United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2005-01-11 monographic deposited born digital 43 p. GA 1.13:GAO-05-133 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133 P0b002ee1803a5934 f:d05133 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133 GAO-05-133 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Comparative analysis Cost analysis Drugs Foreign aid programs Health care programs Infectious diseases International organizations Prices and pricing Quality assurance Sexually transmitted diseases Developing countries AIDS HIV/AIDS President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Other Written Product A15580

In developing countries, only about 7 percent of people with HIV/AIDS receive treatment. In 2003, the Congress authorized the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a 5-year, $15 billion initiative under the Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. The Emergency Plan focuses on 15 developing countries, with a goal of supporting treatment for 2 million people. Treatment regimens use multiple antiretroviral medications (ARV), which can be original or generic. Fixed-dose combinations (FDC) combine two or three ARVs into one pill. Questions have been raised about whether the plan is providing ARVs preferred by the focus countries at reasonable prices. GAO compared the selection of ARVs provided under the plan with that provided under other major treatment initiatives, compared the prices of those selections, and determined what the Coordinator's Office is doing to expand the plan's selection of quality-assured lower-priced ARVs. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133.pdf GAO-05-133 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-05-133 Other Written Product GAO-05-133; Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Selection of Antiretroviral Medications Provided Under U.S. Emergency Plan Is Limited; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome Comparative analysis Cost analysis Drugs Foreign aid programs Health care programs Infectious diseases International organizations Prices and pricing Quality assurance Sexually transmitted diseases Developing countries AIDS HIV/AIDS President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Title 35 Section 271(e)(1) 35 U.S.C. 271(e)(1) Volume 75 Page 424 75 Stat. 424 Volume 115 Page 2118 115 Stat. 2118 Volume 117 Page 11 Volume 117 Page 711 Volume 117 Page 721 117 Stat. 11 117 Stat. 711 117 Stat. 721 Volume 118 Page 3 118 Stat. 3 Public Law 87-195 Public Law 107-115 Public Law 108-7 Public Law 108-25 Public Law 108-199