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.
29 January 2003
President George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
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- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 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]
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
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