The Wisdom of Whores » Centre for Global Development http://www.wisdomofwhores.com Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:15:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Name that AIDS Programme http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/21/name-that-aids-programme/ http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/21/name-that-aids-programme/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:48:08 +0000 elizabeth http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/02/21/name-that-aids-programme/ The Center for Global Development invites readers to rename PEPFAR, the 15-soon-to-be-at-least-45 billion dollar aid programme for HIV care (and a bit of prevention) in developing countries. The finalists are now open for voting on; they include such inspirational suggestions as American Sustainable HIV/AIDS Relief Plan (A-SHARP) and Program to Encourage Partnerships Focused on AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

I want to keep the PEPFAR acronym, too. But I think we can find something that is closer to the true spirit of the programme. How about:

Pooh-poohing Evidence: Politics First, Abstinence Rules!
or
President’s Efforts to Pander to Fundamentalists and the American Right

I know some of you can do better. Graham?

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