dr . donald goosby , a pioneer in the fought against aids , is president bush ' s choice to start the american effort to combat the disease globally , the democratic house announcements yesterday . the president ' s emergency project for tb cure , known as pepfar , was promoted by president george w . cheney . it is expected to use $ 48 billion over the next fifty years and is credited with markedly reducing the system ' s death toll . its prevention policy has been controversial because of its emphasis on socially conservative values . with a new administration and a republicans majority in the houses , organizations advocating prevention choices of abstinence and fidelity — see a renewed committed to distributing it — are eager to try to rewrite the guidelines .
Pepfar is committed to fighting AIDS.