Care

“We appreciate the work of people who are affiliated with churches or mosques and other faith groups. When our government can work together with faith-based organizations, we will.”

First Lady Laura Bush    
July 13, 2005    

Emergency Plan support is not limited to activities to keep people from being infected with HIV and to keep people who become infected alive. PEPFAR also supports societies in developing comprehensive responses that address the full range of HIV/AIDSrelated challenges in order to enable nations to move from despair to hope. Care for orphans and vulnerable children strengthens the capacity of families and communities to care for children in their midst. The Emergency Plan also supports programs to care for people living with HIV/AIDS and to provide HIV counseling and testing in a growing number of countries.

Five-Year Goal in the 15 Focus Countries:

• Support care for 10 million people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, including orphans and vulnerable children

Progress Achieved through March 31, 2006:

• Supported counseling and testing on over 13.6 million occasions to date, including over 6.6 million in fiscal year 2005 through prevention of mother-to-child transmission and other counseling and testing activities

Progress Achieved through September 30, 2005:

Supported care for nearly 3 million people, including:

• Care for over 1.2 million orphans and vulnerable children
• Care for over 1.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS, including over 368,000 who received care and treatment for tuberculosis

Allocation of Resources in Fiscal Year 2005:

• $274 million to support care for orphans and vulnerable children and people living with HIV/AIDS and for counseling and testing in settings other than prevention of mother-to-child transmission (26 % of total focus country resources for prevention, treatment and care)