

"The world still needs [King's] dream and we must continue to live the dream," Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia said at the university's annual Let Freedom Ring program in the Concert Hall at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing... more

The "Organization of African First Ladies Against AIDS" (OAFLA)'s 'Save the Unborn Child First Ladies Campaign' has finally been launched.

The campaign has been launched in all the 50 OAFLA African members countries.

This campaign is aimed at preventing the unborn child from the Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of the HIV/AIDS.

Zambia's First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa, who is OAFLA president, launched the campaign in Kitwe on Tuesday, January 9 with an emphasis "to attack the HIV/AIDS with the same viciousness with... more

Is there a little sugar-coating going on? From CCNMatthews, a Canadian news service, is a UNICEF press release today. Strange juxtaposition after the previous post on ARVs not making it to the children of Zambia. Is there really much to be excited about?

In the press release, UNICEF reports that there are positive signs of progress and momentum in the global response to children and AIDS and indicates that some countries have achieved breakthroughs, particularly in preventing HIV transmission... more

A shortage of pediatric testing kits and specialised medical staff in Zambia is causing delays in rolling out antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for children infected with HIV/AIDS.

Despite the National AIDS Council (NAC) having enough ARV medication to treat about 19,000 children, only about 5,000 are able to access the drugs.

An estimated 1.6 million Zambians are living with HIV - about 17 percent of the adult population - but only about 75,000 have access to ARVs, and even with the low penetration of the rollout so far, analysts say the programme... more