The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief - PEPFAR

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) was authorized under the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25), which initially provided more than $15 Billion over five years for bilateral and multilateral programs to prevent HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis infections and to treat and care for people infected with and affected by these diseases.

In a report dated September 30, 2008, PEPFAR gave lifesaving antiretroviral treatment to over 2.1 million men, women, and children living with AIDS around the world.  In addition, PEPFAR provided 9.7 million people affected by HIV/AIDS with compassionate care, including nearly 4 million orphans.  An estimated  240,000 babies have been born free of AIDS because of PEPFAR's support to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission program.

Recently, the U.S. Congress authorized up to $48 billion for PEPFAR over the next five years.  In this new phase, PEPFAR's goals will be to support treatment for 3 million people, to prevent 12 million new infections, and to care for 12 million people, including 5 million orphans.

PEPFAR is focuses their efforts in 15 countries with high prevalence rates of HIV/AIDS:   Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Ugandan, Vietnam and Zambia.