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Upcoming Bush Institute event:
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Join the Bush Institute on Tuesday, Feb. 6, for a webinar titled "The State of American Democracy." This Engage at the Bush Center, presented by NexPoint virtual conversation will feature University of Chicago history professor Jane Dailey and Civitas Institute Executive Director of Research Ryan Streeter. Moderated by Jonathan Tepperman, Editor-in-Chief of The Catalyst: A Journal of Ideas from the Bush Institute, the discussion will focus on how to ensure democracy endures in the future. Register here.
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Bush Institute insights:
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Sunday was World Cancer Day, and this year's theme, "close the care gap," focused on addressing the barriers that prevent people from accessing cancer care. Go Further – an innovative public-private partnership between the Bush Institute, PEPFAR, UNAIDS, Merck, and Roche – has been critical to closing the gap for women living with HIV at risk of developing cervical cancer. Between the launch of Go Further in 2018 and 2022, six countries – Botswana, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, and Tanzania – reached or surpassed the global cervical cancer elimination target of treating 90% of women with precancer. Achieving elimination targets by 2030 will depend on doubling down on these efforts. Support and harmonization of policies, as well as continued resourcing, are critical.
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Standout statements:
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Janet Saul, director of gender and rights at PEPFAR and coordinator of the DREAMS (Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-Free, Mentored, Safe) program between 2018 and 2023, recently spoke to The Washington Post about the initiative’s impact, which was launched to prevent HIV cases in adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa and Haiti. Saul explains why the program must continue.
Saul said, "If you talk to adolescent girls and young women who have become employed and started their own business through DREAMS, they will very proudly tell you how they use their money not just for themselves, but to help their families put food on their table and to send their siblings to school. All of that would be gone. Globally, 71 percent of new infections among 10-to-19-year-olds are in girls. DREAMS ending would put a big dent in our progress in ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030."
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Ally updates:
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Last week, the Health Sector Reform Coalition (HSRC) in Nigeria welcomed Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss the partnership between Nigeria and the PEPFAR program for HIV/AIDS relief. The HSRC is working to ensure every Nigerian has access to high quality health services, and PEPFAR has been a tremendous contributor in ensuring access to HIV/AIDS resources.
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Figure of the week:
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39 million
An estimated 39 million people, including 1.5 million children, were living with HIV at the end of 2022. This is a downward trend, illustrating the impact programs like PEPFAR have had in stopping the transmission of HIV. However, reaching 2025 and 2030 global targets will depend on devoting resources to life-saving global health programs.
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Igor Khrestin
THE BRADFORD M. FREEMAN MANAGING DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL POLICY
GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER
T: (214) 200-4315
E: IKhrestin@bushcenter.org
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About the George W. Bush Institute
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