Blog To End AIDS: PEPFAR Blog-o-mania! How bad is Bush?

Monday, June 04, 2007

PEPFAR Blog-o-mania! How bad is Bush?

How bad is the loved-in-the-media Bush PEPFAR plan? Check out these expert opinions and find out for yourself: SGAC/Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/matthew-kavanagh/bush-on-aids-smoke-and-m_b_50618.html bottom line: "this week's headlines should have read, 'Bush asks Congress to stop increasing AIDS funding so quickly.'" Physicians for Human Rights http://www.phrweekofaction.org/?p=104 bottom line: breaks promises, reduces priority of HIV prevention Reproductive Health Reality Check http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2007/05/30/leaving-women-and-girls-behind-bush-s-global-aids-policy bottom line: leaves women and girls behind, smoke-and-mirrors to avoid scrutiny of proven-ineffective abstinence only prevention efforts Housing Works http://www.hwupdate.org/update/2007/06/pepfar_from_enough_1.html bottom line: 1.5 million who were promised treatment won't get it; no health care workers; bogus ab-only wastes over $2B Edwards can be smarter http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/6/4/111352/0600#3 bottom line: John Edwards -- and other Presidential candidates -- can and should do better than Bush. Add more links in comments!

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