Billions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W
As billions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program credited with saving millions of lives remains in limbo, the George W. Bush Institute is urging the U.S. Congress to keep money flowing for it. In a letter sent to Congress on Wednesday, the former Republican president's institute pleaded with Congress to keep funding the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or
over its partnership with organizations that provide abortions. Earlier this year, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican who has for years supported unless groups that promote or provide abortions were barred from receiving money. Smith chairs the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the program's funding. Although abortion has become central to the hold up over
is credited with saving 25 million lives in 55 countries, including 5.5 million infants born HIV-free. It was created by then-President George W. Bush and Congress to extend treatment for the AIDS epidemic, which has killed more than 40 million people since 1981, to hard-hit areas of Africa where the cost of treatment put it out of reach. The number of children in sub-Saharan Africa newly orphaned by AIDS reached a peak of 1.
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Ex-president Bush's institute tells Congress to keep funding HIV/AIDS workBillions of dollars for a global HIV/AIDS program that's saved millions of lives are in limbo and now the George W. Bush Institute is urging the U.S. Congress to keep money flowing to the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, also known as PEPFAR. The program sends billions of dollars to provide HIV/AIDS medication around the globe.
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