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Dybul’s presentation centered largely on the vision, goal, and results of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an initiative launched by President Bush in 2003 to combat the global epidemic...
Dybul, a former ambassador to Switzerland who currently leads PEPFAR, gave a detailed explanation of American AIDS relief policy for sub-Saharan Africa...
...detailed introduction of PEPFAR, he described the methodology and the results of the program as efficient and successful...
...President has asked Congress to extend and double the funding of PEPFAR when the five-year program expires in 2008. PEPFAR provides anti-retroviral drugs and other treatment for HIV-positive and AIDS patients in developing countries, while also trying to prevent new infections using the "ABC" approach: abstain, be faithful and use condoms. An earlier controversy over the first tenet of that drive - abstinence, which critics claimed reflected an effort impose a conservative Christian morality amid a humanitarian catastrophe - remains. "Certain constituencies, such as sex workers, are excluded from PEPFAR money," says Ayesha Kajee, program director of the International...
...President also led a $1.2 billion initiative to fight malaria, focusing on low-tech solutions such as bed nets, and, along with other leading industrialized nations, has granted $34 billion in debt relief for African nations in the past 18 months. While warning that proposed changes to PEPFAR's priorities, including dropping a requirement that 55% of funding be spent on medical care, could "cut the heart out of this life-saving AIDS care and treatment program," the AIDS Healthcare Foundation acknowledged PEPFAR was "widely expected to be among the President's most lasting and favorable legacies...