Pepfar
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Definitions
- 1 Acronym of President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
"The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), created under US President George W. Bush's administration, promoted a conservative approach to AIDS prevention through its ABC messages, which were (1) abstinence is the only true prevention; (2) if one is in a sexual relationship, stay faithful to one partner; and (3) if one can't do either, use condoms."
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of PEPFAR. alt-of
"Begun in 2003 and covering some 50 countries, Pepfar has saved the lives of an estimated 13m people living with HIV-Aids, mostly in Africa, by providing them with antiretroviral drugs."
Example
More examples"In 2003, the George W. Bush administration created the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), an initiative to address the global epidemic."
Etymology
The referent president is the U.S. president, who was George W. Bush at the time of the program's creation; details at Wikipedia.
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