6: Public Health
Secure public health Other Information:
The scale of the public health crisis in poor countries is enormous. In countries afflicted by epidemics and pandemics like
HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, growth and development will be threatened until these scourges can be contained. Resources
from the developed world are necessary but will be effective only with honest governance, which supports prevention programs
and provides effective local infrastructure. The United States has strongly backed the new global fund for HIV/AIDS organized
by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and its focus on combining prevention with a broad strategy for treatment and care. The
United States already contributes more than twice as much money to such efforts as the next largest donor. If the global fund
demonstrates its promise, we will be ready to give even more.
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