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Thanks to strong bipartisan support in Congress and the leadership of President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, the United States, through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and our partner nations are making dramatic progress in the fight against AIDS. Our investments are being used in more ways to maximize the impact we have in saving lives. 

There have been remarkable advances in fighting HIV/AIDS in South Africa thanks to the strong and deepening partnership between our two countries.  

South Africa has the world’s largest number of people living with HIV â€" over five million in a population of about 50 million. The country is on the front lines of the global pandemic, with about 17 percent of the world’s HIV infections.

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