http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7327694.stmBBC wrote:The US is set to spend $50bn to battle HIV/Aids in the next five years.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to more than triple government spending in Africa and other badly-affected parts of the world.
The bipartisan measure, which is backed by the White House, was passed by 308 votes to 116.
The bill marks a huge increase from the $15bn authorised during the first five years of an initiative launched by President Bush in 2003.
"There is a moral imperative to combat this epidemic," said Nancy Pelosi, the House's Democratic speaker.
The initiative would be the largest US investment ever against a single disease.
HIV/Aids around the world
Last May, Mr Bush asked Congress to set aside $30bn for the plan, aimed at providing treatment for 2.5 million people and preventing more than 12 million new infections.
Too expensive?
The programme currently supports life-saving treatment for nearly 1.5m people, the White House said.
Initially focused on Vietnam, Guyana, Haiti and 12 African nations, the programme will be expanded to include Malawi, Swaziland and Lesotho as well as some Caribbean nations.
Opponents of the bill argued that it was too expensive, and that more pressing needs closer to home needed to be addressed.
The UN estimates that two-thirds of the 33m people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) - the virus that causes Aids - live in sub-Saharan Africa.
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I wonder how much of that $50bn will end up in the pockets of drug companies...
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I believe it's a screenshot of DEFCON, which is clearly inspired by WarGames.Calavera wrote:Reminds me of Wargames.
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ahahahaha "the land of AIDS"
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I loved that movie. They writers gave Japan, South America, and Mexico nuclear weapons able to hit Russia. Russia's Nukes didn't even need to go over N. Pole they just flew right over the atlantic.Calavera wrote:Reminds me of Wargames,