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Mission now possible for AIDS fund [Hale, P., et al. Nature 2001;412:271]: This is a comment on the status of funding of the Global AIDS Fund, which the U.N. team estimates will require $9.2 billion/year by 2005 [Science 2001;292:2434]. Commitments through July, 2001 totaled $844.5 million with major donations from the U.S.-$200 million, the U.K.-$200 million, Japan-$200 million, the Gates Foundation-$100 million, and France-$127 million over three years. The report also explains that the U.S. now spends $20 billion/year on prevention and treatment of HIV in this country, the European Union spends about the same per capita with a total bill of $8-10 billion. The $10 million request actually represents just 0.005% of the gross national product of the seven richest nations. Also noted are U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfield's plans to acquire $120 billion worth of B2 bombers.
posted 8/10/2001





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