Pepfar head pushes US Congress to revert to five-year authorisation
10 October 2024 - 17:16
The US Aids relief programme head, John Nkengasong, says his priority is to persuade the US Congress to return to granting a five-year reauthorisation of the programme.
The President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar) was established by former Republican president George W Bush in 2003 to support countries hardest hit by the HIV/Aids pandemic, including SA. It remains the biggest foreign donor to SA’s HIV/Aids programmes, and now provides more than $450m a year...
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