Washington, DC, 24 February 2023 ¨C Today Winnie Byanyima, the Executive Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAIDS, participated in ¡°PEPFAR at 20¡±, an event marking 20 years of US President George W. Bush¡¯s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). The event was hosted by the George W. Bush Institute at the United States Institute of Peace.
Ms. Byanyima it was a ¡°huge honor¡± to meet President Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush, and she thanked the former President for his ¡°vision and global leadership on HIV/AIDS¡±.
Meanwhile, yesterday evening, Ms. Byanyima was joined at a gathering at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Foundation by Angeli Achrekar, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAIDS¡¯ new Deputy Executive Director for the Programme Branch, who recently served as Principal Deputy US Global AIDS Coordinator, PEPFAR. The two officials, together with Vinay Saldanha, Director of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAIDS¡¯ US Liaison Office in Washington, DC, held an interactive listening session with US-based partners on the global HIV response.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAIDS is leading the global effort to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals. It is the only cosponsored Joint Programme in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ system. It draws on the experience and expertise of 11 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ system Cosponsors and is the only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ entity with civil society represented on its governing body. Its Secretariat has offices in 70 countries, with 70% of its staff based in the field.
