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Although the U.S. has been involved in efforts to address the global AIDS crisis since the mid 1980s, the creation of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in 2003 marked a significant increase in funding and attention to the epidemic.1, 2 First proposed by President George W. Bush in January 2003, PEPFAR was authorized by the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-25),3 a 5-year, $15 billion initiative to combat global HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria primarily for 15 hard hit “focus countries,” and multilateral contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund)4 as well as UNAIDS; appropriations from Congress over this period were higher, totaling $18.8 billion.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 08:43:46 +0000

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