President's Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief
The $15 billion President’s
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, announced by
President Bush in 2003, is focused on achieving
the goals of treating at least two million HIV-infected
persons with anti-retroviral therapy, caring
for 10 million persons infected with or affected
by HIV, including orphans and vulnerable children,
and preventing seven million new infections in
14 countries in Africa and the Caribbean. These
countries, which are home to nearly 50 percent
of HIV infections worldwide, are: Botswana, Cote
d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique,
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania,
Uganda, and Zambia.
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