As billions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program credited with saving millions of lives remains in limbo, the George W. Bush Institute is urging the U.S. Congress to keep money flowing for it.
In a letter sent to Congress on Wednesday, the former Republican president’s institute pleaded with Congress to keep funding the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. The program works with nonprofit groups to provide HIV/AIDS medication to millions around the world, fund orphanages and support health systems around the world.
The program, created 20 years ago, has long enjoyed bipartisan support but recently become the center of a political fight: a few Republicans are leading opposition to PEPFAR over its partnership with organizations that provide abortions. Although abortion has become central to the hold up over PEPFAR’s funding, the Biden administration’s Global Aids Coordinator said he was unaware of any circumstance where money was used to fund abortion services.
The number of children in sub-Saharan Africa newly orphaned by AIDS reached a peak of 1.6 million in 2004, the year that PEPFAR began its rollout of HIV drugs, researchers wrote in a defense of the program published by The Lancet medical journal. In 2021, the number of new orphans had dropped to 382,000. Deaths of infants and young children from AIDS in the region have dropped by 80%.
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Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells CongressBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W
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Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells CongressBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W
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Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells CongressBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W.
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Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells CongressBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W.
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Billions for life-saving AIDS program need to continue, George W. Bush Institute tells CongressBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W.
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Ex-president Bush's institute tells Congress to keep funding HIV/AIDS workBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W. Bush Institute is urging the U.S. Congress to keep money flowing to the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR. The program sends billions of dollars to provide HIV/AIDS medication around the globe.
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