Change my location
Politics
A look at key parts of the global AIDS bill
PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS STORYRelated Topics:
The global AIDS bill Congress is preparing to send President Bush would:
-Approve $48 billion over the next five years for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria programs in Africa and other afflicted areas of the world. It also would approve $2 billion for American Indian health, water and law enforcement programs.
-Stipulate that 10 percent of funds are allocated for orphans and vulnerable children.
-Stipulate that "more than half" of funding for AIDS programs go for treatment and care.
-Reverse current law preventing HIV-infected people from receiving visas to come to the United States as immigrants, student or tourists.
Goals of the bill include:
-Preventing 12 million new HIV infections.
-Treating more than 2 million people. The existing act has provided some 1.7 million with anti-retroviral drugs.
-Supporting care for 12 million people infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS, including 5 million orphans and children.
-Training at least 140,000 new health care workers and paraprofessionals.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
