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== PEPFAR's African Safaris == | == PEPFAR's African Safaris == | ||
From a blog.AIDS.gov entry by Jeffrey S. Crowley, {{MPH}}, Director, Office of National AIDS Policy dated 26 May 2011:<ref>{{REFweb | From a blog.AIDS.gov entry by Jeffrey S. Crowley, {{MPH}}, Director, Office of National [[AIDS]] Policy dated 26 May 2011:<ref>{{REFweb | ||
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The United States Ambassador to Swaziland, the Honorable Earl Irving, was an incredible host. I attended a large reception at the Ambassador’s residence with the Honorable Minister of Health, Benedict Xaba and other Swazi leaders working on [[HIV]], as well as representatives from PEPFAR, Peace Corps, CDC, USAID, DoD, and private American institutions, including Columbia University’s International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) project. Another evening, the Ambassador hosted a dinner with leaders from the Swazi Cabinet, the Ministry of Health and the national AIDS commission. I participated in a handover ceremony where the Ambassador ceremoniously transferred nine vehicles from PEPFAR to the government of Swaziland that will support their [[HIV]] work in the field. Through this event I also had the opportunity to meet His Excellency the Right Honorable Prime Minister of Swaziland. | The United States Ambassador to Swaziland, the Honorable Earl Irving, was an incredible host. I attended a large reception at the Ambassador’s residence with the Honorable Minister of Health, Benedict Xaba and other Swazi leaders working on [[HIV]], as well as representatives from PEPFAR, Peace Corps, CDC, USAID, DoD, and private American institutions, including Columbia University’s International Center for [[AIDS]] Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) project. Another evening, the Ambassador hosted a dinner with leaders from the Swazi Cabinet, the Ministry of Health and the national [[AIDS]] commission. I participated in a handover ceremony where the Ambassador ceremoniously transferred nine vehicles from PEPFAR to the government of Swaziland that will support their [[HIV]] work in the field. Through this event I also had the opportunity to meet His Excellency the Right Honorable Prime Minister of Swaziland. | ||
A major focus of PEPFAR’s work is to assist the Swazi government’s plan to scale up adult male circumcision. This lowers the risk that men will acquire [[HIV]] infection and research models indicate that if the country can get up to 80% of its adult men circumcised, they could observe a substantial decline in [[HIV]] transmission. I visited one of several mobile sites that enabled Swaziland and PEPFAR to quickly expand access to circumcision. | A major focus of PEPFAR’s work is to assist the Swazi government’s plan to scale up adult male circumcision. This lowers the risk that men will acquire [[HIV]] infection and research models indicate that if the country can get up to 80% of its adult men circumcised, they could observe a substantial decline in [[HIV]] transmission. I visited one of several mobile sites that enabled Swaziland and PEPFAR to quickly expand access to circumcision. | ||