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AIDS Healthcare Foundation
Bush Signs Historic Global AIDS Bill Which Will Save At Least Five Million Lives
August 23rd, 2008
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), hailed President Bush for signing legislation to re-authorize PEPFAR (the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief). The measure, which was signed in a formal signing ceremony earlier today in Washington, increases funding for the successful global AIDS program from $15 billion up to $48 billion over the next five years. As a result, PEPFAR, which is likely to be among the President's most successful and lasting legacies, will save five to seven million lives over the next five years. "Passage of this historic legislation is a crucial turning point in the battle to control AIDS around the world," said Michael Weinstein, President,...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-08-23)
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