George W. Bush

==== PEPFAR ====
In the State of the Union address in January 2003, Bush outlined a five-year strategy for global emergency AIDS relief, the [[President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief]] (PEPFAR). Bush announced $15{{nbs}}billion for this effort<ref>{{cite news|url=http://today.duke.edu/2009/01/mersontip.html|title=News Tip: AIDS Relief in Africa is One of Bush's Most Visible Legacies, Says Duke Expert|date=January 14, 2009|work=Duke Today|access-date=January 30, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811161128/http://today.duke.edu/2009/01/mersontip.html|archive-date=August 11, 2011|publisher=[[Duke University]]|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> which directly supported life-saving antiretroviral treatment for more than 3.2&nbsp;million men, women and children worldwide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pepfar.gov/results/index.htm|title=Latest Results|access-date=July 29, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211102755/http://www.pepfar.gov/results/index.htm|archive-date=February 11, 2011|publisher=U.S. Government}}</ref> The U.S. government had spent some $44{{nbs}}billion on the project since 2003 (a figure that includes $7{{nbs}}billion contributed to the [[The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria|Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria]], a multilateral organization),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/11/201195.htm |title=The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Blueprint: Creating an AIDS-free Generation |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=November 29, 2012}}</ref> which saved an estimated five million lives by 2013.<ref name="Foreign Policy">{{cite news |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/14/what_george_w_bush_did_right?page=0,0 |last=Caryl |first=Christian |title=What George W. Bush Did Right |work=Foreign Policy |date=February 14, 2013 |archive-date=May 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528181334/http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/02/14/what_george_w_bush_did_right?page=0%2C0 }}</ref> ''The New York Times'' correspondent [[Peter Baker (author)|Peter Baker]] wrote in 2013 that "Bush did more to stop AIDS and more to help Africa than any president before or since."<ref name="Foreign Policy" /> By 2023, PEPFAR was estimated to have saved over 25 million lives, alleviating the severity of the [[Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS|HIV/AIDS epidemic]] especially in [[Sub-Saharan Africa]], and was called "George W. Bush's greatest accomplishment" by [[Vox (website)|Vox]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=PEPFAR - HIV.gov |url=https://www.hiv.gov/federal-response/pepfar-global-aids/pepfar/ |access-date=2023-07-02}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Beauchamp |first=Zack |date=2023-07-28 |title=Republicans are threatening to sabotage George W. Bush's greatest accomplishment |url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/7/28/23809119/republicans-hiv-aids-pepfar-george-w-bush |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Fauci |first1=Anthony S. |last2=Eisinger |first2=Robert W. |date=2018-01-25 |title=PEPFAR — 15 Years and Counting the Lives Saved |journal=New England Journal of Medicine |volume=378 |issue=4 |pages=314–316 |doi=10.1056/NEJMp1714773 |issn=0028-4793 |pmid=29365298 |doi-access=free}}</ref>