RT Journal
A1 Emanuel EJ
T1 PEpfar and maximizing the effects of global health assistance
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD May 16
VO 307
IS 19
SP 2097
OP 2100
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.4989
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.4989
AB 
Created by President George W. Bush in 2003, PEPFAR was, as its website says, “launched to combat HIV/AIDS.”2 The program targeted 15 “focus” countries, mostly chosen for their high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS but also for their government's willingness to address the problems of HIV/AIDS as well as larger US geopolitical strategic reasons. PEPFAR has been the largest financial commitment of any country to global health and to treatment of any specific disease worldwide.