Trump Renews PEPFAR: Giving Support to Millions Living With HIV

President Donald Trump has renewed PEPFAR, a law that provides support to millions living with HIV, mostly in Africa, reports Vox.

The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief provides lifesaving antiretroviral treatment to 14 million people across 50 countries. It was introduced by President George W. Bush in 2003 and has received bipartisan support every time it was renewed.

The US has provided billions of dollars to the programme since its inception.

“Bipartisanship is not dead,” said Jennifer Kates, the vice president and director for global health and HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation.

“This is one of those rare examples in Washington. There’s been an incredible history of bipartisanship around PEPFAR that stands outside the rancor we hear about.”

Studies have found PEPFAR has had a direct hand in reducing the death rate of HIV.

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