HIV cash misspent on abstinence education - health - 05...
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"The critics can say "We told you so." Restrictions imposed by Congress are hampering the US government's global AIDS relief programme, a report by the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded on 30 March.
"Launched in 2003, the $15 billion President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest ever financial commitment by a nation to fight a single disease. In a move widely condemned at the time, Congress insisted that one-third of the $3 billion set aside for disease prevention be spent on abstinence-before-marriage sex education."
That's $1bn.
That's a '1' with nine zeroes.
$1,000,000,000.
Think about how useful that could have been. Think about the people in the world that could have helped rather than furthering a dogmatic government's religious agenda.
Having done that, then think how many hitmen you could have hired to take out the man at the top.
"The critics can say "We told you so." Restrictions imposed by Congress are hampering the US government's global AIDS relief programme, a report by the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) concluded on 30 March.
"Launched in 2003, the $15 billion President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the largest ever financial commitment by a nation to fight a single disease. In a move widely condemned at the time, Congress insisted that one-third of the $3 billion set aside for disease prevention be spent on abstinence-before-marriage sex education."
That's $1bn.
That's a '1' with nine zeroes.
$1,000,000,000.
Think about how useful that could have been. Think about the people in the world that could have helped rather than furthering a dogmatic government's religious agenda.
Having done that, then think how many hitmen you could have hired to take out the man at the top.
