South Africa remains the HIV pandemic epicenter. CSIS’s global health policy experts argue that without aggressive action to reduce new infections, the HIV toll will continue for generations and that renewed commitment is needed.

Despite being among the poorest countries in the world, Malawi is approaching its HIV treatment targets, and the possibility of controlling the epidemic is within reach.

U.S. leadership through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has driven remarkable progress in curbing the global AIDS epidemic, raising the possibility of epidemic control2 in 10 African countries by 2020.

Zambia is a lower-middle-income country struggling with critical health challenges, including high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality, malnutrition, cervical cancer, and a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic that disproportionately affects adolescent girls and young women.

This report examines the U.S. strategy for women’s and family health in Senegal at the community, facility, and national levels, including U.S. financing mechanisms designed to increase Senegal’s capacity and quality of services.

Voluntary family planning is one of the most transformative interventions in global health, critical to improving women’s health and to saving the lives of women and children in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities.

The data are stark and incontrovertible: In eastern and southern Africa, girls account for 80 percent of all new HIV infections among adolescents, and HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death for girls aged 15–19.