What not to do In Washington, there seems to be a general agreement among lawmakers that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZvt84W6Vty5OkDuy9y7TEaJyXDomxskqiQQkyl2MqwHzwqw4oAVRhk8ciCzjxIq44ObCTBTM=> *cannot last forever*. That is the $110 billion program that has saved the lives of 25 million people living with HIV.
After more than 22 years, lawmakers at a National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Subcommittee meeting Tuesday made it clear that they wanted to see governments take more responsibility for funding <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POsuCyl_Q4myN5F7dZl-G1-hyx0SeXIc6vB1UMwv5_exCbsYOuRrf0YgVgs6SBXfnnlvnWddGpuihniOfYDIu3mPrSMeufBaTzesxjcS5FvDzTvU9IZ7PK1Leigopb3QIG4Jb8WHyh1AfRBiSE86wNpgAbZ2Pmr40D_6EO_7Gt5KJDNTbETcjsq2tuAUqNXiLdjmdOK_JUuj5YsFXrGJmnh6-uT_wxgm5LXP63RnFFsu3WbYlUjHiAqt8fuSZwwG6Dw==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZvt84W0RWwwFxvLtf3OHU8ltS6yueLibKWc4WPUV1bxfnfUnumk9nTe8Mf8cazgOcIiM0uHY=> their own response. Or potentially seek out other sources. It now becomes a question of *how fast that transition takes place and how to effect it* in a way that doesn’t undo decades of progress. If that’s the goal, then the Trump administration *definitely doesn’t have the right approach*. Here in Uganda, the freeze on foreign funding has left many PEPFAR programs suspended <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POhIvRT9G8J2uOhXRyblumEL1x0nfjYMnLn0_1pV-eJW3TEgFtFdyGM6UIjQZ9tenITCYNaKvrUlY_paJZQuIF1JHqMm_32ki9bnFnhvkC0x9lPYlRJyivyKEAyX2DdHx1ynKiPiW_9I9hH7q_1IO-WDpG6d_hOmlZ_XudojpxBZZ1FIdTsB3YDgqOOTY_8wjWGukpL9f_1Db3hG9CG6EDpWo-PBSM8BfqiqfV2YjOev01XV5X7pGZVYyWiohUEEeHQ==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZvt84W0RWwwFxvLtf3OHU8ltS6yueLibKWc4WPUV1bxfnfUnumk9nTe8Mf8cazgOcIiM0uHY=>, despite a waiver that allows the resumption of lifesaving treatment and a few other initiatives. Instead, on Tuesday, experts presented *an idea of developing compacts with governments* that would slowly ease them off of PEPFAR and into a more sustainable future. *Read:* PEPFAR at crossroads — lawmakers debate future of global AIDS program <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POsuCyl_Q4myN5F7dZl-G1-hyx0SeXIc6vB1UMwv5_exCbsYOuRrf0YgVgs6SBXfnnlvnWddGpuihniOfYDIu3mPrSMeufBaTzesxjcS5FvDzTvU9IZ7PK1Leigopb3QIG4Jb8WHyh1AfRBiSE86wNpgAbZ2Pmr40D_6EO_7Gt5KJDNTbETcjsq2tuAUqNXiLdjmdOK_JUuj5YsFXrGJmnh6-uT_wxgm5LXP63RnFFsu3KVKAZgUyjRapopQh8PL0pg==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZvt84W0RWwwFxvLtf3OHU8ltS6yueLibKWc4WPUV1bxfnfUnumk9nTe8Mf8cazgOcIiM0uHY=>
