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We Know What It Takes to End Tuberculosis
Co-authored by: Elizabeth Lovinger, U.S. and Global Health Policy Director, Treatment Action Group and Jenni Maple, Associate Director of Advocacy, IAVI There are many problems without solutions. Tuberculosis isn’t one. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest, deadliest pandemics. It’s also the leading cause of death among people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are at […]

The Why: Interview with Shepherd Smith
Scripps News program, The Why recently interviewed Shepherd Smith, GAPP member and founder and former president of Children’s AIDS Fund, about PEPFAR reauthorization.

Why Christian Organizations Want Congress to Reauthorize PEPFAR
By: Doug Fountain, Executive Director, Christian Connections for International Health, with Dr. Samuel Mwenda, General Secretary, Christian Health Association of Kenya, and Dr. Tih Pius Muffih, Director of Health Services, Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) became a beacon from the U.S. to the world; a light that […]

Will the Wildly Successful PEPFAR Global AIDS Program Get Held Up in Congress Due to Abortion Politics?
*This article originally appeared on The Body. On the 20th anniversary of its launch, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), widely seen as perhaps the most successful U.S. foreign aid program ever, faces a perilous path to Congressional reauthorization—the process by which the program would be locked in place, as is, for another five years. […]

Editorial: Congress must reauthorize PEPFAR
*This article was originally published in the Bay Area Reporter It is critical that Congress reauthorize the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, better known as PEPFAR. Congressmember Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) wrote a Guest Opinion piece on that topic for the Bay Area Reporter in March, but since then, the legislation faces the new threat of abortion […]

PEPFAR Represents U.S. Global Leadership at its Best
We can meet the goal of ending AIDS as a global health threat by 2030. We have the tools and knowledge at our disposal. However, more than 40 years into the epidemic, HIV continues to exact an unacceptable cost. With two decades of experience and success behind it, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief […]

PEPFAR Is A True Bipartisan Success With An Uncertain Future
This piece, authored by the GAPP co-chairs, originally appeared in the Health Affairs Forefront blog. The words “gridlock in Congress” are used so often that it’s hard to believe there are still issues that are truly bipartisan. However, after many decades, there is one issue that continues to receive support from both sides of the […]

Health Workers are Human Rights Warriors
In recognition of World Health Worker Awareness Week, GAPP is pleased to share an interview we conducted with Cate Oswald and Mia Scott from Partners In Health. How do you define health worker? According to the World Health Organization (WHO) “Health workers are people whose job it is to protect and improve the health of […]

GAPP Responds to President Biden’s FY24 Budget
Funding Request Does not Meet the Moment for Global Health The Global AIDS Policy Partnership (GAPP) was disappointed to see insufficient funding for key global health priorities in President Biden’s FY 2024 budget request, released on March 9. Though we appreciate the Administration’s commitment to increasing funding for the newly established Pandemic Fund and maintaining […]
Honoring Dr. Fauci
On World AIDS Day 2022, GAPP, in cooperation with the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus and the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership, hosted an event honoring the incredible career of Dr. Anthony Fauci. The program included remarks from: In addition, Dr. Fauci was presented with the inaugural FAPP/GAPP Award for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, which will be known, going forward, […]