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Bush touts emergency AIDS plan.
(From Agence France Presse)
US President George W. Bush tried to drum up public support for his plan to help AIDS patients in Africa and the Caribbean, vowing to bring "the merciful powers of modern medicine to people in great need."
"Through all our efforts to fight disease and hunger, we can spare people in many nations from untold suffering, and Africa especially," Bush said in his weekly radio address Saturday.
"Today in Africa, nearly 30 million people have the AIDS virus," he continued, adding that his plan will provide medicine that "will prevent seven million new AIDS infections, treat at least two million people with life-extending drugs, and provide humane care for millions of people suffering from AIDS and for children orphaned by AIDS. "
In his State of the Union address late Tuesday where the US president first unveiled the initiative, Bush pledged to spend 15 billion dollars (14 billion euros) on AIDS prevention and care over the next five years.
The administration's "Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief," will help prevent seven million new HIV infections, treat at least two million people with life-extending drugs and provide care for millions with the illness or the orphans of victims, the US president said.
"America has a special calling to come to their aid and we will do so with the compassion and generosity that have always defined the United States," he said Saturday.
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