President Obama has also proposed to cut America's contributions to
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
---
but he just promised Israel $10 billion over the next 3 years
he should fund his own charities
On Jul 22, 4:48 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote:
> *
> Desmond Tutu Attacks President Obama: *For not following President
> Bush's example
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/21/opinion/21tutu.html?ref=global>.
>
> Having met President Obama, I'm confident that he's a man of
> conscience who shares my commitment to bringing hope and care to the
> world's poor. But I am saddened by his decision to spend less than
> he promised to treat AIDS patients in Africa.
>
> George W. Bush made an impressive commitment to the international
> fight against AIDS when he formed the President's Emergency Plan for
> AIDS Relief program. Since 2004, Pepfar has spent $19 billion to
> help distribute anti-viral treatments to about 2.5 million Africans
> infected with H.I.V.
> . . .
> Under the Bush administration, about 400,000 more African patients
> received treatment every year. President Obama's Pepfar strategy
> would reduce the number of new patients receiving treatment to
> 320,000 --- resulting in 1.2 million avoidable deaths over the next
> five years, according to calculations by two Harvard researchers,
> Rochelle Walensky and Daniel Kuritzkes. Doctors would have to
> decide which of the 22 million Africans afflicted with H.I.V. should
> receive treatment and which should not.
>
> President Obama has also proposed to cut America's contributions to
> the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (which had
> been increasing each year since 2006) to $1 billion in 2011, down
> from $1.05 billion this year.
>
> Perhaps Archbishop Tutu should start judging President Obama by his
> deeds, instead of his words.
>
> (Incidentally, much of the money for these programs is spent right here
> in the United States, buying drugs from American drug companies.)
> - 12:39 PM, 21 July 2010 [link]
> <http://www.seanet.com/%7Ejimxc/Politics/July2010_3.html#jrm8945>
>
> Actions and votes have consequences - and we surely are paying for this one.
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