S 2032
106th Congress
Senate
International Affairs
AIDS (Disease)
Agriculture and Food
American economic assistance
Breast feeding
Child nutrition
Developing countries
Drugs
Families
Health
Health counseling
Human immunodeficiency viruses
International cooperation
Maternal health services
Medical tests
Nongovernmental organizations
Preventive medicine
United Nations
Women
World health
Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention Act of 2000
Introduced: February 3, 2000
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Became law
Feb 3, 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Feb 3, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S330-331)
Feb 3, 2000
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Mother-to-Child HIV Prevention Act of 2000 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to direct the agency primarily responsible for administering assistance for health programs in developing countries to coordinate with UNAIDS, UNICEF, WHO, local governments, and other organizations to: (1) develop and implement effective strategies to prevent vertical (mother-to- child) transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); and (2) increase in scale intervention programs and introduce voluntary counseling and testing, antiretroviral drugs, replacement feeding, and other strategies more widely in due course. Authorizes appropriations.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
1