Earlier today at the #AIDS2024 plenary session Atul Gawande (Atul Gawande) of USAID emphasised the need to continue improving paediatric #HIV services, finding the missing children living with HIV and rolling out the new single-pill / fixed-dose combination medicine paediatric

Live from #AIDS2024 🔊: Atul Gawande of USAID helps breaks down why decolonizing public health is essential in ending the epidemic and how it plays an important role in HIV vaccine research.

A highlight of #AIDS2024 was my conversation w/ advocates—our critical partners shaping the policies and priorities of the global HIV response. We talked about products to prevent HIV, providing access thru primary health care, and other ways to grow access and #PutPeopleFirst.

Katie Simon, Medical Director for the Tingathe Program, shares how Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation in Malawi works to #PutPeopleFirst through investing in health workers and empowering advocates to help patients navigate their care. #AIDS2024

“Through both our contributions to the Pandemic Fund as well as the US Government’s own substantial bilateral investment…we are helping lay the foundation for a stronger global health security architecture” - Atul Gawande x.com/pandemic_fund/…

Today, I announced the U.S. is pledging up to $667 million to support the The Pandemic Fund through 2026. This investment will help the world prevent and respond to the next pandemic — protecting Americans and others globally.

Contributions to the The Pandemic Fund, as well as the United States’ investments in global health security in more than 50 countries, are helping build a world better prepared for future pandemics.

The #AIDS2024 theme is #PutPeopleFirst. We sat down with Rye Manuzon, Executive Director for USAID partner PANTAY #Equality4All, to understand how PANTAY’s HIV work in the Philippines puts people first.

The cognitive, health, & economic benefits of breastfeeding are well-evidenced, yet only 44% of children under 6 mo. old worldwide are exclusively breastfed. #WorldBreastfeedingWeek  Explore USAID’s breastfeeding fact sheet, available in French & Spanish: usaid.gov/global-health/…

During the lead crisis in Flint, Michigan, 1 in 20 kids had elevated levels of lead in their blood. In low income countries today, that number is closer to 1 in 2 kids. USAID is working with our partners to make a lead-free future a reality for the next generation.

Today, World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern for mpox across various parts of Africa.  USAID joins World Health Organization (WHO)'s calls to collectively work together to respond to this deadly outbreak by investing in more resources and protecting those most vulnerable.

After decades without major advances, we now have a steady stream of innovations to stop TB—the number one infectious disease killer globally. Now, the world must commit to deploying them. My column in today's The New York Times: nytimes.com/2024/08/16/opi…

Great piece by Atul Gawande on TB and the big opportunity we have--and must take. nytimes.com/2024/08/16/opi…

New innovations for diagnosing, treating, and preventing the world's #1 infectious disease killer—tuberculosis—are available. But as Atul Gawande put it: that won’t matter unless the world commits to deploying them. Great read from him in @NYTimes today nytimes.com/2024/08/16/opi…

Just published 📢 a new piece from Atul Gawande, assistant administrator for global health at USAID, on how new tools to fight #tuberculosis are available, "but they won’t matter unless the world commits to deploying them." Read more ⬇️ nytimes.com/2024/08/16/opi… #endTB

.Atul Gawande's piece in the The New York Times offers a hopeful outlook on combating TB, but the fight is far from over. We must continue to push for stronger efforts in researching, treating, and preventing TB, and bringing awareness to this fight! Read more: nyti.ms/4dphVJP

Thank you to YOU and World Health Organization (WHO) for your work to end TB globally.

Africa is home to 94% of the world’s malaria cases but only produces a fraction of the supplies needed to test for and treat malaria. To help bring supplies closer to where they're needed most, U.S. President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) is doubling down on their commitment to localization.

Thank you Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus -- and thank you World Health Organization (WHO) for declaring the Public Health Emergency for #mpox and for your critical coordination of the global response.

During my trip to India, I visited Indore and was blown away by the advances in primary health care. Central to this are community health workers like Rashmi who play a critical role in providing health services to communities in remote or hard-to-reach areas.