Africa: PHR Positions on the Current Pepfar Reauthorization Bills

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PEPFAR reauthorization legislation has now been introduced into both Houses of Congress. Below is a summary of PHR's positions on some of the salient provisions of the two bills. The bills are similar, but not identical. Both are named the Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. The Senate bill number is S.2731; the House bill number is H.R. 5501.

PHR supports both the House and Senate current versions of PEPFAR reauthorization legislation. The increase in the proposed budget for PEPFAR 2 from $30 billion to $50 billion for AIDS, TB, and malaria, spurred by grassroots support from AIDS advocates (including PHR) is, if passed into law, a major victory for people with AIDS and their supporters. The increased budget promises to save literally millions of lives. But, before the bill is signed into law, there are several important changes that PHR would like to see made.

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