A child peers around the corner in the waiting room of the HIV Comprehensive Care Clinic of Meru District Hospital in Kenya's Eastern province as two pediatricians stand in the background. The clinic is part of a USAID-funded consortium, which partners with the Government of Kenya and other organizations to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV and to provide HIV/AIDS care and treatment. Read more about Global Health and Kenya.
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Health providers at the clinic receive training to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV through the USAID-funded Call to Action project, implemented by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Today, mother-to-child prevention services, including family-planning support for mothers, antiretroviral prophylaxis, infant nutrition support, and careful follow-up of exposed infants, have become increasingly available in health facilities and communities throughout the country.
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Dr. Margaret Chan joined the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2003, and was appointed to the post of director-general in 2006. In 1994, she was appointed director of health for Hong Kong, where she introduced initiatives to improve communicable disease surveillance and response, enhance training for public health professionals, and establish better local and international collaboration. In her nine-year tenure, she managed outbreaks of avian influenza and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Dr. Chan joined the Hong Kong Department of Health in 1978, where her career in public health began. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.
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Lt. Gen. John R. Allen became deputy commander, United States Central Command, on July 15, 2008. His tours as a general officer include service as the principal director, Asian and Pacific Affairs, in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a position he occupied for nearly three years. From 2006-2008, Allen served as deputy commanding general, II Marine Expeditionary Force, and commanding general, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, deploying to Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom. On April 28, 2011, President Barack Obama nominated him to take Gen. David Petraeus' place as commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. Following is Lt. Gen. Allen's exclusive interview with FrontLines regarding his time in Iraq and the relationship between USAID and the military.
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