Clinton signs PEPFAR agreement with S. Africa to fight HIV/AIDS

This afternoon, Secretary Clinton and Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa’s minister for international relations and cooperation, signed a PEPFAR partnership framework agreement, a five-year plan of cooperation for fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa. PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) is a U.S. government initiative, begun under George W. Bush’s administration, to work with ...

By , copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009-2016 and was an assistant editor from 2007-2009.
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This afternoon, Secretary Clinton and Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa's minister for international relations and cooperation, signed a PEPFAR partnership framework agreement, a five-year plan of cooperation for fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa. PEPFAR (the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) is a U.S. government initiative, begun under George W. Bush's administration, to work with other countries to combat HIV/AIDS worldwide.

This afternoon, Secretary Clinton and Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, South Africa’s minister for international relations and cooperation, signed a PEPFAR partnership framework agreement, a five-year plan of cooperation for fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa. PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) is a U.S. government initiative, begun under George W. Bush’s administration, to work with other countries to combat HIV/AIDS worldwide.

At the signing ceremony, Clinton said, "We are here at a moment when South Africa is turning the tide against HIV/AIDS.… And what South Africa has done is to make a tremendous commitment by doubling its investment, now covering 60 percent of the total spending. There is so much that’s being done at the grassroots level on prevention, efforts against discrimination, treating people with HIV, and doing so much more to put together a comprehensive strategy."

Preeti Aroon was copy chief at Foreign Policy from 2009-2016 and was an assistant editor from 2007-2009. Twitter: @pjaroonFP

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