U.S. taxpayers spend almost twice as much to combat HIV/AIDS worldwide as they do on all other global health-related assistance programs combined. Also, U.S. funding to other countries for HIV/AIDS has gone up sharply since 2004.
According to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), U.S. spending worldwide on HIV/AIDS has gone from $204.1 million in 2001 to $3.3 billion in 2008 – an increase of more than 1,500 percent over seven years.
At the same time, U.S spending worldwide on all “other health” programs, which includes “maternal and child health, infectious disease prevention and malaria control,” according to the GAO, went from $1.3 billion in 2001 to $1.7 billion in 2008.
Since 2003, meanwhile, payments to foreign countries for HIV/AIDS have grown significantly, in comparison with spending on other health programs, which have gone up and down over the same time period, the government watchdog reported.
Here's more
DelMarVa's Premier Source for News, Opinion, Analysis, and Human Interest Contact Publisher Joe Albero at alberobutzo@wmconnect.com or 410-430-5349
5 comments:
Could it be possible that the US taxpayers money ACTUALLY be spent within the US???? That would be nice.
I don't believe $1.00 should be spent on AIDS/HIV. Let nature take it's course. Maybe the earth will be back to NORMAL.
If I have read right , the green monkey from Africa started this AIDS thing.
Isn't it strange how Africa is responsible for a lot of mishaps! Right obama , Idi Amin and the rest of Africa's idiots!
1:17, using your own logic, you must be from Africa.
1:17, I don't think you can blame being stupid on Africa. Unless of course, that's where you came from.
Africa was the testing ground for the biological weapon we now call HIV / Aids.
ABC found a tribe who was monogamous, did not operate on themselves (no intraveneous needles used) and did not perform any type of blood sharing or transfusions. They were an aboriginal tribe - very old fashioned.
Every member of the tribe had HIV.
It was designed to attack the immune system and weaken subjects.
HIV was man made.
Post a Comment