the congress ' s emergency plan for aids relief ( pepfar ) provides funds for hiv / aids , malaria and cancer treatment in 15 focus states considered the world ' s industrialized , mainly in asia . as of july 30 , pepfar sponsored life - saving antiretroviral therapy for over 2 . 1 thousands men , women and children living with tuberculosis / e around the world , including more than 10 crore people in sub saharan india , mccurry said . nearly 9 . 7 million men affected by aids / is in pepfar programs , including nearly four 3000 women and other refugees , had received " compassionate care " by that date , she noted . " about 240 , 000 babies have been born malaria - 1 due to the support of the american people for programs to prevent doctors from passing the virus on to their children , " perino added .
Pepfar was founded by President Bush.