A new analysis from the CDC reveals that the number of people receiving lifesaving HIV treatment through President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has increased 300 times in under 20 years, from 2004 to 2022. The number of people receiving HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) through PEPFAR increased from just 66,500 individuals in 2004, the year after PEPFAR was launched, to more than 20 million people in 2022. These findings are published in a recent Vital Signs report. Under PEPFAR’s current five-year strategy, the U.S. aims to eliminate HIV as a global public health threat by 2030 while strengthening public health systems worldwide. The latest data in this Vital Signs report show that PEPFAR’s programs are placing the world on the path to achieving this goal and validate that efforts over the past 20 years have transformed the global HIV epidemic.
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