Clark Pledges To Increase Funding For AIDS
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Democratic presidential candidate Wesley
Clark criticized the Bush administration today for refusing to
spend more money on AIDS treatment. Clark pledged to increase
funding for research, prevention and health care to 30 billion
dollars by 2008.
Clark made the statements during today`s World AIDS Day opening
of an H-I-V intervention center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He
described his plan to ensure that all children are provided health
care and that all people with H-I-V and AIDS are protected under
Medicaid.
Clark also called for AIDS education in schools and for
investments in new research for a cure.
President Bush has previously won praise for his AIDS policies.
In July, former South African president Nelson Mandela called
Bush`s pledges to AIDS programs in poor countries a "quantum
leap" in fighting the disease.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
