Trump to sign bill extending HIV/AIDS program, Pence says
President Donald Trump will soon sign legislation to extend a 15-year-old HIV/AIDS program that has helped millions, primarily in Africa. HIV/AIDS advocates welcomed the news ... Vice President Mike Pence made the announcement Thursday at a White House event marking World AIDS Day on Saturday.
The Senate late Wednesday passed legislation extending for five years the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, and advancing the bill to the White House for Trump’s signature. The House passed an identical measure in mid-November.
Pence also announced that $100 million will go to religious groups working to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Since PEPFAR was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2003, the U.S. has spent more than $80 billion to prevent HIV infection and deliver life-saving treatment to millions of at-risk people around the world, mostly in Africa, Pence said.
The program has saved more than 17 million lives and helped keep millions more from contracting the AIDS virus, Pence said.
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