Former President George Bush marked 20 years since he established the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief at an event in Washington, D.C., on Friday.
During a conversation with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Bush reflected on the creation of the AIDS program."I believe that human life is precious, and we're all God's children. So I meant it when I said while campaigning that to whom much is given, much is required," Bush said."We're an unbelievably wealthy nation, and yet there are people and generations being destroyed. And so that was the genesis.
Its success is largely felt in Africa, the pandemic's epicenter, where life expectancy dropped by 20 years because of HIV in 2003 and child mortality tripled.
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