U.S. AIDS Funding Program Started Under Bush Credited With Saving Millions

From Fox News.

In the past 10 years, HIV infections have dropped by 20 percent. Medical experts say the combination of new treatments and a greater focus on prevention has been a success story.

But, according to specialists in the field and AIDS activists alike, in sub-Saharan Africa — where efforts on raising awareness and relief is credited with saving 5 million lives — the game changer has come as a direct result of massive U.S. funding that began in 2003.

While support for the funding has been bipartisan, U2’s lead singer and world-renowned humanitarian Bono credits former President George W. Bush with leading the charge on the issue.

Good for him and good for the people that have been helped. Read it all.