PEPFAR bill

Tracking PEPFAR in the Senate -- PEPFAR Approved Despite Flaws; Deal to Lift HIV Travel Ban Reached!

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by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

July 16, 2008 - 6:03pm (Print)

The Senate passes PEPFAR, removes the HIV travel ban, and reinforces some ideological restrictions that should have been removed. More people will be helped, and that is good.
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DeMint Breaks Senate Agreement on PEPFAR Debate

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by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

July 14, 2008 - 9:24pm (Print)

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) took advantage of leverage far-right negotiators acquired as PEPFAR negotiations have been mishandled, and violated Senate protocol to push his ideological misinformation about abortion.
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Fix PEPFAR Now to Prevent HIV Infections, Save Lives

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by Scott Swenson, RH Reality Check

July 10, 2008 - 10:38am (Print)

The Senate is moving closer to a vote on PEPFAR, but there is still time to fix the bill allowing the work horse of prevention to pull the cart of treatment, lightening the load by reducing the number of people infected. Congress has burdened the horse with ideology, and put the cart in front.
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Global Gag Rule Poses Moral Challenge for U.S. HIV Funding

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by Marjorie Signer, Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

June 23, 2008 - 7:00am (Print)

Faith-based organizations representing a broad spectrum of religions call on our government to reauthorize PEPFAR without ideological restrictions on funding.
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Managing the Muddle: Sex and PEPFAR

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by Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia

April 8, 2008 - 8:40am (Print)

PEPFAR's "anti-prostitution" pledge favors strategies that are penal in character over health-based interventions that reach out to educate sex workers.

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PEPFAR Politics vs. Public Health

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by Kelly Castagnaro, IWHC

April 4, 2008 - 8:39am (Print)

As expected, the House wrapped itself in a big red bi-partisan bow when discussing PEPFAR, and Rep. Steny Hoyer said the bill shouldn't fall prey to "political sport." Here's hoping this weekend's Final Four is more competitive than the PEPFAR reauthorization ever was.

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Marriage Is No Protection Against HIV

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by Florence Machio, RH Reality Check, Africa

April 3, 2008 - 8:43am (Print)

For women in Africa, marriage is no protection against HIV. Their challenge is how to start negotiating for condom use 20 years into their marriages.

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No Room for Orthodoxy in HIV Prevention

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by Deepali Gaur Singh, RH Reality Check, Asia

March 24, 2008 - 8:46am (Print)

The HIV epidemic in India needs to be fought by accessible testing, lessening stigma, widespread education, and needle exchange programs, but above all, it needs to be fought by a humane and scientific prevention program coming from the government.

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What Kind of Movement Are We?

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by Healy Thompson

March 18, 2008 - 8:30am (Print)

As we approach our last chance to improve the PEPFAR reauthorization bill, we must ask ourselves: do we care about claiming a victory on a mediocre piece of legislation and maintaining relationships with Congress, or do we care about taking a principled stand for the needs of people around the world?

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It is "Suicide" to Ignore Sex Workers

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by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

March 13, 2008 - 8:44am (Print)

How would AIDS service organizations in American cities respond if they had to sign the anti-prostitution pledge required of PEPFAR grantees? What impact would that pledge have on Americans at risk for HIV infection?

Follow Pamela Merritt on Twitter, @SharkFu

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