By Daniel Hamon
Earlier this year I visited an HIV/AIDS orphanage in Africa. In the midst of tremendous difficulty, the children were happy to wave and smile to a stranger - their young spirits were full of life. As part of the visit, a worker showed me the orphanage's well-stocked medicine cabinet.
All I have heard about medicines to treat HIV/AIDS is that they are expensive and hard to obtain. When I asked how difficult it was to get these medicines, the answer was not what I expected: "Not difficult at all. Whenever we run out, we tell the local hospital and they send more. It is all because of the Bush Grant".
What she referred to as the "Bush Grant" is the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. It was set in motion during the 2003 State of the Union Address when President George W. Bush proposed the following:
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