Divine Intervention
 
A year long investigation into how rigid rules and restrictions of President Bush's initiative to fight HIV/AIDS have affected countries struggling with the pandemic
Overview
Bush's AIDS Initiative: Too Little Choice, Too Much Ideology
Restrictive funding, emphasis on abstinence hinder $15 billion effort
WASHINGTON, November 30, 2006 — Just two months before ordering the invasion of Iraq, President Bush in his 2003 State of the Union address asked Congress to appropriate $15 billion for care, treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS in developing countries. The subsequent President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) served to burnish his "compassionate conservative" credentials even as he took the nation into war. >>

Behind the Scenes: Questions, Lawsuits and, Eventually, Some Answers
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