Global Health Policy

WHAM
World Halting AIDS Movement

United States AIDS Relief Consolidation Fund (USARCOF)

American Sustainable HIV AIDS Relief Plan (A-SHARP)

I concur with the suggestin that the new name for PEPFAR II should refelect the bipartisan support to the plan that was instituted as an emergency response to a worldwide crisis. I also agree that the name should encourgage other capable donor governments that have yet initiated any assistance to the most affected countries of the world to become integrated to a world movement to confront the AIDS pandemic, by core-streaming AIDS assisatance into their bilateral and multilateral relations with countries of some defined threshold of infection rates. Finally, while President Bush will forever me remembered as the leader who inspired American leadership in the fight against AIDS, the new name should inspire successive U.S. governments to forge on with the leadership the world needs in this fight. Pursuant to these views, I suggest that the following new name for PEPFAR II:
"LEADERSHIP IN GLOBAL MOBILIZATION FOR AIDS RELIEF" (LIGMAR) in focus countries

HIV/AIDS Assistance from the American People (HAAAP).

Simply put: Through PEPFAR in its current state, and in the reauthorization to perpetuate the Plan, average American taxpayers reach across the globe to assist in addressing the pandemic. It might be nice to just be clear about that. Clarity, brevity, long-shelf life, easy to dance to...

One proposal and the variation I thought about:

USLEAD - United States Legacy against AiDs

The idea was to bind LEADership with Legacy in order to highlight the importance in terms of time of the plan: now and future. It came after

USLEAP - United States Legacy against Aids Pandemic

where capitals match but the clarity of the time simile is blurred, and changing it for Leadership remains an option.

"US Program to Sustain Progress in HIV/AIDS Eradication". If we must use an acronym or catchy title then we could call it "Project Sustain Progress - PSP". The use of the longer title is preferred because it provides all the key words with an emphasis on the long term objective of eradicating HIV/AIDS from the face of the earth.

US Fund for Sustainable Prevention and Control of HIV and AIDS(USFSPC-HIVand AIDS)

- The fund comes from US, therefore, it is necessary to indicate the source of the fund.
-HIV and AIDS cannot be dealt in an emergency manner, therefore suatainable prevention and control activities need be in place.
Moreover sutainbility means a multisectoral response to the prevention and control of HIV and AIDS. Besides, sutainability is underpinned by commitment of stakeholders to use of the fund effectively to halt the spread of HIV. The fund would require stakholders to use it wisely and effectively by designing cost effective approaches during program implimentation. The fund can lend itself to be used in a harmonized and cordinated manner along with local resources and systems of recepient countries, and other donor resources as well.This would help in the creation of the necesary capcity in a genric manner in the recepient countries so that they could assume full responsibility and leadership in dealing with HIV and AIDS.
I think the fund can be used in a manner that it could play a leading role in bringing HIV to a level of insignificance, if not total irradication

Sustainable and Tactical AIDS/HIV National Dialogue (STAND)

I propose that PEPFAR be renamed to APFAR - the "American Plan for AIDS Relief".

Inspired by a suggested made to me by Jim Cashel, I suggested this at a public meeting on 21 July 2005 on "The Long-Term Financing Implications of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic", organized by the Kaiser Family Foundation. On page 76 of the transcript, available at www.kaisernetwork.org/ health_cast/uploaded_files/ 1622-%20072105_kff_csis_transcript.pdf, you'll find the following:

Hi. I’m Bernard Rivers. I’m from a NGO called Aidspan which serves as a watchdog of the Global Fund.

A year ago, at the Bangkok International AIDS Conference, there was a problem … because there was a sense, particularly amongst the activists, that PEPFAR could do no right and the Global Fund could do no wrong. They were wrong on both fronts.

I think part of the problem on the PEPFAR front is a problem with branding. Everyone here has been using the term PEPFAR except the folks from PEPFAR, so they don’t even know quite what their name is, or they don’t know when to use that name PEPFAR.

PEPFAR stands for the "President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief". I have two problems with that; the first is the use of the word "emergency" and second is the use of the word "president".

It’s not, I think, an emergency plan -- it’s not a tsunami response, it’s not something that’s going to be wrapped up in a year or two once the emergency is over, because the emergency is not going to be over, so I think the word "emergency" should be dropped. You can respond rapidly, as in an emergency, but I think the word "emergency" doesn’t really belong there.

The second is the use of the word "president". Mark Dybul himself said today, "President Bush’s emergency plan". I don’t think that’s the title of the organization. If President Bush had not been reelected in the last [2004] election, would that plan have stopped? I certainly hope not. I hope that the next president will continue this plan, so I don’t think it’s President Bush’s emergency plan. Yes, good for him. He started it, he initiated it and he deserves credit for that. But I think a better name would be APFAR, the "American Plan for AIDS Relief". We’ve heard a lot about the American people, yes good for them, they are financing that through their taxes. I humbly suggest a new name, APFAR. Thank you.

Thanks to everyone who have contributed so far.

I propose ENABLE - Empowering National Approaches Based on Leadership and Evidence.

Whether or not the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator adopts a new name for PEPFAR, I hope that the second phase will emphasise sustainability by promoting national ownership through ongoing high-level policy dialogue (leadership). Additionally, I also hope that research and innovation will drive the interventions and investments in PEPFAR 2 (evidence).

Let's keep the PEPFAR acronym: People's Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief

OONHECT . . . Contination of HIV/AIDS Efforts and Collaboration.

PEPFAR II-Giving Hope and Life

I would suggest USAGRAPP -USA global response to AIDS pademic plan
PEPFAR has done alot in our country Kenya in dealing with the pademic.It is worth while and therefore need to continue. The supporting agencies need to think also how to make the programme sustainable.In developing world we have many health problems which need support especially promotive and preventive health services and their systems.

There is already a Global Fund for Aids, TB and Malaria. If the USA really wants to "restore its intellecutal leadership in development" why not put funds through this, and make it more effective, rather than maintain a parallel bilateral structure?

Below are multiple suggestions. Some of my entries reflect AIDS-focused concepts, while others reflect a need to twin general healthcare system capacity building efforts with AIDS-centered responses. Where possible, I tried to reflect sustainability concepts.

Each of the following acronyms can be preceded with "U.S." to identify each program with the American people:

HEALTHAIDS: Healthcare and AIDS Program

STAMPAIDS: U.S. Sustainable Treatment and Management Program on AIDS

AIDSHELP: AIDS and Healthcare Leadership Program
-or-
AIDSHELP: AIDS Healthcare and Extended Lives Program

Global HIT AIDS: Global Healthcare Intervention and Treatment Program on AIDS

LIFEHELP: Lifetime Help End AIDS Leadership Program

HITAIDS: Health Intervention and Treatment Program on AIDS

AIDSCUT: AIDS Care and Universal Treatment Program
-or-
CUTAIDS: Care and Universal Treatment Program on AIDS

USA HEAL: United States of America Help End AIDS Leadership Program

HEAL: Help End AIDS Leadership Program

AIDS TLC: AIDS Treatment for Life Campaign

AIDS HALT: AIDS Healthcare and Life Treatment Program

AIDS OUT: U.S. AIDS Operation for Universal Treatment on AIDS

US AIDSHIP: AIDS Healthcare Intervention Program

AIDS FIT: AIDS Funding Interventions and Treatment Program

AMERICAN HIV AND AIDS PROGRAM SUPPORT
-AMHAP-

PEPFar 2p: Particularly Expensive Program FAR from Partner Priorities

Rwanda is one of fifteen PEPFAR "focus countries." It also is inundated funds for HIV/AIDS from GFATM. But the priority HIV/AIDS receives does not square with Rwanda’s own development priorities.

Indeed, Rwanda spends about $48 million per year for HIV/AIDS matters—but HIV/AIDS affects only three percent of the population. (Source: Rapporteur’s Report. Follow-on Meeting to the Post-High-Level for on the Health MDGs. Tunis, Tunisia, June 12-13, 2006.) On the other hand, Rwanda only spends $ 1 million per year on maternal and child health programmes. In terms of dollars spent per life saved, this is grossly inefficient, and it results from a lack of donor responsiveness to partner priorities.

GESPA: GLOBAL ENDEMIC SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR AIDS

SHARE - Sustainable HIV AIDS Response and Enablement

I think that the original acronym of PEPFAR should be maintained but the words within the acronym changed so as to erase the problematic words "emergency" and "President". Here are a few suggestions along those lines:

Program to Enhance and Promote Further AIDS Relief

Program to Empower and Partner For AIDS Relief

Partnership to Encourage Progress in Fighting AIDS Rapidly

Program to Encourage/Empower Partnerships Focused on AIDS Relief

I concur to the name PEPFAR 11, because it clearly defines the program as it is Phase 2 of the same program.

Thank You,

Francisca 'Mapitso Matsoha

Let's keep PEPFAR.
Maybe the advent of (some) generics has undermined somewhat the original acronym:

Purchasing Expensive Pharmaceuticals From American Retailers

but we could still have

President's Efforts to Pander to Foreigners and the American Right

or
Pooh-poohing Evidence: Politics First, Abstinence Rules