A Quiet Exodus: Funders Exit HIV Giving Even as Equity Gaps Grow

A Quiet Exodus: Funders Exit HIV Giving Even as Equity Gaps Grow

For World AIDS Day, guest authors Athena Cross, Carl Baloney and Jesse Milan Jr. call attention to diminishing HIV-related philanthropic support, despite prevailing racial equity gaps in diagnoses and treatment.

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A Local Foundation, a Little-Known College, and a Potential HIV and Cancer Breakthrough

A Local Foundation, a Little-Known College, and a Potential HIV and Cancer Breakthrough

The Engelstad Foundation supported Touro University Nevada's lone biomedical lab when few other funders would. A recent discovery there could lead to new treatments for HIV, and even cancer, Alzheimer’s and more.

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Gates Remains Among the Few in Philanthropy to Drive Research for an HIV Vaccine

Gates Remains Among the Few in Philanthropy to Drive Research for an HIV Vaccine

Philanthropy makes up only a small fraction of spending on research and support for people with HIV, still a major threat around the world. In the push for a vaccine, Gates and Gilead are leading the pack.

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Two Longstanding Partners Seed a New Fund to Stem the Rise of HIV Transmission

Two Longstanding Partners Seed a New Fund to Stem the Rise of HIV Transmission

To bolster the world’s flagging campaign to halt HIV transmission, two funds have joined forces on a new effort to support the delivery of preventative medicine in up to five African countries.

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Nine Questions for Clarisse Machanguana, Former WNBA Player

Nine Questions for Clarisse Machanguana, Former WNBA Player

We sit down with former WNBA player Clarisse Machanguana, Mozambique’s most storied basketball player. She talks about going back home to start a foundation focused on girls and youth, and why she’s back in the U.S.

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Five Lessons on Global North-Global South Partnerships: A Blueprint for Reciprocity in Research

Five Lessons on Global North-Global South Partnerships: A Blueprint for Reciprocity in Research

Can funders back research conducted by Global North institutions in the Global South without becoming extractive? Guest contributor Terry McGovern gives us five ways that work can take place more equitably.

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Hot Zone: How a Drugmaker is Taking on HIV/AIDS in the South

Hot Zone: How a Drugmaker is Taking on HIV/AIDS in the South

Gilead Sciences is a leading player in HIV/AIDS funding in the U.S. South, with a major grantmaking program aimed at tackling an epidemic that’s still raging in this part of the country. Where’s the money going?

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With South Florida a New Epicenter for HIV, a Global Funder Thinks Locally

With South Florida a New Epicenter for HIV, a Global Funder Thinks Locally

With alarm bells sounding, more HIV/AIDS funding in the South lately is coming from foundations that typically have a much more national and international focus. Here's an example. 

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