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Published online 18 August 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060814-14

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US aid for AIDS

The United States gives more to global AIDS prevention programmes than any other country. But its flagship programme is controversial; some say it pushes abstinence too heavily. Erika Check sat down with Mark Dybul, US Global AIDS Coordinator, at the international AIDS meeting in Toronto this week, to discuss US strategy.

The big US programme is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). What are PEPFAR's accomplishments?

We've supported care for 3 million people so far — 1.

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