Bush haters, will you at least give him credit for saving some 5 million lives in Africa, due to the AIDS initiative that he was responsible for? Bono, at least, does.
In the past 10 years, HIV infections have dropped by 20 percent. Medical experts say the combination of new treatments and a greater focus on prevention has been a success story.
But, according to specialists in the field and AIDS activists alike, in sub-Saharan Africa — where efforts on raising awareness and relief is credited with saving 5 million lives — the game changer has come as a direct result of massive U.S. funding that began in 2003.
While support for the funding has been bipartisan, U2’s lead singer and world-renowned humanitarian Bono credits former President George W. Bush with leading the charge on the issue.
“Even people who are snide and snarky about the United States of America
have to admit that millions and millions of lives have been saved by American taxpayers,” Bono told Fox News’ Bret Baier during an interview with the lead singer and the former president taped at Bush’s Dallas, Texas, office.
via FoxNews.com – U.S. AIDS Funding Program Started Under Bush Credited With Saving Millions.
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