Celebrating 20 Years of PEPFAR

This year, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) marks its 20th anniversary of delivering unprecedented impact in the global fight against HIV/AIDS.

On Jan. 28, 2003, President George W. Bush announced the establishment of PEPFAR during his State of the Union Address, leveraging years of HIV/AIDS research, coordinated humanitarian effort, bipartisan support from Congress, and engagement from community and faith-based organizations, and the private sector to create an unprecedented response to a global health crisis.

Two decades later, PEPFAR supports nearly 65 million people with HIV treatment and testing services, providing more than 20 million men, women, and children with life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART).

To build on the program’s enduring legacy, PEPFAR is reinvigorating the U.S. global response to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic by 2030, creating a healthier, safer, and more secure world for all. As part of a new five-year strategy, Fulfilling America’s Promise to End the HIV/AIDS Pandemic by 2030, PEPFAR is advocating for and working with partners to close health equity gaps in children, adolescent girls and young women, and key populations, while achieving sustained HIV impact worldwide to combat HIV/AIDS as a security threat amid other emerging health challenges.

After 20 years of remarkable impact, PEPFAR’s work is not yet finished. Through avid collaboration and transformative partnerships, PEPFAR is deeply committed to ending the inequities and service gaps that still stand in the way of progress so that it may advance even closer to ending the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Celebrating 20 Years of PEPFAR

PEPFAR 20th Anniversary Resources

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