Back خطة الرئيس الطارئة للإغاثة من الإيدز Arabic President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Finnish President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief French 대통령의 AIDS 긴급 구호 계획 Korean Mpango wa Dharura wa Rais wa Ukombozi wa UKIMWI Swahili Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Başkanı'nın AIDS'le Mücadele Acil Durum Planı Turkish

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

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The United States President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the global health funding by the United States to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. As of 2023, PEPFAR has saved over 25 million lives,[1][2] primarily in sub-Saharan Africa.[3][4]

Launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003, as of August 2024, PEPFAR has provided cumulative funding of $120 billion for HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research since its inception, making it the largest commitment by any nation focused on a single disease in history.[3] PEPFAR is implemented by a combination of U.S. government agencies in over 50 countries and overseen by the Global AIDS Coordinator at the United States Department of State.[5]

The PEPFAR program has in recent years been criticized by members of the Republican Party who have sought to block its re-authorization. Republicans alleged that the program promoted abortion.[6][7] In 2025, the second administration of President Donald Trump put USAID on a 90-day freeze which involved putting PEPFAR on halt and taking its computer systems offline.[7]

On January 28, 2025 the Trump administration granted a waiver for essential medicines and medical services, temporarily restoring a global HIV treatment program that they had suspended the previous week.[8] U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the waiver, which appeared to permit the distribution of HIV medications.[9]

However, it remained unclear whether the exemption covered preventive drugs or additional services provided through PEPFAR. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), who is a medical doctor, posted on February 4, 2025 that money for PEPFAR does not seem to be flowing.[10] Through mid-April 2025, the country of Zambia had not had its PEPFAR program restarted.[11]

  1. ^ "PEPFAR - HIV.gov". March 2, 2023. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  2. ^ Beauchamp, Zack (July 28, 2023). "Republicans are threatening to sabotage George W. Bush's greatest accomplishment". Vox. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)". The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. May 27, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2025.
  4. ^ Fauci, Anthony S.; Eisinger, Robert W. (January 25, 2018). "PEPFAR — 15 Years and Counting the Lives Saved". New England Journal of Medicine. 378 (4): 314–316. doi:10.1056/NEJMp1714773. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 29365298.
  5. ^ "About Us". www.pepfar.gov. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Weixel, Nathaniel (March 1, 2024). "US AIDS relief program gets one-year extension in spending bill". The Hill. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  7. ^ a b Mandavilli, Apoorva (January 27, 2025). "Trump Administration Halts H.I.V. Drug Distribution in Poor Countries". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  8. ^ Mandavilli, Apoorva (January 29, 2025). "State Department Permits Distribution of H.I.V. Medications to Resume — for Now". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  9. ^ "Rubio's emergency humanitarian waiver was the right thing to do". George W. Bush Presidential Center. January 29, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  10. ^ “Crucial aid sits in warehouses worldwide as USAID employees are told to stop working,” Suzy Khimm, Feb 4, 2025.
  11. ^ Gabrielle Emanuel; Rebecca Davis; Ben de la Cruz, photography (April 14, 2025). "Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out". NPR.

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