President George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan

Date: 29 Jan 2003
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

President George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan

The American president, George W Bush, announced his five-year $15 billion Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment in twelve African and two Caribbean countries during his State of the Union address at a congress session in the USA. The president introduced this plan to counter severe challenges posed by the HIV/AIDS crisis. He stated that nearly 30 million people on the African continent have the AIDS virus, including 3 million children under the age of fifteen. Yet across the continent, only 50,000 victims were receiving the medicine they need. Bush believed that this plan could prevent a possible seven million new AIDS infections, treat two million with life extending drugs and provide humane care for millions of people suffering from Aids or for children orphaned by Aids.

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01BBC News,'Aids',[Online]Available at: www.news.bbc.co.uk, [Accessed on: 20 December 2013]
02 CNN, 'Bush's State of the Union speech',[Online]Available at: www.edition.cnn.com, [Accessed on: 20 December 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). President George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0013535

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