PEPFAR Implementation

Part I: The U.S. global AIDS initiative -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The U.S. Global AIDS Initiative : context and background. -- Part II: Progress on the first 5-year strategy : PEPFAR -- 3. PEPFAR's management -- 4. PEPFAR's prevention category -- 5. PEPFAR's treatment category -- 6. PEPFAR's care category -- 7. PEPFAR's orphans and other vulnerable children category. -- Part III: Looking to the future -- 8. Toward sustainability. In 2003 Congress passed the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, which established a 5-year, $15 billion initiative to help countries around the world respond to their AIDS epidemics. The initiative is generally referred to by the title of the 5-year strategy required by the act -- PEPFAR, or the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PEPFAR Implementation evaluates this initiative's progress and concludes that although PEPFAR has made a promising start, U.S. leadership is still needed in the effort to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The book recommends that the program transition from its focus on emergency relief to an emphasis on the long-term strategic planning and capacity building necessary for a sustainable response. PEPFAR Implementation will be of interest to policy makers, health care professionals, special interest groups, and others interested in global AIDS relief. -- Publisher's Description.