The initiative was titled 'President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief' and it was first proposed and enacted by former President George W. Bush in 2003.
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It stands for"President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief" and it was first proposed and enacted by former President George W. Bush in 2003."Many hospitals tell people, 'you got AIDS. We can't help you,'" Bush told lawmakers at the time as he pushed for funding. Rufurwadzo was born in Zimbabwe and says the decline in HIV-related deaths from the 2000s has been remarkable.
This topic is in the news this week with First Lady Jill Biden in Africa and former President Bush making a rare visit to Washington to celebrate 20 years of PEPFAR.While the United States has no doubt done a lot to help Africa and the global AIDS fight over the last 20 years, there is a continued push to do more.
"We still have a ways to go," Dr. Wafaa El-Sadr, an epidemiologist who has worked in Africa for decades, said.
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