State of the Union Announcement

Spending Announced by President Bush in his 2003 State of the Union Address

March 1, 2004. Brook Baker for Health GAP. U.S. USES DRUG QUALITY SMOKESCREEN IN PEPFAR PROCUREMENT POLICIES TO SUBSIDIZE BIG PHARMA AND TO PREVENT PROCUREMENT OF LOWER COST GENERICS.

January 20, 2004. Health GAP Press Release. Bush Lies and CUTS AIDS Funds Again in State of the Union Address

White House Documents

Statements on Announcement

January 30, 2003. CPTech Statement on President's State of the Union Announcement.
February 4, 2003. Physicians for Human Rights. Physicians for Human Rights Says President's Budget Falls Short of Funds Needed for New Global AIDS Program.
January 30, 2003. MSF. MSF Welcomes President Bush's Commitment to Scale-Up Access to Affordable AIDS Treatment, But Warns US Against Breaking Promises, Taking a Unilateral Approach.
January 30, 2003. ACT-UP Paris. Bush announces 10 billion dollars to maintain the multi-national pharmaceutical companies' monopoly.
January 29, 2003. ACT-UP Philadelphia. Statement on the President's plan for global AIDS.
January 29, 2003. Statement by Robert Weissman, Essential Action on the President's Global AIDS Announcement and Generic Drugs.
January 29, 2003. Africa Action press release. Africa Action Demands Dollars to Match Announcement on AIDS in Africa.
January 29, 2003. Physicians for Human Rights. Physicians for Human Rights Applauds the President's State of the Union Message on Global AIDS.
January 29, 2003. UNAIDS statement on President Bush's announcement of an emergency plan for AIDS relief.

News Stories

August 1, 2004. Erika Casriel for the American Prospect. Promises, Promises: Big talk aside, Bushąs go-it-alone global AIDS strategy is hurting more than itąs helping.
February 15, 2003. Editorial in the Lancet. A Positive Result for AIDS.
February 5, 2003. Op-ed by Michael Kelly in the Washington Post. We Can Save 10 Million Lives.
February 2, 2003. Donald McNeil for the New York Times. Where AIDS Stalks, Everyone Lives in Fear.
February 1, 2003. New York Times. A Serious Response to AIDS.
Feruary 1, 2003. Washington Post Editorial. AIDS, Seriously.
January 30, 2003. MSNBC. AIDS plan marks change in policy.
January 30, 2003. Michael Phillips and Rachel Zimmerman for the Wall Street Journal. Health Activists Are Skeptical About Bush's AIDS Proposal.
January 30, 2003. Maggie Fox for Reuters. Bush AIDS Plan to Include Condoms and Abstinence.
January 30, 2003. Mike Allen and Paul Blustein for the Washington Post. Unlikely Allies Convince Bush to Shift Course on AIDS Relief.
January 30, 2003. Rachel Swarns for the New York Times. Africans Welcome U.S. Help on AIDS.
January 30, 2003. John Donnelly for the Boston Globe. Big spending on AIDS seen as go-it-alone plan.
January 30, 2003. Sabin Russell for the San Francisco Chronicle. Fears, cheers over Bush AIDS pledge: Plan shortchanges Global Fund, activists say.
January 30, 2003. Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Richard W. Stevenson for the New York Times. Bush AIDS Plan Surprises Many, but Advisers Call It Long Planned.
January 30, 2003. Bernard Rivers for the Global Fund Observer. The US President's speech and the Global Fund.
January 29, 2003. Ron Kampeas for the Associated Press. Bush AIDS plan includes condoms and generics, defying Christian conservatives and brand name pharmaceuticals.
January 29, 2003. Reuters. Bush Asks for $15 Billion to Fight AIDS in Africa.
January 29, 2003. Ravi Nessman for the Associated Press. AIDS officials cautiously welcome Bush's pledge of money.
January 29, 2003. Paul Blustein for the Washington Post. Activists Hail President's Call for More Funding for AIDS.
January 29, 2003. BBC. Bush pledges $15bn to fight Aids.
January 29, 2003. UN Newswire. Activists, U.N. Hail Bush Pledge of $15 Billion in Five Years.
January 29, 2003. Sheryl Gay Stolberg for the New York Times. Bush Proposal on AIDS Funds Shows Concern About Security.

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