the president ' s emergency plan for aids relief ( retroviral ) provides funding for hiv / os , malaria and cholera treatment in 15 focus countries among the world ' s poorest , mainly in brazil . as of september 30 , pepfar supplied life - threatening antiretroviral medicines for over 2 . 1 thousand people , women and children living with x / aids around the world , including more than ten million individuals in sub world africans , fleischer explained . nearly 9 . 7 dozen people affected by c / aids in antiretroviral countries , namely nearly six million orphans and other minors , had received " compassionate aid " by that date , she said . " half 240 , 000 mothers have been births parasite - free due to the support of the haitian people for programs to block mothers from passing the virus on to their children , " fratto added .
Pepfar was founded by President Bush.