The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — the biggest effort by one nation to address a particular disease — is hitting a milestone anniversary. But advocates worry the U.S. may take its foot off the gas.
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — the biggest effort by one nation to address a particular disease — is hitting a milestone anniversary. But advocates worry the U.S. may take its foot off the gas.20 years after then-President George W. Bush launched PEPFAR in his 2003 State of the Union address, the $7 billion-a-year program is up for reauthorization in Congress.
This five-year renewal partly hinges on whether there are any basic changes to the program, or whether lawmakers opt for a "clean" reauthorization.I think we start patting ourselves on the back before we're done," said Deborah Birx, former White House coronavirus response coordinator, drawing a parallel to the U.S. COVID-19 response. "We still have a long way to go.
Congress has since allocated more than $100 billion globally for access to tools like antiretroviral medications, preventative pre-exposure prophylaxis drugs, HIV counseling and testing, voluntary male circumcision, as well as health care worker training.
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