In the early days of the AIDS epidemic, public health often employed the “ABC method” to tell people how to reduce their risk of contracting the HIV virus: Abstain. Be faithful. Condomize.
ABC was an early example of combination prevention, a concept that has gained new traction with the release in December of a blueprint for how the U.S. will move forward in reducing the number of global HIV/AIDS cases.
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, was created in 2003 under President George W. Bush. The program is the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease internationally. It provides funding to more than 30 countries and, as of October 2011, had supported lifesaving antiretroviral treatment for more than 3.9 million men, women and children worldwide.
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