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(From Africa Research Bulletin (ARBE))

The US's unexpected announcement in the State of the Union speech of an extra $10bn (#6bn) to combat HIV-AIDS in poor countries over the next five years has drawn praise and puzzlement in equal amounts.

The fund, which will triple current US efforts of about $1bn a year spent fighting AIDS abroad, is the latest in a series of attempts by the US to seize the initiative in the global fight against the disease.

Coming a few months after the White House put pressure on Bill Frist, now the Republican leader in the Senate, to reduce the request for money in his HIV bill in Congress, it marks an abrupt US about-turn…

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