The law governing the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief lapsed this month.
Kenyan guides at a site supported by PEPFAR in Nairobi, in 2018. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief lapsed on Oct. 1. | Ben Curtis/APFormer President George W. Bush is stepping up efforts to protect his legacy as Congress remains deadlocked on renewing a major global HIV/AIDS program he created in 2003.
The George W. Bush Institute and 30 other faith, democracy, human rights and global health leaders wrote to Congress Wednesday, urging it to reauthorize the law governing PEPFAR, which lapsed on Oct. 1. It’s the first time Bush’s institute, which promotes issues the former president cares about, has publicly supported the PEPFAR program reauthorization, though Bush wrote an op-ed last monthWhile touting the estimated 25 million lives the program is credited with saving over its two-decade existence, the letter also reminds Congress that PEPFAR is an asset for the U.S. abroad as America competes with China and Russia for influence in Africa.
PEPFAR will continue even if it doesn’t get reauthorized as long as lawmakers appropriate funding for it yearly.
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