Every Child Deserves a Lifetime
Born out of a mother's love for her children and a desire to protect her children, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation has played an important part in the research, the eradication and the prevention of Pediatric AIDS in the United States and around the world.
Elizabeth Glaser didn't ask to take on the challenge of Pediatric AIDS, but when the moment presented itself she took up the challenge.
Once every generation, history brings us to an important crossroads. Sometimes in life, there is that moment when it's possible to make a change for the better. This is one of those moments.
Since 1988, the Foundation has funded groundbreaking research in the field of pediatric HIV/AIDS with the hope of ending this devastating pandemic.Contents at a Glance
- An Overview of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- About Elizabeth Glaser and the Origins of the Foundation
- About the EGPAF Logo
An Overview of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
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here! Focus: Pediatric AIDS
Begun by Elizabeth Glaser to save her children, The Pediatric AIDS Foundation creates a future of hope worldwide by helping to eliminate pediatric AIDS with care, treatment and research.
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About Elizabeth Glaser and the Origins of the Foundation
The Glasers discovered, in the course of trying to treat Ariel, that drug companies and health agencies had no idea that HIV/AIDS was prevalent among children. The only drugs on the market were for adults - nothing had been tested or approved for children. Which meant that there was no medical treatment for the infection that was quickly destroying Ariel's life.
Forming the Foundation
With the help of close friends, Susie Zeegen and Susan DeLaurentis, Elizabeth Glaser created a foundation that would serve to raise money for basic HIV/AIDS research.
The Foundation had one critical mission: to bring hope to children with AIDS. At the time few researchers were focusing on issues specific to pediatric HIV/AIDS, there were no drugs available for children, and the infection rate was rapidly rising. Elizabeth, Susie and Susan sought to change that harsh reality.
The Outcome
Ariel lost her battle with AIDS in 1988.
Elizabeth Glaser lost her battle with AIDS in 1994.
Her son Jake is now a healthy young adult.
Source: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Foundation History.
About the EGPAF Logo
In 1988, Ariel Glaser painted how she envisioned the world - as a beautiful garden kept bright with sunshine and surrounded by love.She lost her battle with AIDS in 1988.
Young Ariel Glaser's inspiration serves as the Foundation's logo, representing hope for children everywhere and their motto that "every child deserves a lifetime."
For More Information About the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to prevent pediatric HIV infection and to eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.
- EGPAF: Pediatric HIV/AIDS in the U.S.
- Through awards and other research and training grants, the Foundation maintains its commitment to cutting-edge research with the goal of ultimately eradicating pediatric AIDS.
- Social Networking to Support the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
- Ways that you can "Work It" for the Foundation Through Social Networking Sites.
- EGPAF: HIV/AIDS Worldwide
- The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is leading the charge to incorporate prevention, care, and treatment services into a full continuum of care for children, mothers, and entire families.
- Lovebulbs.com - Light Brings Hope
- A fundraiser for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Lovebulbs were created to help raise funds for this cause.
- POZ - Here Comes the Son
- Jake Glaser, son of the late HIV positive AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser, shoulders his mother's legacy of helping children infected with HIV/AIDS.
A Young Girl living with HIV who found hope from the Foundation
On YouTube
Growing Up With HIV/AIDS
This is the story of Annabella, a young girl living with HIV who has found hope thanks to lifesaving programs supported by the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Make a difference now by visiting www.pedaids.org.
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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation Work in Africa
- International Family AIDS Initiatives
- The International Family AIDS Initiatives is part of the Foundation's commitment to AIDS on a global stage. They have a presence in 18 countries around the world.
- AIDS Walk Africa 2008: Swaziland
- AIDS Walk Africa 2008 runs from June 30 through July 5, 2008.
- AIDS Walk Africa 2007: Before the Walk
- Information and photos from the AIDS Walk Africa 2007.
- EGPAF: Stories of Hope - Tatu
- One of the many Stories of Hope, this one about
Tatu from Tanzania. - EGPAF: Stories of Hope - Rose
- Another one of the many Stories of Hope, this one about Rose from Tanzania.
Books on Children Living with AIDS
Available on Amazon
Our Stories, Our Songs: African Children Talk about AIDS
Amazon Price: $15.16 (as of 10/11/2008)
Children Of Africa Confront AIDS: From Vulnerability To Possibility (Ohio RIS Africa Series)
Amazon Price: $20.00 (as of 10/11/2008)
Reaching Out to Africa's Orphans: A Framework for Public Action (Africa Region Human Development Series)
Amazon Price: $15.00 (as of 10/11/2008)
Living With AIDS: Mary's Story (Children in Crisis)
Amazon Price: $31.00 (as of 10/11/2008)
There Is No Me Without You: One Wo Odyssey to Rescue Her Country's Children
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 10/11/2008)
More Information about AIDS
- AIDSinfo - HIV/AIDS Treatment Information
- HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, medical research, clinical trials, drugs, treatment guidelines, and vaccines for patients, health care providers, researchers, community organizations, and public. Current, reliable U.S. Government approved information for consumers and health providers.
- UNICEF - HIV/AIDS and children - Introduction
- The United Nations Children's Fund - UNICEF - works for children's rights, their survival, development and protection, guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Books for Teaching Children about AIDS
Come Sit by Me
Amazon Price: $2.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
You Can Call Me Willy: A Story for Children About AIDS
Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 10/11/2008)
Kids With AIDS (The Aids Awareness Library)
Amazon Price: $21.25 (as of 10/11/2008)
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PSA to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation on YouTube
Glaser Foundation PSA
PSA to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. Sponsored by Lovebulbs and Media Wizard Productions. mediawizardproductions.com
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Other Organizations Working on Pediatric AIDS
- Unite for Children - Unite against AIDS
- The global campaign on children and AIDS sponsored by UNICEF.
- Keep A Child Alive
- KEEP A CHILD ALIVE is an urgent response to the AIDS pandemic ravaging Africa. With 25 million already dead, the disease continues, wiping out whole societies, threatening economic infrastructure and creating tragic devastation in the family structure. 15.2 million children worldwide have lost one or both parents to AIDS.
- Firelight Foundation
- The mission of the Firelight Foundation is to support and advocate for the needs and rights of children who are orphaned or affected by HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. Firelight strives to increase the resources available to grassroots organizations that are strengthening the capacity of families and communities to care for children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
- Children With AIDS Project
- The aim of the Children With AIDS Project of America (CWA) is to transform the silence that surrounds HIV infected, affected children and AIDS orphans into an audible sound. This sound must be amplified until the needs are met for all children in the nation and globally affected by the AIDS epidemic.
- Children's AIDS Fund
- The Children's AIDS Fund works to limit suffering of children and their families caused by HIV disease by providing care, services, resources, referrals, and education.
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