This bill changes Section 104A(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b-2(d)). It adds HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications to the list of allowable assistance. It also inserts language that certain prevention and treatment activities will "be considered to be core life-saving humanitarian assistance." The bill clarifies that prevention efforts can include services for at-risk populations as designated by the World Health Organization.
If enacted, U.S. foreign HIV/AIDS assistance programs could explicitly fund PrEP medications and treat specified prevention and treatment activities as core life-saving humanitarian assistance. The bill names at-risk populations in line with World Health Organization scientific analysis. No publicly available information on implementation details is included in the bill text.
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