After Dybul: let's keep pushing

Published February 11, 2009 @ 04:38PM PT

I'd like to push harder on the Global AIDS Coordinator issue. This is an important position; PEPFAR and other US-funded AIDS programming are major global donors. If the US is going to take a lead on this, we need to be leading in the right direction. We have a chance here to affect a major decision.

So far, twenty-nine people have signed the pledge to write their senators. I think we can do better. Please commit to writing your senator if you haven't already. If you have written, leave a comment and let us know what you said. If you have a blog of you own, write about this. Leave a link in the comments and I'll post a round-up. I'm also going to be contacting other health bloggers about the topic. Please do the same, and leave a comment to tell us who you contacted and what you said.

This is an unusual chance, here, to help make sure that this is done right. Let's not miss the chance.

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I sent a letter to each of my Senators in VA.

Khizer

Posted by Khizer Husain on 02/12/2009 @ 07:44AM PT
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Awesome.

Posted by Alanna Shaikh on 02/12/2009 @ 09:21PM PT
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Alanna Shaikh has spent the last ten years immersed in global health; she has worked for NGOs, companies, universities, and the US government on projects that ranged from preventing antibacterial resistance to improving maternal and child health.