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This episode of The CommonHealth features a live discussion of the recently published book, Lifeline: The Story of PEPFAR, the Greatest Humanitarian Initiative of Our Time, by John Donnelly.
In Lifeline, published by HarperCollins, Donnelly provides an inspiring account of how the U.S. government built PEPFAR, a then start-up development program to fight AIDS. PEPFAR went on to save more than twenty-six million lives, becoming one of America’s most successful foreign assistance programs in history. Lifeline draws from interviews with more than 200 global health leaders, from President George W. Bush to Dr. Anthony Fauci to local physicians across Africa, to cover the period from PEPFAR’s inception to the beginning of 2009.
In Lifeline, published by HarperCollins, Donnelly provides an inspiring account of how the U.S. government built PEPFAR, a then start-up development program to fight AIDS. PEPFAR went on to save more than twenty-six million lives, becoming one of America’s most successful foreign assistance programs in history. Lifeline draws from interviews with more than 200 global health leaders, from President George W. Bush to Dr. Anthony Fauci to local physicians across Africa, to cover the period from PEPFAR’s inception to the beginning of 2009.