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Welcome and farewell: U.S. Ambassador Aubrey Hooks welcomes PEPFAR senior technical adviser Beverly Nyberg to the meeting as outgoing CDC Chief of Party Dr. Monica Nolan and incoming CDC Chief of Party Dr. Bruce Struminger look on.

PEPFAR's 'Promise of Partnerships' 

About 300 representatives of PEPFAR partner organizations, Ivorian ministries, and international and local organizations gathered to consolidate, coordinate, and extend the fight against HIV/AIDS in Cote d’Ivoire at the PEPFAR 2006-2007 Partners Meeting March 26-28 in Abidjan.

PEPFAR (the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), the largest initiative ever launched against a disease, is a five-year, $15 billion program funded by the American people to help nations around the world provide HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment.

In an overview of PEPFAR’s work in Cote d’Ivoire, Country  Coordinator Jyoti Schlesinger told the meeting audience that dramatic increases in U.S. funding – from $24 million in 2004 to more than $65 million this year – have been matched by equally impressive results, including:

•       More HIV testing sites (81 nationwide, up from 18 in 2004).
•       More treatment sites (58, up from 16) providing antiretroviral therapy to more
        than 21,000 people living with HIV/AIDS.
•       Palliative-care services for more than 42,500 people.
•       Care and support for more than 22,500 orphans and vulnerable children