Gary Edson, Covid Collaborative: “PEPFAR is a pawn in the culture wars.”
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English - July 20, 2023 15:23 - 31 minutes - ★★★★ - 41 ratingsHealth & Fitness Government health globalhealth disease healthpolicy policy news csis government cdc usaid Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Sheryl Gay Stolberg, NYT: “Our attention has turned.”
Gary Edson, Covid Collaborative, reflects on the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), now at its 20th anniversary. It originated with a Republican president, George W. Bush, who transformed development assistance. Bipartisanship was vital, and PEPFAR fulfilled moral and geostrategic goals. Now, PEPFAR reauthorization is in peril in the post-Dobbs era. What needs to happen to rescue things? In the toxic, polarized post-Covid era, how do we step over that noise and bring about a new conversation about topline goals to protect Americans on a bipartisan basis? Give a listen!