I had taken it for granted that Bush's PEPFAR, while great, was hampered by abstinence only education and no condoms. It seems, that while there was a great deal of funding for abstinence (33% of prevention budget), it was most definitely NOT abstience only and the US gave far more condoms than even Clinton was:
Especially interesting are pgs. 25, 33, 34, 35, and 36.
It seems that from 2001 to 2005, total condom procurement by the US went up from 348 million worldwide to 567 million worldwide and 115 million to 241 million among focus countries, and many more countries (like Botswana, Haiti, Rwanda and Tanzania) got condoms from the US that in 2001 had not.
A very interesting take on things and makes Bush's likely only success (though personally I think Iraq may end up one) look even better. And showed me something I wasn't aware of before.
Especially interesting are pgs. 25, 33, 34, 35, and 36.
It seems that from 2001 to 2005, total condom procurement by the US went up from 348 million worldwide to 567 million worldwide and 115 million to 241 million among focus countries, and many more countries (like Botswana, Haiti, Rwanda and Tanzania) got condoms from the US that in 2001 had not.
A very interesting take on things and makes Bush's likely only success (though personally I think Iraq may end up one) look even better. And showed me something I wasn't aware of before.
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