Jul 30th 2014, 10:05:26
http://www.pepfar.gov/
"Bush did more to stop AIDS and more to help Africa than any president before or since," says New York Times correspondent Peter Baker "He took on one of the world's biggest problems in a big, bold way and it changed the course of a continent. If it weren't for Iraq, it would be one of the main things history would remember about Bush, and it still should be part of any accounting of his presidency."
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/...t_george_w_bush_did_right
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http://www.edgeonthenet.com/...l_of_aids-free_generation
The 2008 Congress authorized $48 billion for the next four years. But that first year, instead of a billion dollars, PEPFAR got $135 million. Harvard students protested the cuts, asking the president to keep the promises he had made. But it was to no avail.
"It was very discouraging to those working in the field, to those in Africa," said Smith. "People were very worried whether they would be able to retain treatment, or if those in care would ever get treatment. They didn’t know whether resources would be there to support the program."
"Bush did more to stop AIDS and more to help Africa than any president before or since," says New York Times correspondent Peter Baker "He took on one of the world's biggest problems in a big, bold way and it changed the course of a continent. If it weren't for Iraq, it would be one of the main things history would remember about Bush, and it still should be part of any accounting of his presidency."
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/...t_george_w_bush_did_right
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http://www.edgeonthenet.com/...l_of_aids-free_generation
The 2008 Congress authorized $48 billion for the next four years. But that first year, instead of a billion dollars, PEPFAR got $135 million. Harvard students protested the cuts, asking the president to keep the promises he had made. But it was to no avail.
"It was very discouraging to those working in the field, to those in Africa," said Smith. "People were very worried whether they would be able to retain treatment, or if those in care would ever get treatment. They didn’t know whether resources would be there to support the program."
Surely what a man does when he is caught off his guard is the best evidence as to what sort of man he is. - C.S. Lewis