Recent Releases - GAO Reports Examine PEPFAR Funding Allocation The Government Accountability Office on Tuesday released two reports examining the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and funding decisions. One of the reports, titled 'A More Country-Based Approach Could Improve Allocation of PEPFAR Funding,' interviewed 22 HIV/AIDS experts, surveyed PEPFAR official www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=51831

2008-04-30

Opinion - PEPFAR One of Bush Administration's 'More Positive Legacies,' Editorial Says 'One of the more positive legacies of the Bush administration is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,' a Washington Post editorial says. According to the editorial, PEPFAR -- 'the brainchild of President George W. Bush in 2003' -- is an 'unprecedented multiyear and multibillion-dollar commitment b www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=57939

2009-04-09

Politics and Policy - House To Consider PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill Wednesday The House on Wednesday is scheduled to consider a bill (HR 5501) that would reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, CQ Today reports (Vadala/Ethridge, CQ Today, 3/27).The measure, which was approved in February by the House Foreign Affairs Committee, would allocate $50 billion for PEPFAR www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=51231

2008-03-31

Recent Releases - Report Examines PEPFAR Drug Procurement 'Divine Intervention,' Center for Public Integrity: The latest addition to the center's 'Divine Intervention' project -- a year-long investigation into the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief -- says that PEPFAR has been 'slow' in allowing the procurement of generic antiretroviral drugs for its progra www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=41682

2006-12-15

Recent Releases - SIECUS Publication Examines PEPFAR Policies; PlusNews Updates Treatment Map 'PEPFAR Country Profiles: Focusing in on Prevention and Youth,' Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States: The publication includes individual profiles of the 15 focus countries included under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Each profile provides information on epidemio www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=33354

2005-10-27

Recent Releases - Office of U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Launches New PEPFAR Web Site New PEPFAR.gov Web site, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator: OGAC has launched PEPFAR.gov -- a new online resource for the President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief. The Web site features profiles of PEPFAR's 15 focus countries, information on the plan's prevention, care and treatment programs, a mo www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=41113

2006-11-17

Opinion - Congress Should 'Eliminate' Restrictions That 'Hamper' PEPFAR, Editorial Says Although a recent report from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council found that the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is 'off to a good start,' it also 'warns that restrictions imposed by Congress or by the administration are hampering efforts to slow the spread' of the HIV/AIDS www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=44044

2007-04-04

Politics and Policy - U.S. Expected To Increase Purchase of Generic Antiretrovirals Under PEPFAR The U.S. government this year has 'dramatically increased' the amount of generic antiretroviral drugs distributed under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and some data suggests that generic drugs soon will comprise 70% of antiretrovirals distributed in three PEPFAR countries, the Boston Globe r www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=40997

2006-11-13

Drug Access - PEPFAR To Fund No-Cost Antiretroviral Access Program at Vietnamese Hospital The U.S. Embassy in Vietnam on Tuesday announced that a military hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam, will begin a program this week that provides HIV-positive people with access to no-cost antiretroviral drugs through President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief funding, VNA/Vietnam Net Bridge reports. The military ho www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=42472

2007-01-25

Politics and Policy - Los Angeles Times Examines Effect of PEPFAR Drug Programs in Africa The Los Angeles Times on Friday examined the effects of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief's antiretroviral drug distribution in Africa (Sanders, Los Angeles Times, 2/15). PEPFAR initially was authorized to direct $15 billion over five years for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis primarily to 15 focus cou www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?hint=1&DR_ID=50439

2008-02-15