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S. 2472, The Global Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

Comparing revision saved on December 14, 2007, 18:30:15 (webmaster), with revision saved on March 14, 2008, 04:08:03 (webmaster):

S. 2472 would amend the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(Log inGlobal Pediatric HIV/AIDS Prevention and Treatment Act - States that the U.S. government's response to edit the wikiglobal HIV/AIDS pandemic should place high priority on: (1) prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS; and be(2) care and treatment of all children affected by HIV/AIDS, including children orphaned by AIDS.

Requires that
the firstglobal strategy under the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003: (1) establish a target for prevention of mother-to-child transmission efforts; (2) integrate prevention, care, and treatment with prevention of mother-to-child transmission programs; and (3) expand programs for children orphaned by AIDS.

Directs the Coordinator of United States Government Activities
to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally to establish the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Panel which shall: (1) review activities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV that receive financial assistance under this Act; and (2) provide a detailed summaryrecommendations to the Coordinator and to the appropriate congressional committees for of mother-to-child transmission prevention services under this Act. Terminates the bill!)Panel 60 days after submission of a report required by this Act.
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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 12/13/2007: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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