Click here to view the full text of the proposed $50 billion President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) agreement.
One of aspect of the bill of particular concern is the $10 billion for the UN Global Fund. Reports have surfaced this year that the Global Fund has given millions of dollars in grants to programs in China that are responsible for forced abortions:A study just released by the Gerard Health Foundation provides evidence that Global Fund grants are supporting abortion providers in China, which is a direct violation of the Mexico City Policy... Lest there be any doubt about the intent of these organizations, the grant from China approved by the Global Fund includes country population and family planning services in the list of "responsible implanting agencies." The amount of Global Fund grants awarded to China for HIV/AIDS prevention totals $171 million, which means about $58 million of that amount came from the United States. Sen. DeMint announced yesterday that he has several amendments that he would like to offer to the bill if permitted, including a prohibition on use of funds for coerced abortions in China.
Below is a list of concerns contained in the agreement, along with the page numbers where they can be found.
- Expands to Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America (pages 73, 76, 77)
- Male Circumcision. (pages 20, 28, 79, 132)
- Legal Services (page 85)
- Women's Empowerment (pages 19, 28, 29)
- Nutritional Counseling (page 85)
- Nutritional and food support (pages 85, 101, 105, 106, 107, 134)
- Nutritional Support (page 81)
- Nutrition & Food Assistance Programs (page 32)
- Food Security (pages 44, 45, 106)
- Livelihood initiatives (page 29, 85)
- “Alternative livelihoods” (page 19)
- Safe drinking water (page 85)
- Condoms (pages 4, 18, 28, 78, 80)
- $10 billion for UN Global Fund (page 55)
- Sanitation (page 85)
- Repeals law barring HIV infected aliens (pages 123-124)
- Expanded to all infectious diseases (pages 7, 8, 11, 70, 72, 85, 101)
- Specifically funds other sexually transmitted diseases (page 85)
- Covers other nations (page 13, 16, 67, 75, 76)
- Female Condoms (pages 18, 28, 78, 80)
- Income generation (page 85)
- Addressing economic factors (pages 19, 28, 34, 93)
- Addiction therapy (page 19)
- Addressing urbanization (pages 19, 28)
- Prevention and treatment tools for illicit injection drug users (page 19, 46)
- “Reduction of HIV infection among injection drug users” (page 104)
- Addresses Transportation patterns (page 28)
- Promoting safety (pages 19, 93)
- Eliminating gender-based violence (page 19, 20, 22, 85, 86, 103)
- “a gender perspective and respect for human rights” (page 8)
- Life skills training (page 22)
- Preventing alcohol abuse (page 29)
- Strengthen public health sector (page 30)
- “strengthen overall health systems.. and public health” (page 87)
- “build capacity within the public health sector of developing countries by improving…” (page 20)
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