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The President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief And Adult Mortality: A Replication Study Of Hiv Development Assistance Effects In Sub-Saharan African Countries, Nicholas A. Hein, Danstan Bagenda, Jiangtao Luo Jan 2020

The President's Emergency Plan For Aids Relief And Adult Mortality: A Replication Study Of Hiv Development Assistance Effects In Sub-Saharan African Countries, Nicholas A. Hein, Danstan Bagenda, Jiangtao Luo

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The US budget for global health funding, which was by far the largest of similar funding in the world, increased from US $1.3 billion in 2001 to more than US $10 billion in recent years. More than 54% of this funding was allocated to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS through the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Africa. However, recent studies indicate contradictory results regarding the effectiveness of PEPFAR. One by Bendavid, Holmes, Bhattacharya, and Miller shows positive effects of PEPFAR in reducing adult mortality in Africa, while another by Duber, Coates, Szekeras, Kaji, and Lewis …