| |  Emergency Plan Basics
In 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:
- To work with leaders throughout the world to combat HIV/AIDS, promoting integrated prevention, treatment, and care interventions, with an urgent focus on countries that are among the most afflicted nations of the world.
| | | Highlights | Goals of the U.S. Five-Year Global HIV/AIDS Strategy:
Across the world, the Emergency Plan will:
- encourage bold leadership at every level to fight HIV/AIDS
- apply best practices within our bilateral programs in concert with host governments' national HIV/AIDS strategies
- encourage all partners to coordinate, adhere to sound management practices and harmonize monitoring and evaluation efforts
In 15 of the most afflicted nations of the world ("focus countries"), the Emergency Plan goals include support for:
- the prevention of 7 million new HIV infections
- antiretroviral treatment (ART) for 2 million HIV-infected people
- care for 10 million people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, including orphans and vulnerable children
At the inception of PEPFAR, the U.S. developed a five-year strategy that devoted $15 billion in the following way:
- $10 billion for the 15 focus countries;
- $4 billion for other PEPFAR countries and for additional activities including HIV/AIDS research; and
- $1 billion over five years for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.
The United States is on track to meet this commitment and has already exceeded its contribution to the Global Fund. |
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