U.S. PEPFAR Program Helps Millions with AIDS in Africa
Effort larger than the Marshall Plan, says PEPFAR head
 

By Jim Fisher-Thompson
Staff Writer
Washington — A U.S. program that supports millions of HIV/AIDS sufferers in Africa through critical drug therapy has “impacted more people and taken them away from certain death than any other health program,” says Dr. Eric Goosby, U.S. global AIDS coordinator and administrator of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Speaking ahead of the December 1 World AIDS Day, Goosby told America.gov that more than 2.5 million people with the AIDS virus in a dozen African nations are now alive, thanks to life-saving anti-retroviral drugs provided by the PEPFAR program.  [more]

Millennium Challenge Corporation Releases Malawi Policy Performance Scorecard

Lilongwe, Malawi - Today, the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) released the Fiscal Year 2010 policy performance scores for 86 countries, including Malawi.  MCC scorecards, which are released annually, set forth countries’ scores on 17 independent policy indicators in three categories—Ruling Justly, Investing in People, and Economic Freedom.  Success in these areas is critical in determining whether a country is eligible for a large-scale MCC grant, known as a compact.  MCC considers whether a country performs above the median in its income peer group on at least half of the indicators in each of the three policy categories and above the median on the control of on indicator.  [more]

U.S. Mission to African Union Shows Commitment to Africa

Interview with U.S. Ambassador Michael Battle

Washington — The United States was the first major non-African country to appoint a full-time ambassador to the African Union (AU), and that shows the importance the people of the United States attach to their partnership with the people of Africa, says the U.S. ambassador to the African Union, Michael Battle.
In an October 26 interview with America.gov, Battle said the United States Mission to the African Union is “very significant” for two reasons. First, it demonstrates that the U.S. government sees the African Union as being critically important to the development of its policy toward the African continent.  [more]

Ambassador Bodde Launches School Desk Project

United States Ambassador to Malawi Peter W. Bodde has launched a Self-Help Project at Phalula Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) in Balaka District.  The project aims to improve education quality through the provision of desks that will help to motivate pupils to remain in school and concentrate on their studies.  [more]

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