Bushitler/Chimperor/Dumbya strikes again!
President Bush announced a $1.7 billion aid package for Africa devoted primarily to combating malaria, unveiling the initiatives yesterday in advance of an international summit next week dedicated to breaking the continent's perpetual cycle of poverty, disease and famine.:...The bulk of the aid announced yesterday, $1.2 billion, is aimed at fighting malaria, with a target of cutting in half the death toll of a disease that annually kills more than 1 million Africans, hitting children hardest. Bush also repeated his vow to double total assistance to Africa by 2010.
It seems that the Bush Administration may be electing to follow the recommendations of the Copenhagen Consensus. The brainchild of Danish statistician and environmental observer Bjørn Lomborg, the CC is an effort to find the most cost-effective means for helping the poor in developing countries. Fighting malaria ranks no. 4 on their list of most effective uses of foreign aid -- let's hope they're right.
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