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Bush Says African HIV-AIDS Pandemic is Top Priority
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US president says US well on its way to meeting its goal of supporting
treatment for two million Africans by end of 2008

President Bush says the United States has made fighting the spread of
HIV-AIDS in Africa its top priority.

Mr. Bush said Monday the United States is well on its way to meeting
its goal of supporting treatment for two million Africans by the end
of 2008.

In a statement to VOA Africa, the president said the United States is
working with local health officials to expand testing facilities,
upgrade treatment centers, care for AIDS orphans and teach young
people the values of responsibility and prevention.

Mr. Bush said that three years ago, fewer than 50-thousand people in
sub-Saharan Africa were receiving treatment for HIV-AIDS. But 14
months after the United States began implementing its plan to fight
the disease in Africa, more than 230,000 people in the region are
being treated.




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