Text: USAID Awards HIV/AIDS Grants to Local Organizations in 20 Countries Community-based organizations seen as key to prevention, patient care U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios announced February 19 that 29 community organizations in 20 nations have been selected to rece
Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee February 13, Andrew Natsios, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, laid out USAID s strategy for battling HIV/AIDS, a disease which most often strikes the youth of a country, and has decimated much of the young populations of sub-Saharan
Washington -- Botswana s health minister, Joy Phumaphi, met with Secretary of State Colin Powell during a recent trip to the United States for what she later described as an excellent discussion that centered on the importance of combating the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Phumaphi, who was on an official weeklong visit to Americ
Mutombo helps to build awareness on drug abuse and HIV/AIDS link National Basketball Association (NBA) player Dikembe Mutombo is featured in a new disease awareness media campaign sponsored by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS and the U.N. Office of Drug Control and Crime Prevention (UNODCCP). Mutombo, a nat