Recent Press Releases

October 15, 2011

Bill Rankin: Visionary Co-Founder and CEO of GAIA to Retire

SAN FRANCISCO, CA– Bill Rankin, CEO of the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA), will retire at the end of the year... Read more >>

November 1, 2010

USAID Awards Cooperative Agreement to Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) to Strengthen Malawi’s Health System

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- Dr. William Rankin, former President and Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School and currently President and CEO of Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance (GAIA) today announced a $1.7 million dollar, 5-year grant from USAID to train 40 new nurses and to bolster the Malawi health care system through training already-practicing nurses in three key skills. Read more >>

Recent Media Coverage on GAIA

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.

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.

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.

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 about the virus later known as AIDS. Read more.