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Addressing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
President George W. Bush welcomes UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the podium after his announcement of Presidential HIV/AIDS Trust Fund Initiative as Nigerian President Olusegun Obsanjo looks on at left in the Rose Garden, Friday, May 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush welcomes UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the podium after his announcement of Presidential HIV/AIDS Trust Fund Initiative as Nigerian President Olusegun Obsanjo looks on at left in the Rose Garden, Friday, May 11, 2001.
Return to Africa Policy
 
President George W. Bush meets with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, left, and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria in the Oval Office May 11, 2001. President Bush.s commitment to Africa started long before the announcement of his plan to fight AIDS. He has met with 25 African heads of state and has a wide range of discussions about HIV/AIDS, economy and peace in the region. President George W. Bush welcomes UN Secretary General Kofi Annan to the podium after his announcement of Presidential HIV/AIDS Trust Fund Initiative as Nigerian President Olusegun Obsanjo looks on at left in the Rose Garden, Friday, May 11, 2001.
President George W. Bush commits 15 billion dollars to fight the spread of AIDS in Africa and the Caribbean during his State of the Union Address at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 28, 2003. "This comprehensive plan will prevent 7 million new AIDS infections, treat at least 2 million people with life-extending drugs, and provide humane care for millions of people suffering from AIDS, and for children orphaned by AIDS," said the President in his address. One day after announcing his plan, President George W. Bush discusses the AIDS policy with advisors in the Oval Office Jan. 29, 2003. "We believe in the value and dignity of every human life," said the President during the bill's May 27th signing ceremony. "In the face of preventable death and suffering, we have a moral duty to act, and we are acting."
President George W. Bush discusses Global and Domestic HIV and AIDS during a meeting in the Dwight D. Eisenhowser Executive Office Building Jan. 31, 2003. Pictured with the President are Ambassodor Edith Ssempala of Uganda, center, and Ambassador Odeen Ishmael of Guyana. President George W. Bush discusses his Global HIV/AIDS Initiative in the East Room Tuesday, April 29, 2003. "Today, on the continent of Africa alone nearly 30 million people are living with HIV/AIDS, including 3 million people under the age of 15 years old. In Botswana, nearly 40 percent of the adult population -- 40 percent -- has HIV, and projected life expectancy has fallen more than 30 years due to AIDS," said the President.
President Bush discusses the HIV/AIDS Bill with, from left, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Senators Joseph Biden, Bill Frist and Richard Lugar in the Oval office May 8, 2003. President George W. Bush announces his nomination of Randall Tobias to be the Coordinator for International HIV/AIDS Assistance in the Roosevelt Room Wednesday, July 2, 2003. A newly-created position, the coordinator will have the rank of Ambassador and oversee all U.S. international HIV/AIDS assistance.
President Bush signs H.R. 1298, The U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003, at the U.S. State Department May 27, 2003. Standing with the President are, from left, Representative Tom Lantos, D-Calif., Senator Bill Frist (R-Tenn., Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson and Secretary of State Colin Powell. President George W. Bush, Mrs. Laura Bush, and to the President's right, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Mrs. Museveni sing along with a choir and staff members of The AIDS Support Organization (TASO) Centre in Entebbe, Uganda Friday, July 11, 2003.
President George W. Bush talks with women who are members of Women and Children of Hope and the Nigerian Community of Western Living with AIDS at National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria on July 12, 2003. President George W. Bush and Mrs. Bush and President and Mrs. Musevni applaud the singing of the Watoto Choir at the TASO Centre in Entebbe, Uganda Friday, July 11, 2003.

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