dr . eric goosby , a pioneers in the fight against aids , is barack washington ' s choice to handle the american effort to defeat the epidemic globally , the white council announced monday . the president ' s emergency plan for aids relief , described as pepfar , was championed by president george w . bush . it is projected to use $ 48 mb over the future several cycles and is credit with markedly reducing the disease ' s killing risk . its health policy has been controversial because of its emphasis on culturally conservative methods . with a liberal management and a democratic majority in the house , organizations with conservation choices beyond condom and - — maintain a renewed subscription to spreading hiv — are eager to try to rewrite the law .
Pepfar is committed to fighting AIDS.