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We're Close on AIDS: Don't Blow It Now, America

John Johnson — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:20:01 CST

Two big names—Bono and George W. Bush—weigh in on World AIDS Day, both with the general theme that tremendous progress has been made in the last decade but that it won't matter if the world, specifically the US, gets complacent now. Some highlights: Bono: How did all this...

Bush's Unsung AIDS Policy

Kevin Spak — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:19:25 CST

A little known, $19-billion program has provided medicine to 1.4 million AIDS-stricken Africans and may be President Bush's most enduring success story, the New York Times reports. “I’m amazed at how little (Americans) know about Pepfar,” said one Ugandan doctor of the program. Africans are terrified that “the Bush...

Bush Asks Congress to Double AIDS Effort

Sam Gale Rosen — Wed, 30 May 2007 06:53:10 CDT

President Bush wants to double the funding of a U.S. program that battles the global AIDS crisis. Bush will ask Congress today to commit $30 billion over the next five years after the current program expires in 2008. The extra cash could save the lives of 1.5 million...