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U.S.-Backed HIV/AIDS Prevention Messages Reach 42 Million

Community outreach activities to prevent sexual transmission of HIV/AIDS have reached 42 million people, according to the second annual report on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR/Emergency Plan).

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Global AIDS Coordinator Randall Tobias released the report February 8 as they presented the document to the U.S. Congress.

Highlights from Action Today, A Foundation For Tomorrow: The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief are listed in the following fact sheet:

U.S. Department of State
Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Prevention Summary

Five-Year Goal in the 15 Focus Countries: Prevent 7 million infections by 2010.

Progress Achieved through September 30, 2005.

--Supported community outreach activities to over 42 million people to prevent sexual transmission of HIV.

--Supported prevention of mother-to-child transmission for over 1.9 million women, antiretroviral prophylaxis for 248,100 women, and prevented an estimated 47,100 infant HIV infections (cumulative for fiscal years 2004 and 2005).

--Supported training or retraining of over 316,000 people in provision of prevention services.

-- Supported approximately 3,100 service sites for prevention of mother-to-child transmission and blood safety.

Allocation of Resources in Fiscal Year 2005

$286 million to support prevention in the 15 focus countries (28 percent of focus country resources for prevention, treatment and care).

Treatment Summary

Five-Year Goal in the 15 Focus Countries: Support antiretroviral treatment (ART) for 2 million HIV-infected individuals.

Progress Achieved through September 30, 2005.

-- Supported ART for approximately 401,000 people in the 15 focus countries (60 percent of reported clients were women).

-- Supported training or retraining of approximately 36,500 people in providing quality ART services.

-- Supported approximately 800 ART sites.

-- Approximately 7 percent of those receiving treatment at U.S.-supported sites were children.

Beyond the 15 focus nations, PEPFAR has provided support for treatment for 70,000 people in other nations, for worldwide total of 471,000 people on treatment with U.S. support.

Allocation of Resources in Fiscal Year 2005

$479 million to support ART in focus countries (47 percent of focus country resources for prevention, treatment and care).

Care Summary

Five-Year Goal in the 15 Focus Countries:  Support care for 10 million people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, including orphans and vulnerable children.

Progress Achieved through September 30, 2005.

Supported care for nearly 3 million people, including:

-- Care for over 1.2 million orphans and vulnerable children.

-- Care for over 1.7 million people living with HIV/AIDS, including over 368,000 who received care and treatment for tuberculosis.

-- Supported counseling and testing for over 9.4 million people to date, including over 6.6 million in fiscal year 2005 through prevention of mother-to-child transmission and other counseling and testing activities.

Allocation of Resources in Fiscal Year 2005

$274 million to support care for orphans and vulnerable children and people living with HIV/AIDS and for counseling and testing in settings other than prevention of mother-to-child transmission (26 percent of total focus country resources for prevention, treatment and care).

Addressing the Needs of Women and Girls

The Emergency Plan is the only international HIV/AIDS program that requires reporting of data disaggregated by gender, with the gender of 90 percent of clients served at USG-supported sites in fiscal year 2005 known. Among these clients:

-- Approximately 60 percent of those receiving antiretroviral treatment were women.

-- Over 3.2 million pregnant women (including over 1.9 million in fiscal year 2005) have accessed PEPFAR-supported prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services.

-- Approximately 69 percent of those who received HIV counseling and testing were women.

-- Among the orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) served by PEPFAR activities, 52 percent were girls.