Bush AIDS Plan Gets Drugs to 25,000
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The Bush administration's global AIDS plan has helped put at least 25,000 people on antiretroviral therapy since it began disbursing money in February to organizations and governments in 15 targeted countries.
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About 1.2 million people in countries hard hit by AIDS are receiving life-extending drugs thanks to two major U.S. and international funds, double from a year ago, but many millions more need help, the funds said on Friday.
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Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top US health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb. 17 - President Bush made a long-distance appeal to Congress on Sunday to reauthorize and increase funding for his program to fight AIDS in Africa without tampering with controversial elements such as its emphasis on abstinence.
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WASHINGTON -- Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top US health officials were warned that research in Uganda on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported severe reactions, including deaths, government documents show.
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Description: A Bush Administration task force releases a report that finds importing drugs from countries with price-controls offers little savings and introduces safety concerns.
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Millions of people with HIV will die unless cheap drugs are made more widely available, experts have warned. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has a target of getting antiretrovirals (ARVs) to three million
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South Africa launched a revamped national AIDS plan on Wednesday as new research showed the high cost of government inaction on the epidemic -- 1,500 South Africans infected with HIV every day.
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President Bush gave Tanzania's president, who played basketball as a youth, a pair of Shaquille O'Neal's shoes today, along with millions of dollars to help combat disease and poverty in the east African country.
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President Bush urged Congress on Wednesday to authorize an additional $30 billion to fight AIDS in Africa over five years, doubling the current U.S. commitment.
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Nigeria is appealing for US$248 million to help it provide subsidised antiretroviral (ARV) drugs for 200,000 people living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2005, Health Minister Eyitayo Lambo said.
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Weeks before President Bush announced a plan to protect African babies from AIDS, top U.S. health officials were warned that research on the key drug was flawed and may have underreported thousands of severe reactions, including deaths, government documents show.
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People infected with the virus that causes AIDS will soon be able to take a once-a-day pill that combines three drugs in a &quot;cocktail&quot; therapy that can be swallowed in a single dose.
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SATURDAY, Dec. 2 (HealthDay News) -- A national campaign has been launched to reach about 3.25 million modest-income older Americans who are eligible for Medicare Extra Help with prescription drugs but have not yet signed up for the program.
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President Bush said he would increase emergency aid to $350 million, putting the overall amount donated at nearly $1.2 billion from 40 nations.
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In the first big step to make prescription drug benefits available to the elderly, the Bush administration said yesterday that it would carve the nation into 34 regions to administer
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Millions of people with HIV will die unless it is made easier for them to get the drugs they need, experts warn.