[Mb-civic] Botswana's Gains Against AIDS Put U.S. Claims to Test

[William Swiggard]

Botswana's Gains Against AIDS Put U.S. Claims to Test

By Craig Timberg
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, July 1, 2005; Page A01

GABORONE, Botswana -- As global leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, 
for the World Economic Forum in January, officials from President Bush's 
$15 billion anti-AIDS program issued a news release citing their 
accomplishments. Nowhere were the numbers more impressive than in 
Botswana, where 32,839 AIDS patients were receiving life-extending 
treatment with the help of the U.S. government, they said.

But thousands of miles away in Botswana, the Bush administration's claim 
provoked frustration and anger among public and private partners that 
had built Africa's most far-reaching AIDS treatment program, recalled 
those involved. Although the Bush program had promised millions of 
dollars of support, no money had yet arrived, they said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063002158.html?referrer=email
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