What We’re Reading 1/13/09
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Washington Post: U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Asked to Stay on Past Inauguration
President Bush’s Global AIDS czar is keeping his post in the Obama administration — at least for now. Mark Dybul, the U.S. Global AIDS coordinator, informed his staff via email Friday that he was asked to stay on for an indeterminate length of time. Dybul has overseen the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. Some reproductive rights and AIDS advocates have complained that the international relief program has been hampered by the president’s more conservative social views.
Bloomberg News: U.S. AIDS relief program exceeds goal in Africa
The United States’ AIDS relief program PEPFAR has exceeded its goal for the number of patients reached in its first five years, with more than 2.1 million men, women and children getting treatment, the State Department said yesterday in a new report. The U.S. government has provided $18.8 billion for treatment and prevention of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, since the program started, in 2003. The goal was to treat 2 million people. “A disease that was once thought to be a death sentence, a disease that was once thought sure to separate parents from their children, is now a disease that America is helping people to live with and to manage,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters in Washington.
San Francisco Chronicle: Why the U.S. must lead on global HIV and TB treatment
A medical professor writing in the San Francisco Chronicle says that as we consider the mission of the next secretary of state, Americans must remember that U.S. diplomacy and global security also require strong leadership to advance the causes of global health, especially the fight against HIV/AIDS and TB. The writer argues that the United States should double its development assistance by 2012.
-Steve Wilson
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January 13, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Great sequence of news items of particular importance to ONE members, Steve. Thanks for posting them.
I am particularly glad that Mark Dybul will stay on as Global AIDS Co-ordinator for the Obama administration. He has done a fine job so far and it is important to keep a level of consistency in this U.S. program (PEPFAR).
Looking forward to another POSITIVE & PRODUCTIVE year AS ONE !
ALWAYS FOREVER, ONE – debbie
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January 19, 2009 at 8:46 pm
I appreciate Bono speaking out on behalf of the worlds poor and sick. Don’t forget that the number one question asked Obama was “Will you legalize marijuana?”. Think about the benefits that medical cannabis can have on the millions of suffering Africans. I am very disturbed when I hear that UN Police are using international aid money to persecute cannabis growers in Africa and destroy such an important beneficial crop. Bono has enormous influence on UN leaders, and some of the world’s most powerful people. Please don’t think for a moment that by removing cannabis the UN is in any way helping the poor people of Africa or any other continent. This is a grave injustice, and I’m sure the sick and dying Africans effected by such laws would agree. The cannabis plant can help to provide food, clothing, shelter, safe medicine, and eco-friendly fuel. If the One Campaign really wants to help the poor, we should let them grow hemp, and if we must get involved, help them succeed in taking advantage of the many benefits of the hemp industry.
I hope Bono keeps up the good work, and helps to stop the bad work.
Thanx. www.nycamp.org