House Appropriations Committee United in Efforts to Improve Effectiveness of U.S. Assistance for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS Programs
June 12, 2007
Today during debate of the FY 2008 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations, the House Appropriations Committee went on record in strong support of measures to improve the effectiveness of U.S. assistance for family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention programs. This historic action marks a strong rebuke to the Bush Administration's global health policies that have sacrificed comprehensive, evidence-based programs in favor of rigid and ineffective ideological restrictions. The House is expected to take up the bill the week of June 18.
Appropriations Bill Includes Life-Saving Reproductive Health Provisions
June 11, 2007
With its Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs' approval of the fiscal year 2008 appropriations bill, the House of Representatives took a significant step toward grounding U.S. aid for family planning and HIV/AIDS relief in sound evidence.
House Panel Approves Bill That Would Allow Contraceptive Donations to International Groups Barred From Funding Due to Abortion Policies
Media Source: Kaiser Network Daily Reports
June 7, 2007
A House appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday approved legislation that Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) said would allow the federal government to give contraceptives but not money to international groups that have been barred from receiving U.S. aid due to their abortion policies, the AP/San Diego Union-Tribune reports (Abrams, AP/San Diego Union-Tribune, 6/5).
Bill Could 'Gut' Policy Denying Aid to Pro-Abortion Groups
Media Source: Crosswalk.com
June 7, 2007
A measure approved by a House of Representatives panel would "basically gut" the U.S. policy of banning foreign aid to groups that provide or promote abortions, a conservative analyst charged on Wednesday.
A liberal group called the bill "a much-needed dose of common sense" in the battle against HIV/AIDS.
Juliet's HIV tale highlights Canada's myopia on Africa
Media Source: Calgary Herald
June 7, 2007
She lives the tragedy of being an African aid failure -- and perhaps reflects Canada's AIDS apathy as well. Juliet Awuor lost her virginity and went HIV-positive the same night in a Kenyan slum.
U.S. panel OKs contraceptive aid to international family planning groups promoting abortion
Media Source: Associated Press
June 6, 2007
International family planning groups cut off from U.S. aid because they provide or promote abortion could gain access to U.S.-donated contraceptives under legislation approved by a panel of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Youth in Vietnam Ignored by PEPFAR
Media Source: RH Reality Check
June 6, 2007
Bush's announcement last week to double the funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to $30 billion was nothing less than political brilliance on his part. I mean that genuinely. It was a preemptive strike to once again claim empathetic superiority in an area once reserved for well-meaning progressives. Yes, it was also timed to provide cover for Bush's anti-environmentalism in advance of the G8 Summit, but here at home, it had the added utility of once again using an abundance of funding to disguise underlying policy flaws-deliberate and favored-that are hampering a good program from being a great one.
This afternoon the House Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up bill to remove ideology-based restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance for family planning and HIV/AIDS
June 5, 2007
House Takes First Steps to Ensuring that U.S. Aid for Family Planning and HIV/AIDS is Evidence-Based
FY 2008 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations
Golden Opportunity to Correct PEPFAR's Fatal Flaw
June 4, 2007
PAI was thrilled to hear President Bush announce last week that he is requesting an additional 30 billion in funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) over the next five years. This historic effort has enormous potential to save millions of lives.
US to spend extra $30bn to fight HIV/Aids, pledges Bush
Media Source: The Guardian
May 31, 2007
George Bush announced yesterday that the US plans to spend $30bn (£15bn) over five years in Africa and elsewhere to combat HIV/Aids.
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