To fight aids and other diseases in Africa and Caribbean, a new law that triples America’s budget to combat the disease in these regions has been signed off by the American President.
According to this new law, US funds to fight Aids, malaria and tuberculosis have been increased to $48bn from $15bn.
The requirements for spending one-third of Aids funds to promote abstinence have also been dropped by the new law.
Human rights campaigners as well as opposition politician in the U.S. appreciated President Bush for the new law.
