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Contributor [1]
Thursday, July 10, 2003 - 03:00
Categories: 
Health & HIV/AIDS [2]
Issue Number: 
118 [3]
Article-Summary: 

As President Bush departed for Africa, key questions about his Aids policy remained unanswered; including the level of funding that will actually be appropriated. While three billion dollars a year has been authorized by the U.S. Congress, the president has requested no additional funds for this fiscal year and less than 2 billion dollars for fiscal year 2004, including only 200 million dollars instead of 1 billion dollars for the Global Fund to Fight Aids. News reports say Republicans in the...read more [4]

As President Bush departed for Africa, key questions about his Aids policy remained unanswered; including the level of funding that will actually be appropriated. While three billion dollars a year has been authorized by the U.S. Congress, the president has requested no additional funds for this fiscal year and less than 2 billion dollars for fiscal year 2004, including only 200 million dollars instead of 1 billion dollars for the Global Fund to Fight Aids. News reports say Republicans in the House of Representatives are planning to approve even less than the president's low request.

Category: 
Food & Health [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/hivaids/16236 [6]

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