The new plan would have placed a similar demand on AIDS groups funded by organizations that receive money from other countries as well as the U.S.

Many AIDS groups have protested what they term the anti-prostitution "loyalty oath," saying it would make it harder to reach a crucial risk group - prostitutes - with prevention messages, the Washington Post reports.

A document released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said grass-roots AIDS organizations that receive money through the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria had to take the "loyalty oath."

"This would have meant that about 3,000 groups in 128 countries supported by the Global Fund would have to make the pledge – something that AIDS activists said would cause a mixture of fear and resentment in some nations," according to the Post.

Randall L. Tobias, director of the $15 billion President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), learned of the CDC document on Friday. He said the policy "is not one I have seen and considered," and on Tuesday he rescinded the policy.

A spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services said the posting of the CDC document was a "misunderstanding."

PEPFAR supporters feel prostitution should never be condoned or legalized, the Post reports, "because it creates a market for trafficking in women and girls and encourages the resulting cruelty, coercion and disease."

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