PEPFAR also targets tuberculosis and malaria, and funding restrictions could allow these diseases to gain a foothold.
“My very first goal at public health programming,” Ralph-Opara said. “was working on PEPFAR funded HIV care and treatment programs in Nigeria.” She still prefers to be called Uche, a habit started 18 years ago, when she entered the global health space, to make her young patients and their mothers comfortable.
“I think we are making good progress towards achieving the goals of ending HIV/AIDS as a public health threat by the year 2023,” Dr. John Nkengasong, told me in a recent interview. He is the Senior Bureau Official at the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy within the U.S. State Department and plays a pivotal role in the United States global AIDS response. He and Ralph-Opara know that PEPFAR plays a critical role in the lives of millions of marginalized individuals worldwide.
“PEPFAR speaks for itself with an unprecedented megaphone,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told me in a recent interview. “This is the most impactfulthat has ever been initiated by the United States in the history of public health.
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