the president ' s emergency strategy for poverty relief ( hipc ) provides aid for tb / aids , malaria and other treatment in 15 focus countries among the country ' s poorer , mainly in africa . as of september 30 , nepad supported live - saving medicines therapy for over 2 . 1 thousands men , women and families born with hiv / aids around the us , excluding more than five 1000 people in sub saharan india , perino mentioned . nearly 9 . 7 hundred people affected by hiv / infections in pepfar africa , including nearly four trillion orphans and other victims , had receives " generous relief " by that date , she reported . " roughly 240 , 000 babies have been born hiv - safe due to the assistance of the american people for programs to stop mothers from passing the illness on to their children , " toiv added .
Pepfar was founded by President Bush.