Claudia P. Cortes (@cla-cor.bsky.social)

PEPFAR's mission The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the largest global health investment ever by any country to address a single disease, faces a crucial inflection point. Before PEPFAR was created, more than 20 million people had died of AIDS, nearly 5 million acquired HIV annually, and health systems were severely weakened as HIV ravaged communities. Since 2003, PEPFAR's investments have enabled a vast expansion of HIV treatment and prevention in partner countries. As of 2024, PEPFAR and partner governments have saved more than 26 million lives, protected 7·8 million infants from HIV infection, and averted orphanhood for more than 8 million children. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02438-3/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email