Emergency Plan BasicsIn his State of the Union address on January 28, 2003, President Bush announced the $15 billion President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR/Emergency Plan), the largest commitment ever by a single nation for an international health initiative. On May 27, 2003, President Bush signed P.L. 108-25, the United States Leadership Against Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003, the legislative authorization for the Emergency Plan. On July 2, 2003, President Bush nominated Randall L. Tobias as the inaugural U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator to lead implementation of the Emergency Plan, and after Senate confirmation, Ambassador Tobias was sworn in on October 6, 2003. Randall L. Tobias is now serving as Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator. Ambassador Mark R. Dybul currently is serving as the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. On February 23, 2004, one month after the first congressional appropriation of resources for the Emergency Plan, the Coordinator submitted to Congress the U.S. Five-Year Global HIV/AIDS Strategy (Five-Year Strategy). The Five-Year Strategy set forth in detail the goals of the Emergency Plan and strategies for achieving those goals, and it guides Emergency Plan activities. The Five-Year Strategy identifies the vision of the Emergency Plan as turning the tide against the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. To achieve this vision, the mission of the Emergency Plan is:
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