what has the united states done in response to the AIDS crisis in Africa?
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we have our own problems here in the United States with Aids...we need to take care of our own first
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No.  HIV and AIDS do not care anything about the economic status of the person or country.\n\nFor example, Magic Johnson has HIV.  And he is wealthy.  The US has a fairly large population of HIV-infected persons and is one of the wealthiest countries in the world.\n\nNo, what will help ease the spread of HIV (and AIDS) is education about the virus and the disease.  It's in the poorest countries that this type of education is the worst.\n\nAs far as eradicating AIDS, the only thing that will do that at this point is a vaccine.
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You can find a complete answer to your question at:\n\nwww.aids.about.com
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The United States is trying so hard to appease Muslim nations... which is okay... and not Terrorists like the EU. Sudan is the first thing the AU, African Union, has to resolve. Plus the victims in Sudan are Christians... no one cares about Christians today. Sudan, like much of Africa is Poor and if the U.S.A doesn't do anything about this terrorist organizations will set up a stronghold in Africa.
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the countries need to get their government under control and get some political stability that does not involve dictators.  then humanitarian aid (example:  against HIV/AIDS and hunger) can move through the countries safer and can expect not to be attacked by guerrilla fighters when helping women and children.
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You either have to compare agendas or actions. Both had moderately ambitious agendas (though still inadequate), neither did much to implement those agendas.\n\nNeither has done enough to combat AIDS in Africa, and Bush has stopped funds for any agency that provides adequate birth control counselling.  Neither has intervened sufficiently in Sudan / Darfur, and Clinton was inadequate in his response to Rwanda.  He did intervene in Somilia, and did bomb an alleged  Al Queda factory in the Sudan, for which he was viciously attacked by Republicans in the House and Senate.  After the first two years, Clinton's hands were tied by not having the Dems in control of either house.  Bush appointed Powell Sec. of State, and he announced that he would increase focus on Africa, but he was soon shunted to the side by the neo-cons in Defense, the NSA, and in the Vice-President's office.\n\nUnfortunately, it has become common for Presidents to announce they will do more in regards to Africa, and not to follow through.
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The problem in the third world countries is not money to be solved by these aids. The problem is corruption, ignorance and social underdevelopment. People there should wake up, thats their only way.
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AIDS is everywhere, even China, a very closed society.\n\nIn Africa you have so many other problems with poverty and lack of education, superstitions and denial.  \n\nPeople in America are in denial, too.  They think it "can't happen to me".  But it can.
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the only way to deal with AIDS is information and education, if you can believe it, in parts of Africa there are men who believe having sex with a virgin will cure them of AIDS, until myths like this are put to rest AIDS will continue to be a scourge in Africa, as for poverty in Africa, keep in mind most African countries are basically agrarian societies, the cycle of warfare keeps people from pursuing their natural occupations, break the cycle of warfare and you solve poverty. these countries need stable governments. how you solve that i do not know
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Africa...no question.\nThe USA only look after themselves.\n\nThe US doesn't give aid so much as cynically uses it's wealth to 'buy' global political advantage. It's never some altruistic humanitarian reason, they always demand something in return.
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It would have been impossible to contain through quarantine. Since there are no symptoms of HIV, there would have been no way isolation would have stopped the spread when it first came here. \n\nBesides, isolation camps for certain groups are more of a left solution. Just ask the Japanese Americans who were around during WWII.\n\nThe problem, as usual, lies with personal responsibility. Words that Clinton taught us not to believe in, I know, but there it is. The blood supply is now safe from HIV, so how are people still contracting it?\n\nDrug use, promiscuous sex. Eliminate the behavior, stop the spread.\n\n\nuh-oh, I think I smell one of those conspiracy theory people here. For the record, I've lived in FL since 1976 and the only virus I've ever caught was this raging Pro Bush conservative-itis that gets stronger every time I read answers like that.
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Mess in Afgahnistan??  I think the TALIBAN caused that mess and the Europeans are helping because it is the right thing to do!  A lot more of the world is helping there as well!\n\nSouth Africa has made so many strides, FINNALY abolishing Apathied, giving up their nuclear weapons VOLUNTARILY, and helping in missions that promote freedom.  I applaud and welcome all the good things that South Africans are doing.  I hope that they get more foreign aid and investment from the USA, maybe we can stop buying everything from China and Europe...  \n\nI hope for an economically strong South Africa that will lead the continent to freedom and the rule of law.
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everyone in africa has aids\n\ndon't ever go there
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I think a lot of money goes into AIDS research, and although there is obviously no cure yet, there are drugs that greatly prolong life.  Treatment and drug distribution should be a major concern, however.  The AIDS epidemic in Africa is devastating, and it is genuinely horrifying to realize that I live in a country (U.S.) that would rather funnel my tax money into a phony war that I don't support than use it to help masses of people who suffer indescribable conditions every day of their lives.  First world powers, capable of stepping in, are just leaving the African continent to rot.  The vast majority of AIDS sufferers in Africa don't have access to the medication that could improve their health and prolong their lives, and government leaders constantly avoid discussing this issue.  Even in my own country, where we do not have socialized medicine, there are people living with this disease who have no means of paying for treatment.  Health care costs are exorbitant, and fewer and fewer companies are willing to provide workers with these benefits.  I constantly hear people referring to the U.S. as one of the richest nations in the world.  Well, that may be, but I'm not in the least bit impressed with the way in which our government allocates resources.  Obviously tax cuts for the richest 1 percent of our population are more important than providing decent health care to the middle and lower classes.  It's disgusting, and things have to change.  Greed is running rampant and we are squandering one of the world's most precious resources, human life.
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Canada and some other African contries backed us up, thank you for that. Who did the U.S.A ever help out?
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Here is a good site for statistics. It says that the population growth has been diminished to nearly ZERO, because of AIDS related deaths. \nhttp://www.prcdc.org/summaries/aidsinafrica/aidsinafrica.html
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It can transmit HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDs.