New on PEPFAR Watch

Dr. Eric Goosby Assumes the Role of U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator
On Tuesday, June 23, 2009, Dr. Eric Goosby assumed the role of Ambassador at Large and Global AIDS Coordinator with the U.S. Department of State and will lead all U.S. international HIV/AIDS efforts.

• Press Release, Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator
  

Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator Issues Fifth Annual Report to Congress on PEPFAR

• Download "Celebrating Life: the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief"
  

Organizational Sign-On Letter Calls for New Global AIDS Coordinator
On Tuesday, December 23, more than 50 organizations submitted a statement to President-elect Obama urging him to appoint a new Global AIDS Coordinator who will embrace a broader human rights framework and public health approach needed to effectively address the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.

• Download the sign-on letter
  

Making U.S. Foreign Assistance Work for Women
On Thursday, October 16, CHANGE issued a policy paper which positions sexual and reproductive health and rights at the core of U.S. foreign assistance policy and global development efforts.  Women's rights affect every aspect of global development, from societal to economic outcomes.  Making U.S. Foreign Assistance Work comes at a critical time as experts are proposing reforms for U.S. foreign aid and just prior to a political transition that will determine the future direction of U.S. foreign policy.  The paper fills gaps in current proposals and includes recommendations for the next presidential administration.

• Download Making U.S. Foreign Assistance Work: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Human Rights as Key to Global Development
• "Candidates Must Address Global Reproductive Health in First Debate," Serra Sippel, RH Reality Check, 09/24/2008.
  
• "Achieving Global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights," Serra Sippel, ABA Magazine, Winter 2008.
  
• ABA Magazine, Winter 2008
   

CHANGE releases updated fact sheet on U.S. global AIDS policy and HIV prevention
On September 10, CHANGE released an updated fact sheet comparing the original PEPFAR law (PL 108-25) with the newly authorized PEPFAR law (PL 110-293) with respect to prevention.  The fact sheet also includes CHANGE's recommendations to reform U.S. global AIDS policy.

• Download the fact sheet
  

CHANGE releases updated policy brief examining prostitution pledge
On September 5,  CHANGE released a new policy brief examining the “prostitution pledge” which, despite the efforts of human rights and public health advocates, remains embedded in U.S. global HIV/AIDS policy today. From a human rights and public health perspective, the prostitution pledge is a failed policy. Recent court rulings raise significant doubts about the pledge’s constitutionality, and evidence demonstrates the pledge’s harmful impact on HIV prevention efforts among sex workers.

• Download the brief 
• "Perpetuating the Prostitution Pledge: Allegiance to Failure," Mary Beth Hastings, RH Reality Check, 09/15/2008.