The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief: Five-Year StrategyBureau of Public AffairsWashington, DC June 27, 2005 PDF version "There are only two possible responses to suffering on this scale. We can turn our eyes away in resignation and despair, or we can take decisive, historic action to turn the tide against this disease…." --President George W. Bush President George W. Bush has made fighting the international HIV/AIDS pandemic a U.S. priority. The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS is the largest commitment ever by a single nation toward an international health initiative--5-year, $15 billion, multifaceted approach to combating the disease. Through the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, we will work with international, national and local leaders worldwide to promote integrated prevention, treatment and care programs, with an urgent focus on countries that are among the most afflicted by the disease. THE GOALS In the focus countries, we will: U.S. COMMITMENT
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For the full text of the 5-year strategy of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, visit www.state.gov/s/gac. FOCUS COUNTRIES*: Botswana • Cote d’Ivoire • Ethiopia • Guyana • Haiti • Kenya • Mozambique • Namibia • Nigeria • Rwanda • South Africa • Tanzania • Uganda • Vietnam • Zambia The U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the Senate to coordinate and oversee the U.S. global response to HIV/AIDS. He reports directly to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. |