MAY 29, 2023

PEPFAR Saved an Estimated 25 Million Lives

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 Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023 Mar 14. http:doi://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7212e1 https://bit.ly/43WB4P8-IDSE ).

The number of people receiving ART as a result of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS