What You Should Know About the FAPP, GAPP, and PEPFAR Reauthorization
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** What You Should Know About the FAPP, GAPP and PEPFAR Reauthorization
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Dear Advocate,
Engaging the US government is vital to advocacy for HIV prevention, as one of the world’s largest contributors to implementation and research and development. The reach and scale of US funded global health programs have profound impact on the lives and health of people in the US and around the world. Two coalitions, founded by advocates, make it their central mission to inform and influence the US federal government to advance funding and policies to end the HIV epidemic.
In 2024, their work will be as important as at any time in the history of HIV advocacy; as funding for US programs is at stake and advocacy continues for the reauthorization of PEPFAR ([link removed]) , one of the greatest US foreign policy and global development achievements in history.
AVAC’s John Meade ([link removed]) was just elected co-chair of the Federal AIDS Policy Partnership ([link removed]) (FAPP) ([link removed]) , a national coalition of more than 120+ local, regional, and national organizations advocating for federal funding, legislation and policy to end the HIV epidemic in the United States. John and co-chairs, Mike Weir of NASTAD ([link removed]) and Kathie Hiers of AIDS Alabama ([link removed]) , will support the work of seven affiliated working groups, including the AIDS Budget and Appropriation Coalition ([link removed]) and the Research Working Group ([link removed]) , to produce analysis, build relationships with federal entities, and champion policies and funding that are essential to making progress.
And AVAC’s Suraj Madoori ([link removed]) co-chairs the Global AIDS Policy Partnership ([link removed]) (GAPP) ([link removed]) , a 70 member coalition that leads advocacy for continued robust funding, expansion and improvement of US global HIV/AIDS programming through PEPFAR and the Global Fund. With co-chairs Katie Lapides Coester of EGPA ([link removed]) F ([link removed]) and Shannon Kellman, formerly of Friends of the Global Fight ([link removed]) , now at UNAIDS ([link removed]) , this coalition — comprised of civil society and faith-based organizations, funders, professional membership organizations and organizations that implement programs — will continue working every channel to spotlight success, combat misinformation and seize opportunities to secure a new five-year reauthorization of PEPFAR. See AVAC’s blog here ([link removed]) .
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Since its creation in 2003 and through previous 5-year reauthorizations, PEPFAR ([link removed]) has received near universal, bipartisan support in Congress. This past year, partisan lobbyists and their congressional allies derailed easy passage of its next 5-year reauthorization. In 2024, the GAPP will be mobilizing against efforts to politicize this singularly successful program, and will be working for renewed bipartisan support through the final resolution of federal budget negotiations.
The efforts of the GAPP and the FAPP will remain essential to ensure sustained funding for efforts to end the epidemic, to save overall HIV funding and advance a national PrEP program in the US, and to win the reauthorization of PEPFAR. Be sure to watch this space for updates.
Best,
AVAC
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