PEPFAR Implementation
Subtitle: Progress and Promise
Contributors: Jaime Sepulveda (Editor); Charles Carpenter (Editor); James Curran (Editor); William Holzemer (Editor); Helen Smits (Editor); Kimberly Scott (Editor); Michele Orza (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: September 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780309109826
Subjects: Diseases & disorders; Medical / Diseases; Public Health; Medical; AIDS (Disease); Government policy; HIV infections; International cooperation; Prevention; United States
Description: Part I: The U.S. global AIDS initiative -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The U.S. Global AIDS Initiative : context and background. -- Part II: Progress on the first 5-year strategy : PEPFAR -- 3. PEPFAR's management -- 4. PEPFAR's prevention category -- 5. PEPFAR's treatment category -- 6. PEPFAR's care category -- 7. PEPFAR's orphans and other vulnerable children category. -- Part III: Looking to the future -- 8. Toward sustainability.

In 2003 Congress passed the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act, which established a 5-year, $15 billion initiative to help countries around the world respond to their AIDS epidemics. The initiative is generally referred to by the title of the 5-year strategy required by the act -- PEPFAR, or the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PEPFAR Implementation evaluates this initiative's progress and concludes that although PEPFAR has made a promising start, U.S. leadership is still needed in the effort to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The book recommends that the program transition from its focus on emergency relief to an emphasis on the long-term strategic planning and capacity building necessary for a sustainable response. PEPFAR Implementation will be of interest to policy makers, health care professionals, special interest groups, and others interested in global AIDS relief. -- Publisher's Description.