UNIVERSITY COALITIONS for GLOBAL HEALTH

An update on PEPFAR from Hayley over at the Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC). ~Stephanie

Hi UCGHers!

As you know, it’s crunch time on the PEPFAR reauthorization, which means lots of work at the mercy of the political process. We now know that, after another delay, the PEPFAR vote in the House Committee on Foreign Affairs should be the week of February 25th. Unfortunately, we’ve also heard that certain House members are prepared to fight the critical improvements in the bill!

We’re worried about burning you all out; we’re feeling a little overloaded ourselves, but it’s PEPFAR or bust! And we’ve already made a big difference.

Please take the extra time to organize a call-in day next week - we’ll be reminding members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the improvements are too important to lose! We’ll send out an updated call-in script and list of targets at the beginning of next week.

If you have any questions about the saga that is PEPFAR reauthorization, let us know!

Many thanks,
Hayley & the SGAC Steering Committee

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