President Bush Announces Five-Year, $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan

 
President George W. Bush holds Baron Mosima Loyiso Tantoh in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday, May 30, 2007, after delivering a statement on PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Baron's mother, Kunene Tantoh, representing Mothers to Mothers, an organization which provides treatment and support services for HIV-positive mothers in South Africa, joined President Bush with other guests in the Rose Garden for the statement. White House photo by Eric Draper
  

On May 30, 2007, President Bush announced his intention to work with Congress to reauthorize the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan/PEPFAR). The five-year, $30 billion proposal would double the United States initial $15 billion commitment made in 2003. Assuming Congress meets the President's request for Fiscal Year 2008, and with the new $30 billion proposal, the American people will have committed $48.3 billion across 10 years to fight HIV/AIDS.

The President also announced that through March 31, 2007 - after 3 years of PEPFAR implementation - the American people have supported treatment for 1.1 million people in the 15 focus countries, including more than 1 million in Africa.

  
 
 
President George W. Bush holds Baron Mosima Loyiso Tantoh in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday, May 30, 2007, after delivering a statement on PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. With them are the boy's mother, Kunene Tantoh, representing Mothers to Mothers, which provides treatment and support services for HIV-positive mothers in South Africa, and Dr. Jean 'Bill' Pape, internationally recognized for his work with infectious diseases. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
  

The next phase of the American people's commitment to those suffering from HIV/AIDS will continue to expand life-saving treatment, comprehensive prevention programs and care for those in need, including orphans and vulnerable children, to support:

  • Treatment for 2.5 million people;
  • Prevention of more than 12 million new infections; and
  • Care for more than 12 million people, including 5 million orphans and vulnerable children.

-- President's Remarks
-- Fact Sheet: Reauthorizing PEPFAR
-- Latest 2007 PEPFAR Treatment Results

  

   
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