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A greatly improved and expanded version of PEPFAR has been introduced in Congress, The Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008. This bill will be voted on this week by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and we need your immediate help to secure the support of your Senator and pass the best bill possible.

1. The bill authorizes $50 billion dollars in funding and largely focuses on evidence- and human rights-based treatment, prevention and care programs. Unfortunately, the bill does not go far enough to address the critical shortage of health care professionals that are needed in the fight against AIDS and other diseases.
   
   Please ask your Senator to support a bill that includes provisions to train and retain 140,000 new health care professionals and supports full implementation of national health workforce strategies.
   
   
2. The Senate bill includes language that would lift the travel ban against people with HIV—a human rights violation that has stood since the early 1990s.
   
   Please tell your Senator that you support lifting this ban and want him or her to support the retention of this important language during the amendment process.

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