Cameroon: New Strategy to Fight HIV/AIDS
"The fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the campus of the University of Yaounde I has been a major preoccupation of the authorities of the institution and the student population as well in the last decade..." [more]
African Business Coalitions Fight HIV/AIDS
"A new report shows African businesses are doing more to battle HIV/AIDS among their employees. The World Economic Forum study shows..." [more]
Namibia: Global Fund Rejects HIV/Aids Proposal
"The rejection of Namibia's latest grant request to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria has created an air of uncertainty among local nongovernmental organisations (NGOs)..." [more]
For information about the USCM Health Programs, please contact:
Crystal D. Swann
Assistant Executive Director
U.S. Conference of Mayors
1620 Eye St., NW, 4th Floor
Washington, DC 20006
(202) 861-6707 (w)
(202) 293-2352 (f) cswann@usmayors.org
What's New
MAYORS IN THE NEWS
Mayor Newsom Considers Sugary Drink Fee
Mayor Gavin Newsom, Vice Chair of Children, Health and Human Services Committee and Chair of Hunger and Homelessness Task Force, considers plan to charge a new city fee to big retailers (primarily big-box retailers and chain drugstores) of sugar drinks which he sees as contributing to obesity in children. Read Article
75th Annual Meeting Workshop on Building a Walkable City Presentation by Robert Ping, Safe Routes to School National Partnership Download the Presentation(19MB Powerpoint)
Child Hunger and Obesity Workshop
Presentations from the USCM 75th Winter Meeting Presentations appear in the order in which they were given.
Comments of James Weill, Food Research and Action Center
Repairing the Economic Ladder: A Transformative Investment Strategy to Reduce Poverty and Expand America's Middle Class Findings and Recommendations of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Chair of the US Conference of Mayors Task Force on Poverty, Work and Opportunity
