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PEPFAR: Prevention, Care and Treatment

MHRP’s PEPFAR program is currently operating under a limited waiver that allows for continuation of life-saving HIV services. Some content on this website, including PEPFAR-related news, was published on or before the stop work order issued January 24, 2025, and will be retained for historical purposes. More information is available here: https://www.state.gov/emergency-humanitarian-waiver-to-foreign-assistance-pause/

Since 2003, the U.S. government has saved more than 20 million lives and prevented millions of HIV infections through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Working together with partners in more than 50 countries, the PEPFAR program has helped move the HIV/AIDS epidemic from crisis toward control. MHRP has contributed to PEPFAR by developing and implementing lifesaving prevention, care and treatment programs with partner militaries and in civilian communities in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda—four of the 15 initial focus PEPFAR countries. 

By leveraging PEPFAR's infrastructure for research and development, MHRP helps enable critical advancements that help to make America safer, stronger and more prosperous. MHRP conducts research in partnership with organizations that also implement PEPFAR, which has led to more cost-efficient, mutually reinforcing countermeasure development research and service delivery. In addition, PEPFAR-linked facilities and labs support disease surveillance, providing the U.S. with early warning of emerging infectious disease threats. 

In Fiscal Year 2024, MHRP at WRAIR has supported:

445,584
People on Antiretroviral Treatment
2
+ Million
Received HIV Counseling and Testing

MHRP has been a leader in implementing cutting-edge HIV programming since 2003. Our PEPFAR-supported activities expand access to evidence-based HIV prevention, care and treatment interventions and employ strategies that contribute to local capacity building and sustainability in the countries where we operate.

MHRP provides a range of life-saving services including HIV counseling and targeted testing including index testing, provision of antiretroviral treatment, prevention of mother to child transmission, early infant diagnosis, and viral load testing, among other areas.

By integrating PEPFAR prevention, care and treatment programs with research, MHRP has created a vibrant synergy. The integration enhances clinical research and has enabled MHRP to build strong and trusting relationships within the communities where research is conducted and effective HIV services are implemented. 

These evidence-based interventions help drive effective, efficient and sustainable health care systems. These investments create a more resilient health system for partner countries to confront current and future health challenges and increased global health security and stability helps protect American interests and Service Members. 

All MRHP activities in Africa are conducted under WRAIR-Africa, which is located on the campus of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) in Nairobi. MHRP’s military-to-military PEPFAR programs work with counterparts in Kenya, Tanzania and Nigeria and are conducted in collaboration with the Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP).

In 2021, military-to-military PEPFAR activities expanded in the Philippines through the Armed Forces Research Institute for Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) under the auspices of DHAPP. AFRIMS, a Special Foreign Activity of WRAIR, has been working in the Philippines since 2011 and has an established relationship with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. 

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