Speeches and Testimony

• President Urges Congress to Act Quickly on Global HIV/AIDS Initiative
  Remarks by President Bush on Global HIV/AIDS Initiative
  Washington, DC - April 29, 2003

• The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in the Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS by Secretary Colin L. Powell at the Open Forum Conference in Washington, DC - June 24, 2002

• Speech to the American Federation of Teachers Biennial Convention 2002 Plenary: AFT-Africa AIDS Campaign by Thulas Nxesi, General Secretary South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) and Vice-President of Education International - July 17, 2002
  aft aids thulas.doc (32k - Microsoft Word Format)

• Remarks by President Bush during Announcement of Proposal for Global Fund To Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (5/11/01)
  

Reports

• Congressional Research Service Issue Brief for Congress - AIDS in Africa - Download the report below (Adobe Reader required).

CRS Issue Brief (~150K)
(NOTE: this is a hyperlink to the PDF file on the
U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Centers Web site)

Presentations

• Teachers Helping Teachers Fight AIDS - A PowerPoint presentation that outlines the crisis, describes how we are responding and tells AFT members how they can help. Download the presentation below (Adobe Reader required).

aids_ppt.pdf (~800k)

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Download it here.

Resources for Local Leaders

• Draft Press Release - draft_pressrelease.doc (23k - Microsoft Word document)

• Draft Resolution for Affiliates on the AFT-Africa AIDS Campaign - draft_resolution.doc (26k - Microsoft Word Document)
  
  

Statistics

• "How many people in Africa are infected with HIV/AIDS?"from the AVERTing HIV and AIDS Web Site
  (http://www.avert.org)

• Adults and children estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS as of end of 2001 (view chart)

• Spread of HIV over time in sub-Saharan Africa, 1984 to 1999 (view chart)

• Adult HIV Prevalence, Africa, 1999 (view chart)