PEPFAR Country Coordinator

Added: Apr 13, 2018 1:29 am

OVERVIEW 

The PEPFAR Country Coordinator (“the Coordinator”) in Angola is responsible for the leadership and facilitation of the interagency country team, management and coordination of the strategy and implementation planning, and communication among the U.S. Government (USG) departments and agencies (State Department, CDC, DOD and USAID) involved in the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Angola. The Coordinator receives policy direction from the U.S. Ambassador to Angola and decision-making authority from the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator.

The Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC) is responsible for implementing PEPFAR - the USG initiative to help save the lives of those suffering from HIV/AIDS around the world. This historic commitment is the largest by any nation to combat a single disease internationally, and PEPFAR investments also help alleviate suffering from other diseases across the global health spectrum. PEPFAR is driven by a shared responsibility among donor and partner nations and others to make smart investments to save lives. Thanks in large part to U.S. leadership, tremendous progress has been made in the fight against global HIV and AIDS. PEPFAR has directly supported life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) for more than 7.7 million men, women and children worldwide as of 2014. PEPFAR has directly supported 56.7 million people with testing and counseling, including care and support for nearly 5 million orphans and vulnerable children. PEPFAR is heading into what may be its most challenging, but exciting, phase yet - Phase III, focusing on Sustainable Control of the Epidemic. The strategy for this new phase of PEPFAR is documented in "PEPFAR 3.0 Controlling the Epidemic: Delivering on the Promise of an AIDS-free Generation"(http://www.pepfar.gov/documents/organization/234744.pdf). The purpose of this phase is to reach the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS' (UNAIDS) ambitious 90-90-90 global goals: 90 percent of people with HIV diagnosed, 90 percent of them on ART and 90 percent of them virally suppressed by 2020. This strategic goal is shared by the Angolan government as outlined in its National Acceleration Plan for HIV/AIDS. The PEPFAR program and the Coordinator will be focused on achieving demonstrable results towards these shared goals.

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Added: Apr 13, 2018 1:17 am

The Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (S/GAC) is responsible for implementing PEPFAR - the USG initiative to help save the lives of those suffering from HIV/AIDS around the world. This historic commitment is the largest by any nation to combat a single disease internationally, and PEPFAR investments also help alleviate suffering from other diseases across the global health spectrum.  PEPFAR is driven by a shared responsibility among donor and partner nations and others to make smart investments to save lives. Thanks in large part to U.S. leadership, tremendous progress has been made in the fight against global HIV and AIDS. PEPFAR has directly supported life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART) for more than 7.7 million men, women and children worldwide as of 2014. PEPFAR has directly supported 56.7 million people with testing and counseling, including care and support for nearly 5 million orphans and vulnerable children.  PEPFAR is heading into what may be its most challenging, but exciting, phase yet - Phase III, focusing on Sustainable Control of the Epidemic. The strategy for this new phase of PEPFAR is documented in “PEPFAR 3.0 Controlling the Epidemic: Delivering on the Promise of an AIDS-free Generation”(http://www.pepfar.gov/documents/organization/234744.pdf). The purpose of this phase is to reach the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS’ (UNAIDS) ambitious 90-90-90 global goals: 90 percent of people with HIV diagnosed, 90 percent of them on ART and 90 percent of them virally suppressed by 2020.  This strategic goal is shared by the Angolan government as outlined in its National Acceleration Plan for HIV/AIDS.  The PEPFAR program and the Coordinator will be focused on achieving demonstrable results towards these shared goals.