AIDS: The Patient and the Brave

Marin Independent Journal

Read this op-ed published in the Marin Indepent Journal and authored by Co-Founder and President Emeritus Dr. Bill Rankin on World AIDS Day. Rankin tells the stories of the "patient and the brave" fighting HIV/AIDS in Malawi. Read the article.

Another 30 Years of AIDS?

CNN.com

Read this op-ed co-authored by GAIA CEO Todd Schafer and featured on CNN.com here.

Bill Rankin honored for pioneering AIDS ministry

Episcopal News Service

Co-founder and President Emeritus of GAIA is lauded for work in Malawi. Read the full article by Laurie Hunter here.

AIDS: The Struggle Continues

UCSF Today

Ellen S. Schell, RN, PhD, director of International Programs for the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance and an associate adjunct professor in the UCSF School of Nursing, reflects on the 30-year battle against HIV/AIDS in this perspective. Read the article.

Doctor's Perspective: Pioneer Urges Fresh Efforts

Financial Times

This opinion piece published in London's Financial Times was written by GAIA Trustee Dr. Michael Gottlieb in honor of World AIDS Day. Dr. Gottlieb authored the first report to the CDC in 1981 identifying the virus later known as AIDS. Read more.

Using Mobile Clinics to Deliver HIV Testing and Other Basic Health Services in Rural Malawi

Journal of Rural & Remote Health

This article published in the Journal of Rural and Remote Health features the work of GAIA's Elizabeth Taylor Mobile Health Clinics in Malawi. Read more.

Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance Honors Bill Rankin

Pasadena Now

Rankin co-founded GAIA in 2000 with UCSF neurosurgeon Dr. Charlie Wilson to provide health care relief to the impoverished African country of Malawi. Read the full article.

Building the Malawi Nursing Workforce in Malawi

American Journal of Nursing

Helping a developing African country solve its nursing shortage. GAIA is the focus of this article published by the American Journal of Nursing and co-authored by GAIA staff. Read more.

The View from Here: Dr. Michael Gottlieb & Dr. Paul Volberding

San Francisco AIDS Foundation

An interview featuring GAIA Medical Advisory Board member Dr. Volberding and GAIA Trustee Dr. Gottilieb. Dr. Michael Gottlieb authored the first report to the CDC in 1981 identifying virus that would be known as AIDS, and Dr. Paul Volberding started the nation’s first program dedicated to treating HIV at San Francisco General Hospital. Read more.

Village by Village: A Garden Party for Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance

Marin Magazine

Guests enjoyed South African wine and dance as well as words from Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance co-founder William Rankin and KQED's Michael Krasny at a May 15 gala benefiting the organization. Read more.

Novato Advance
Novato woman wins Mercedes in raffle: Proceeds benefit AIDS orphans in Africa
NOVATO, CA -- A Novato woman won a Mercedes sedan that was raffled off at the new Paradise Foods at Novato’s Pacheco Plaza shopping center to raise $50,000 for AIDS orphans in Africa.
Article in the Novato Advance.

The Cultural Diplomat
The Cultural Diplomat visits with GAIA. The Global Aids Interfaith Alliance "provides life saving service in rural Malawian villages". The presentation and professionalism of GAIA is complimented by Celebrity/Ambassadors Rainn Wilson and Jane Kaczmarek. View the video interviews here.

Pasadena Now | Blog Archive | Garden Party Raises Funds for AIDS
Pasadena Now
Garden Party Raises Funds for AIDS Prevention in Malawi. Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) turned Bistro 45 into a garden party with tasty appetizers, fine wines and fantastic art. By CANDICE MERRILL Published: Saturday, October 10. Read more.

Art Aids AIDS
Pasadena Star-News
Pasadena's Bistro 45 was the setting for "Art Out of the Box," this year's unique fundraiser for Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) to support medical programs for people affected by HIV/AIDS in Malawi. Noted artists Alison and Lezley Saar, Michael Kenna, Joe-Peter Witkin, Joyce Kohl, Pam Keeley and R. Kenton Nelson created the whimsical artworks that had been transformed from cigar boxes for the auction. More than 150 guests attended the afternoon event, which raised $130,000.
Read the full article here.

Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) Hosts a Box of a Fundraiser
Westside Today
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar -- but a cigar box can be so much more thanks to artists such as Martin Puryear, Alison Saar, Joel-Peter Witkin, and the Westside's own Allison Saar have created works of art out of cigar boxes which will be auctioned off to raise funds for GAIA. Read the full article here.

Yes! We Can. Save Lives & Villages in Africa
The Magazine
GAIA's Villages program trains, equips, and deploys local women to oversee the feeding, clothing, and educating of AIDS orphans, provides care to people living with AIDS-related diseases, and trains communities in HIV prevention. A story of three local volunteers in Pasadena making a difference.
Read the full article here.

Tiburon man hailed for AIDS work in Africa
Marin Independent Journal
GAIA Co-Founder and President Dr. Bill Rankin was honored with a 2008 Purpose Prize Fellowship for his work on HIV/AIDS in Central Africa. Read the full article here.