Volume 402, Issue 10402
19 August 2023
WORLD REPORT Republicans question funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, one of the USA’s most effective global health programmes. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
As Congress considers next month whether to renew funding for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), global health advocates fear its two decades of bipartisan support might fracture. Created by President George W Bush in 2003, the programme is often cited as proof that adversaries across the political spectrum can agree on healthcare policy. …But this time is looking different. [Continued here.]…