HIV Response at a Turning Point

Posted by guest author in Global, Health on Dec 1, 2011 | 1 Comment

Editor's Note: This guest post comes from Caitlin L. Chandler and Jaevion Nelson at the HIV Young Leaders Fund, a project of Tides.

This World AIDS Day, we have much to reflect on about our current HIV response. In 2011, a groundbreaking study by the National Institute of Health revealed that HIV treatment called antiretroviral therapy is 96% effective in reducing HIV transmission in couples where one partner has HIV. However, this incredible news has not resulted in increased funding for critical HIV treatment and...

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30 Years of Fighting HIV/AIDS

Posted by Tides in Global, Health, LGBT, Tides Projects & Grantees on Aug 11, 2011 | No Comments

This blog post was written by Kathy Bolts, Tides Center Program Manager in Environment & Health, and Harris Kornstein, Tides Communications Specialist.

As many LGBT Pride celebrations take place around this summer (I myself participated in San Francisco, and for the first time, in Madrid), people around the globe also marked the 30th anniversary of the first diagnoses of HIV/AIDS—a milestone that serves as a reminder not only of the millions of lives lost, but also the powerful communities that are still standing up...

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Making the Case for Integration: The Tides Africa Fund Approach

Posted by Renée Joslyn in Africa, Global, Health on Jun 1, 2010 | No Comments

Why not integrate separate models of care if it could mean better health for clients and their families? That is the essential question that drives the work of our Africa Family Planning and HIV Integration Fund, or Tides Africa Fund. With support from the Hewlett Foundation, the fund dispersed grants totaling $1.3 million in 2008–2009 to pioneer integrated care efforts in six countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

A new report about the fund, Making the Case for Integration, documents this holistic approach and has...

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Innovative Approaches to Grantmaking in Africa

Posted by Renée Joslyn in Africa, Global, Philanthropy, Tides Projects & Grantees on Feb 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

Photo credit: International Treatment Preparedness Coalition

There are so many exciting and innovative grantmaking approaches focusing in Africa these days. Some foundations are taking the lead in challenging traditional models of grantmaking on the continent and working hard to make sure resources go directly to people in communities who are making change and struggling for equity and justice. In addition, tremendous opportunities have evolved around collaborations between foundations that have...

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