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The Obama White House, of course, doesn't see it as a reversal. On Monday a lineup of prominent officials, including Secretary of State Clinton, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, spoke at a White House event to highlight the Administration's efforts on...
But now some critics are wondering if Bush's successor is doing enough. Many global health advocates worry that the success of PEPfAR - an initiative that has consistently enjoyed broad bipartisan support - may be jeopardized by harsh economic realities and shifting political priorities. Although Barack Obama pledged during the 2008...
Some health-policy advisers within the Administration, including Zeke Emanuel at the Office of Management and Budget, argue that a more effective global health strategy would shift some funding away from PEPfAR to focus on maternal- and child-health programs, which can produce significant results for a lower cost through...
But an August letter written by global AIDS coordinator Goosby to U.S. ambassadors in PEPfAR countries indicates that the Administration doesn't believe that balance is possible in the current economic climate. "The landscape around us is changing, with the need to balance a broad portfolio of global challenges at...
To Maclean and others, one of the most telling numbers in the Administration's new five-year PEPfAR strategy is 4 million - the number of people it is targeting to have on treatment by fiscal year 2014. That's far lower than the 7 million target a coalition of researchers...