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[[Image:PEPFAR.png|right|thumb|PEPFAR]]
The '''President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief''' ('''PEPFAR''') is a United States governmental initiative to address the global [[HIV]] epidemic and help save the lives of those suffering from the disease. Launched by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2003on the advice of [[Anthony Fauci]], PEPFAR has provided more than $85 billion in cumulative funding for [[HIV]]/[[AIDS]] treatment, prevention, and research since its inception, making it the largest global health program focused on a single disease in history.
PEPFAR has begun providing money (United States tax dollars) for male circumcision programs.<ref>{{REFweb
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PEPFAR ignominiously ended the provision of non-therapeutic [[circumcision ]] of boys under age 15 in November 2019 due to significant abuses , complications, and complicationsinjuries.
== World AIDS Day (2010) Announcements ==