National Health Laboratory Service did not Always Manage Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Funds or Meet Program Goals in Accordance with Award Requirements.

摘要

United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (P.L. No. 108-25) (the 2003 Act), authorized the Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFARs initial authorization of $15 billion expired on September 30, 2008. The Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. No. 110-293) (the 2008 Act) authorized an additional $48 billion for the 5-year period beginning October 1, 2008, to assist foreign countries in combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. The 2008 Act gives the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a leadership role in several key areas of research and evaluation in implementing HIV/AIDS programs, including program monitoring, impact evaluation, and operations research. Through its Global HIV/AIDS Program, CDC implemented PEPFAR, working with ministries of health and other in-country partners to combat HIV/AIDS by strengthening health systems and building sustainable HIV/AIDS programs in more than 75 countries in Africa, Asia, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Our objective was to determine whether NHLS managed PEPFAR funds and met program goals in accordance with the award requirements.