Pamela Barnes on Creating an HIV-Free Generation

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center hosted Pamela W. Barnes, President and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, to speak about creating a generation free of HIV through the dramatic scale-up of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programs in Africa. She reviewed the substantial progress already made, the enduring obstacles that remain, and the critical elements of a 3 to 5 year vision for bringing PMTCT to a national scale in key African settings. She also discussed the creative partnerships and integration of global health efforts that are essential for success in light of the worsening economic crisis.