PEPFAR Reauthorization by Congress Urgent for Global Health

Monica Gandhi; Eric Goosby

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.19322

PEPFAR Reauthorization by Congress Urgent for Global Health

JAMA. 2023 Nov 14;330(18):1727-1728. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.19322.

Authors

Monica Gandhi¹, Eric Goosby²

Affiliations

¹ Center for AIDS Research, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Center for Global Health Delivery, Diplomacy, and Economics, Institute for Global Health, University of California, San Francisco.

PMID: 37707821
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.19322

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses the importance of the US Congress reauthorizing funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a program developed in 2003 that has played a critical role in fighting HIV/AIDS worldwide as well as other emerging infections and noncommunicable diseases.

MeSH terms

Federal Government*
Financing, Government* / legislation & jurisprudence
Global Health* / economics
Global Health* / legislation & jurisprudence
HIV Infections* / economics
HIV Infections* / therapy
Humans
International Cooperation / legislation & jurisprudence
United States