Health News
2006-07-29
Senators aim to
continue PEPFAR
Senators Bill
Frist, a Tennessee Republican, and Russ Feingold, a
Wisconsin Democrat, are discussing proposals to extend
global AIDS
Senators Bill
Frist, a Tennessee Republican, and Russ Feingold, a
Wisconsin Democrat, are discussing proposals to extend
global AIDS programs supported by the
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief when
PEPFAR ends in fiscal 2008, CQ HealthBeat reports. Frist and
Feingold, cochairmen of the Center for Strategic and
International Studies’ Task Force on HIV/AIDS,
hope to begin a second five-year phase of PEPFAR in
fiscal 2009 and plan to soon build bipartisan consensus on
the proposal. Frist says he’d like to expand
PEPFAR’s focus to providing access to clean
water; he says dirty water is a catalyst for disease and too
many poor nations have inadequate clean-water
supplies. He also supports creating a global health
corps of health care professionals who will work
in poor nations and foster greater understanding between
AIDS advocates and evangelical groups who are fighting the
pandemic overseas. Feingold hopes to expand HIV
prevention programs, including those focusing on drug
use and unprotected sex. (The Advocate)
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