• Funding and policy related to microbicide research and development programs at the US Agency for International development and the Department of State, including OCAG/PEPFAR; State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bills. IPM also advocates for policy related to microbicide research and development at the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and associated language in the Labor/HHS Appropriations bills.

Duration: February 15, 2006 to July 30, 2011

General Issues: Foreign Relations, Health Issues

Spending: about $280,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2006: House of Representatives, Senate, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), State, Dept of (DOS), White House Office, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, State - Dept of (DOS)