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Opinion: 8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it
A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the U.S. of decades of disease defense, write eight former CDC directors.
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According to STAT’s source item, Opinion: 8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle it, A State Department plan scheduled to be implemented June 1 would strip the U.S. of decades of disease defense, write eight former CDC directors.
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- Opinion: 8 former CDC directors: Reform PEPFAR, don’t dismantle itSTAT - 2026-05-26T08:30:00+00:00
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