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Pres.
Bush's Plan to Fight AIDS in Africa
 Gwen Ifill
and guests discuss
President Bush's recent proposal to spend $15 billion over five years
to pay for AIDS treatment and prevention programs in Africa and the
Caribbean. (2/10/03)
Report from Malawi
Jonathan
Silvers reports on the repercussions
of the continuing AIDS plague in Malawi. In this dispatche he examines
the plight of those widows and orphans left behind after husbands and
fathers succumb to the disease. (8/26/02)
About
Malawi
Earlier:
Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Malawi, where nearly one
in ten people is infected. (5/14/01)
Orphaned by AIDS in Zambia
An
estimated 650,000 children have lost a parent to AIDS in Zambia, where
20 percent of adults suffer from AIDS/HIV. (5/09/02)
About
Zambia
NewsHour Extra for Students: The United Nations holds a special
session on the rights of children, addressing issues such as AIDS and
reproductive health.
(5/08/02)
UN
Special Session on Children
Kaiser
Family Foundation fact sheet on the Global Impact of HIV/AIDS on
Youth. (in PDF)
International Policy
Experts
discuss the global response to the AIDS crisis. (5/21/01)
Senegal's Success
A
report from Senegal on an effective AIDS prevention program. (5/17/01)
About
Senegal
Fighting Back in Botswana
A relatively
well-off country tries
to tackle the AIDS crisis. (5/16/01)
Nearly 36
percent of Botswana's adults are believed to have HIV or AIDS.
(5/15/01)
About
Botswana
Mapping It Out
Data
on every country in Africa (1999 data)
World
view of the 40 million people living with AIDS or
HIV.
How You Can Help
Organizations
you can contact
Secretary General Kofi Annan
The Secretary
General of the United Nations calls for a global response to AIDS.
(5/14/01)
Bush
Pledges to Fight AIDS
Update:
President Bush announces that the U.S. will contribute $200 million to
fight AIDS in Africa. (5/11/01)
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