FLOTUS Tours Africa Mrs. Bush traveled June 24-29 to Senegal, Mozambique, Mali and and Zambia to highlight efforts to combat malaria and HIV/AIDS and focusing on education, clean water.
Fact Sheet: President Bush Announces 5-yr, $30 Billion HIV/AIDS Plan Today, President George W. Bush Announced His Desire To Double America's Commitment to Fight Global HIV/AIDS. He Will Work With Congress To Reauthorize The United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, And Malaria Act Of 2003, Which Established The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Full text
State of the Union Address on HIV/AIDS and Africa
President Bush: "We must continue to fight HIV/AIDS, especially on the continent of Africa. (Applause.) Because you funded our Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the number of people receiving life-saving drugs has grown from 50,000 to more than 800,000 in three short years. I ask you to continue funding our efforts to fight HIV/AIDS. I ask you to provide $1.2 billion over five years so we can combat malaria in 15 African countries. (Applause.)" Full text | Webcast - | The U.S. Committment on Global HIV/AIDS (PDF)
AIDS Relief Release to Congress of the Five-Year Strategy for PEPFAR. [PDF: 1,969k | Remarks by Secretary Powell | Fact Sheet [PDF: 880k]
Summit on Malaria President Bush: "African leaders also understand in the long run that defeating malaria requires more than nets, and sprays, and drugs. It requires changing the conditions that help malaria thrive -- poverty, and the lack of education, and unresponsive governments, and corruption, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic. To help African leaders overcome these challenges, this administration has doubled development aid to Africa during my presidency -- and I propose to double it again by the end of this decade. " Full text
PEPFAR Briefing (Nov. 1): I think the most important part about PEPFAR is that we are fundamentally supporting the systems of the countries in which we work. This isn't the work of Americans or others; it's the work of the Africans, the Asians, and people in the Caribbean themselves. Full text
Fact Sheet: A Mission of Liberation Around the World (Sept. 25): President Bush Calls On Members Of The United Nations General Assembly To Work Toward Standards Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights. Full text
United States and International Development: Partnership for Growth (Aug. 6): “America is pursuing a clear strategy to bring progress and prosperity to struggling nations all across the world. We're working to increase access to trade and relieve the burden of debt. We're increasing our assistance to the world's poorest countries and using this aid to encourage reform, and strengthen education, and fight the scourge of disease.” Fact Sheet
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