Samuel Waliggo Ssegawa

  Introduction: The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the U.S. government’s global effort to combat HIV. It is the largest global health program in the world devoted to a single disease. Others like it include the Jimmy Carter Foundation’s action against Guinea Worm. First proposed by President George W. Bush in 2003, PEPFAR funds are used for U.S. bilateral HIV response, as well as participation in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) and bilateral assistance for tuberculosis (TB) and malaria programs. PEPFAR’s current authorizing legislation goes through FY 2023, which ends on September 30, 2023. As Congress and policymakers consider a fourth reauthorization of PEPFAR, there is fear that PEPFAR may be no more. The objective of this research was to gather voices that can be used to convince Congress to reauthorize PEPFAR. Method: We used Interviews, story-telling and conducting conversations on the extent PEPFAR has influenced ...