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Since Bush’s announcement, the global AIDS crisis has not diminished. Each day, approximately 14,000 people are infected with HIV and over 8,000 die from AIDS. What has diminished is Bush’s commitment to fighting the crisis. One might assume that a $15 billion promise over five years would translate into $3 billion per year. But even though Bush authorized $3 billion in AIDS spending for the coming year, his administration has maneuvered to ensure that less than $2 billion will actually be spent. This kind of manipulation has become a signature...
...drugs in Africa (see chart above), they're not actually selling much of their products there because many African nations honor international patent laws. Cipla's Hamied estimates that his company provides drugs to no more than 30,000 AIDS patients in Africa, where some 29 million people are HIV positive...
...ARRESTED. Ma Shiwen, deputy director of the Henan Center for Disease Control, for reportedly providing a non-governmental Chinese aids organization with data detailing the infection of tens of thousands of Chinese villagers with hiv during blood transfusions; in Henan province. An aids activist reported the arrest; the government has refused to comment on the case and Shiwen's colleagues say "he has just disappeared...
...Percentage increase since 1999 in HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual...
...February 2003, Palo Alto, Ca. Incident: A reportedly HIV- and hepatitis- infected man brought a knife into a courtroom and slashed his own throat, splashing blood on security officers Security: Metal detectors were in place; following the incident they were recalibrated and retested...