Health News
2006-06-13
House approves
foreign AIDS spending
House approves
$3.4 billion to fight AIDS overseas
The U.S. House of
Representatives on Friday voted 373
The U.S. House of
Representatives on Friday voted 373–34 for a $21.3
billion fiscal 2007 foreign aid spending bill that includes
a total of $3.4 billion to fight AIDS overseas,
including $445 million for the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The amount approved
for the Global Fund was double the amount President Bush had
requested in his fiscal 2007 budget proposal. (The
Advocate)
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