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Bush’s AIDS initiative: Too little choice, too much ideology
Restrictive funding, emphasis on abstinence hinder $15 billion effort.
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U.S. AIDS Policy Abroad
Conservative policy hinders U.S. initiatives to fight AIDS abroad by insisting on abstinence-only programs over promoting condom use.
In this investigation
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PEPFAR policy hinders treatment in generic terms
Critics say FDA approval rule has meant greater use of high-cost drugs at expense of helping fewer patients.
By M. Asif Ismail | December 13, 2006
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Fatal error: how Bush’s policy endangers lives
Once again, ideology trumps good science and public health policy as Bush's global AIDS plan ignores reality and endangers women's lives.
By Sarah Fort | November 30, 2006
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Proselytizing at the Expense of HIV Patients
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‘Not enough money is going to treatment and prevention for younger Haitians’
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Casual Sex, Ignorance and Denial: A Lethal Combination
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Funds to combat HIV welcome in Ethiopia, but not the strings attached
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Sex Workers on the Front Line of Prevention
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Dataset: Funds Awarded by the U.S. Agency for International Development
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With few resources, a church named Redemption takes on poverty, hunger and other staggering causes in Haiti
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Condoms’ Reliability Disputed
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The Gap Between Needing and Getting Grants
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A Shift in Emphasis — and Consequences
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‘I really want to leave sex work. I was raped and became pregnant’
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‘The most important thing I’ve learned is the importance of being abstinent and to be faithful’
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HIV in Haiti is spread by violence – and little is done to prevent attacks
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‘Violence against women in Haiti has gotten worse’
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Modern health care groups collaborate with voodoo priests to help identify the HIV-positive
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Progress in Ethiopia, measured one anti-HIV pill at a time, is being made
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U.S. non-profit organizations’ efforts to improve conditions in Haiti encounter complications
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Once-Tamed Epidemic Reemerges
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Methodology: Questions, Lawsuits and, Eventually, Some Answers
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Glossary of Terms: A.I.D.S. and Health Policy
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Black Market Dispenses HIV Drugs and Risk
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Sex Trade Still Thriving, but It’s Less Safe
Data journalism
About This Data: PEPFAR Grants
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Key Findings
Key findings
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A year-long investigation of President Bush’s initiative to fight AIDS abroad finds that conservative ideology hinders its real benefits by insisting on abstinence-only programs over promoting condom use.
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In 2003, President George W. Bush asked Congress to appropriate $15 billion for an international AIDS initiative, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) — a plan that, while seeking to treat those infected with HIV/AIDS and prevent the spread of the disease, is hindered by conservative ideologies.
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ICIJ found that PEPFAR actually restricts the use of funds because of its ties to faith-based organizations that promote abstinence-only programs and overlook the importance of other courses of action such as condom use.
