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San Francisco Chronicle - July 21, 2008
What happened: The Senate approved $48 billion for AIDS care and prevention, largely in hard-hit Africa. The package, already approved by the House, enlarges a widely praised program launched by President Bush in 2003 and has boosted care from 50,000 people to 1.7 million and added malaria and tuberculosis treatment. It's a huge increase in a program considered one of this country's most significant aid projects.
What's next: Get this program rolling as fast as possible. Africa is a danger zone with 70 percent of the world's AIDS population. This expenditure could jump-start contributions from other major-donor countries. AIDS relief may end up as Bush's most positive foreign-policy legacy.
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