20 Years of PEPFAR: Past Successes and Future Potential

Wednesday, Mar. 29 // 9:30–11:00 am (ET)

Since its inception in 2003, PEPFAR has transformed the landscape of HIV treatment and prevention. It is estimated that this program, which works to accelerate progress toward achieving HIV and AIDS epidemic control in over 50 countries globally, has saved over 20 million lives, prevented transmission to 5.5 million babies, and enabled countries to surpass UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 treatment targets. PEPFAR has also played a vital role in addressing other global health challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, expanding care to marginalized groups such as adolescent girls and young women, key populations, pregnant people, children, and displaced persons.

PEPFAR released its new five-year strategy in December 2022, which sets bold priorities in the effort to eliminate HIV and AIDS as a public health threat by 2030. Advocates globally seek to ensure that more global health sectors are included in PEPFAR’s mission to provide integrated services, and that PEPFAR programming is inclusive of all people.

Join the Wilson Center’s Maternal Health Initiative for a panel discussion on the successes and future of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in its mission to eradicate HIV and AIDS by 2030. Panelists will share evidence-based research, advocacy efforts, and innovative policy solutions that leverage PEPFAR's successes over the last two decades to work towards the global goal to end HIV and AIDS.

Still To Come This Week

Victorious in Defeat: The Life and Times of Chiang Kai-Shek, China, 1887-1975

Monday, Mar. 27 // 4–5:30 pm (ET)

The negative portrayal of Chiang Kai-shek became a conventional theme in Western historiography. In 2009 Jay Taylor attempted to reverse this perspective, but in his zeal he went too far in trying to overturn almost all criticism previous scholars have levied against Chiang. The speaker Alexander V. Pantsov endeavored to write a balanced and unbiased biography of Chiang, the cunning ruler and the great revolutionary, based not only on Taiwanese, Chinese, and American collections but also on previously unknown Soviet archives.

America’s Energy Future

Wednesday, Mar. 29 // 2:30–3:30 pm (ET)

Join us for a conversation with Angelina LaRose, Assistant Administrator of the Energy Information Administration focused on the outlook for US and global energy markets in the face of the transition. As Assistant Administrator, Ms. LaRose directs the EIA’s energy modeling program, which supports the EIA’s forecasts and projections. Angelina also manages the topical analyses that EIA produces that span a range of fuels and activities.

Putin's Concept of International Law

Thursday, Mar. 30 // 1–2:00 pm (ET)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held several speeches and written articles in recent years which reveal his interpretation of international law and Russia's role in it. Professor Lauri Mälksoo will visit the Wilson Center to argue that changes to Russia’s constitution in 2020 and the Russian president’s personal preoccupation with questions of historical memory support the conclusion that Putin’s interpretation of international law is imperialist.