Jan. 28, 2015 Connect with us: IN THIS MESSAGE: PHOTO OF THE WEEK CDC and partners are working with Malawi to gain control over HIV. View full-sized photo Spotlighted Topic of the Week: HIV in Malawi CDC Ebola Updates In the News On the Calendar Check out the new CDC Global Health homepage!The CDC Global Health homepage has a new look and feel to better highlight the importance of global health and the work CDC is doing. Now you can more easily access our many blogs, infographics, stories, and more. Plus we've made it even easier to view the site on your phone, tablet, or other device. Visit it today! Spotlighted Topic of the Week: HIV in Malawi Blog of the Week 2014: A PIVOTAL YEAR FOR THE HIV RESPONSE IN MALAWI The appointment of Dr. Deborah Birx as the new Global AIDS Coordinator in May 2014 heralded an enormous change in the PEPFAR world:  Within the span of a few weeks, the focus changed from the newly-cemented PEPFAR vocabulary around ‘sustainability’ and ‘country ownership’ to language more targeted at maximizing resources for ‘epidemic control’.  As Dr. Birx said at the PEPFAR Annual meeting in Durban in June 2014, “We cannot sustain an uncontrolled epidemic”...read blog Infographic of the Week ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS View full-sized infographic Video of the Week MEDICAL MOTORBIKE COURIERS BATTLE HIV Almost a million people in Malawi live with HIV; AIDS is the leading cause of death amongst adults in the country.  watch video Story of the Week ELIZABETH GLASER PEDIATRIC AIDS FOUNDATION (EGPAF) EGPAF has been working in Malawi to reduce the rising number of HIV infections—using motorcycle couriers. Malawi currently has no national laboratory sample transportation network, and it is up to districts to organize the transportation of samples…read story CDC Ebola Updates Latest Outbreak Info The World Health Organization has reported 21,832 cases of Ebola and 8,690 deaths worldwide…read more Q & A on Ebola Recommendations about International Travel for Education Purposes and the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa More resources on the CDC Ebola website >> In the News CDC Team Visits Cape Mount The New Dawn - Liberia January 28, 2015 CDC chief: Why I have hope about 2015 Ebola fight Fox NewsJanuary 13, 2015 CDC Director 'confident' can get to zero Ebola cases Yahoo NewsJanuary 13, 2015 CDC Disease Detectives Conduct Ebola Training in Guinea Infection Control TodayJanuary 13, 2015 On the Calendar February 4: World Cancer DayMarch 3: World Birth Defects Day