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a. U.S. Congress reauthorizes the Ryan White CARE Act amid efforts by Senator Jesse

Helms to block funding.

17. 1997 – AIDS-related deaths in the U.S. decline by more than 40 percent compared to the

prior year, largely due to advancements in medication.

18. 2001 – President Bush takes office. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell states that

HIV/AIDS is a threat to national security.

19. 2002 – Bush administration begins promoting abstinence only HIV prevention programs and

targets programs that do otherwise for audits. The Bush administration also removes condom

fact sheets from HHS AIDS prevention materials.

20. 2002 – Senators Bill Frist and Jesse Helms establish the first mother to child HIV/AIDS

prevention initiative. With good AIDS treatment available the whole tenor of the Christian

Right begins to shift as a religious duty to treat people with the disease through medication.

21. 2003 – President Bush announces the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during

State of Union Address, pledging a five-year, $15 billion initiative to address HIV,

tuberculosis, and malaria in hard hit countries.

22. 2005 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration grants "Tentative Approval to Generic AIDS

Drug Regimen for Potential Purchase Under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS

Relief.” Aspen Pharmacare of South Africa, becomes the first non-U.S.-based generic

pharmaceutical company to manufacture the drug.

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