Book Launch: Ernest Drucker's A Plague of Prisons
OSI-New York
October 11, 2011
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On October 11, Open Society Foundations fellow Ernest Drucker discusses his new book, A Plague of Prisons, a groundbreaking critique of mass incarceration in the United States and elsewhere.

Open Society Foundations Welcome Review of Global Fund Oversight Mechanisms
September 23, 2011
The Global Fund should approach risk management in a way that empowers communities and civil society to hold implementers accountable. It should also stay focused on achieving its long-term objectives of strengthening national responses to HIV, TB, and malaria and saving lives.

Open Society Foundations Address Role of Human Rights in "HIV Treatment as Prevention" Efforts
August 4, 2011
The Open Society Public Health Program and its partners are working to help define the role of human rights, community mobilization, and advocacy for affordable medicines in efforts to scale up early HIV diagnosis and treatment. The Public Health Program has also given a grant to the International Treatment Preparedness Coalition to work on this issue.

Mental Health Initiative Supports Monitoring Project in Romania to Advance Rights of People with Disabilities
April 30, 2011
The Mental Health Initiative is supporting the Institute for Public Policy to assess efforts in Romania to safeguard and ensure the rights of persons with disabilities. The project will focus on measures taken by government officials to support community living and facilitate employment and social inclusion for people with disabilities.

Why Are World Leaders Turning Their Backs on Africa?
Stephen Lewis
January 17, 2012
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The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has saved and prolonged millions of lives. Yet at this precise moment when the global community should be doing all it can to support the Fund, it is under the most serious assault it has endured in its ten-year history.

Congress's Holiday Message to People Who Use Drugs: Drop Dead
Zoe Hudson
December 16, 2011
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Congress has reinstated a ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs, despite the fact that these programs dramatically reduce HIV infections. In the midst of the fiscal crisis, states will have no choice but to cut lifesaving measures.

Preventing Drug Overdose Is Key in Fight Against AIDS
Roxanne Saucier
December 12, 2011
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For many people living with HIV, the risk of overdose presents a more imminent threat than AIDS-related illness. Despite this fact, donors and governments are slow to adopt overdose prevention measures as part of their AIDS programs. It's time for a wake-up call.

We Could End AIDS, But Will We?
Shannon Kowalski
December 1, 2011
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At this moment in time, we are poised to drastically curb HIV. However, recent cuts in funding and a lack of political commitment threaten our progress. We need to demand more from donor governments, or else we will continue to see millions of people die.