Today we have a unique, once-in-a-generation opportunity to leverage data, scientific tools, and technology to eliminate HIV in the United States by 2030.

The national initiative Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EHE) is focused on the highest burden 48 counties, Washington, DC, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, as well as seven states with the highest rural HIV burden. These jurisdictions together account for more than 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses in recent years.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is leading the EHE initiative, an integrated effort involving multiple federal health agencies. This plan aims to reduce the number of new HIV diagnoses by 75 percent within five years and by at least 90 percent within 10 years.

Success requires the involvement of the public, philanthropic and private sectors. The CDC Foundation’s Ending the HIV Epidemic Fund is designed to build on and extend public funding, enabling individual and organizational donors to support this historic opportunity to eliminate HIV in the United States.

Priority areas of need include:

• Digital education strategy and campaign: Developing a national strategy to reach those most vulnerable to HIV through digital platforms, coordinating with state and local partners for maximum impact.
• Innovative models of community care: Designing disruptive care delivery systems that deliver comprehensive, evidence-based prevention and treatment services.
• Rural access to care and treatment: Providing high-impact and high-priority treatment and care in rural communities, utilizing readily accessible services and technologies, such as community-based pharmacies and telemedicine.

The CDC Foundation is actively seeking funding partners in support of this initiative to end the HIV epidemic in America by 2030. To learn more, contact Helene Erenberg at the CDC Foundation at herenberg@cdcfoundation.org or 404.443.1139.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) jeopardizes the progress made in combating infectious disease, putting efforts to modernize health care at risk.

AMR is a unique public health challenge as it involves dozens of different pathogens that are constantly evolving and transferring new mechanisms of resistance. AMR is a One Health issue, recognizing that the health of people is connected to the health of animals and the environment. Governments, businesses and philanthropies can work together to address the health threat of AMR.

The CDC Foundation has established an AMR Fund to assist CDC and its partners to continue making meaningful progress across the spectrum of AMR: from improving antibiotic use, including access to lifesaving drugs, to investing in innovative ways to prevent and treat these infections.

The AMR Fund will mobilize financial support and progress in the five areas associated with the U.S Department of Health and Human Services and CDC's AMR Challenge:

1. Tracking and data—Sharing data and improving data collection to stay ahead of antibiotic resistance and prevent infections.
2. Infection prevention and control—Preventing infections and reducing the spread of germs.
3. Antibiotic use–Improving the use of antibiotics, including ensuring access.
4. Environment and sanitation—Keeping antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant threats from entering the environment.
5. Vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics—Developing and improving access to vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics for better prevention, treatment and detection.