Q And A Forum: Know About PEPFAR
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Key Facts sourced from www.kff.org 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. PEPFAR is the largest commitment by any nation to address a single disease in the world; to date, its funding has totaled more than $80 billion, including funding for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), to which the U.S. government is the largest donor. PEPFAR is credited with saving millions of lives and helping to change the trajectory of the global HIV epidemic. First authorized in 2003, the program has been reauthorized three times: in 2008, 2013, and most recently in December 2018. While viewed as one of the most significant and successful global health initiatives ever undertaken, ...