Two startlingly different views on long-awaited data on America's anti-HIV efforts
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New State Department data on PEPFAR reveals two different views on America's anti-HIV efforts.
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The State Department released new figures on PEPFAR, the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. This release comes after a year without data on the program, which was launched by George W. Bush. The figures are expected to show how President Trump's aid cuts have affected PEPFAR's efforts. The program is widely credited with saving millions of lives globally. The data presents two "startlingly different views" on America's anti-HIV efforts.
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