By Tom Rosenthal
The U.S.-led global effort to combat the AIDS epidemic has saved the lives of at least 25 million worldwide in the nearly 20 years the program has worked to distribute HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART), CDC officials announced in the agency’s Vital Signs report (MMWR Morbid Mortal Wkly Rep 2023 March 14. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7212e1).
The number of people receiving ART as a result of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) effort went