Global Health Policy in the Second Obama Term: Chapter 2: HIV/AIDS

The United States, through its leadership and investments in the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), has helped partner countries achieve impressive gains in their fight against HIV/AIDS over the past decade. Despite a difficult economic environment during its first term, the Obama administration systematically built on the George W. Bush administration’s achievements, spurring greater politi-cal and financial commitments from donors, the private sector, and affected countries. In De-cember 2011, the administration set ambitious new goals for the fight against HIV/AIDS; and in November 2012, the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC) outlined an approach—or Blueprint—for PEPFAR and partner countries to create an “AIDS-free generation.” The Blueprint calls for focused, up-front investments in a few evidence-based, high-impact prevention interven-tions, with the aim of enabling national HIV/AIDS programs to prevent many new infections and reduce the future need for treatment.